How to make a backup on a server with linux?

Question

linux

It is necessary to make sure that the server makes a backup copy of the folder every week. The server is running Ubuntu 14.04. I know that you can use Cron for this - but I don’t know how to set up backup. Please tell me what needs to be done for this?

Answer 1

you need to create a bash script like this

#!/bin/bash
path='путь к папке'
archivepath='путь к архиву'
date=$(date +%y%m%d)
cd $path
tar -cf $archivepath/backup$date.tar *

and add to cron
@weekly путь к скрипту

Answer 2

Where do you want to backup your folder?
If you save on the local machine, but on a different partition/drive, then:
tar -cf /save_location/backup.tar /full_path/to_your_folder;
gzip -9 /save_location/backup.tar
add this to the script and set the cron to run once a week.
If you are going to backup to another machine over the network, then read about rsync there, the utility will be more fun