Meel Me wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to know if it's possible to initiate a backup from the client 
> machine, in a way that the clients connects to the backuppc server over 
> the internet to start the backup?
> 
> *My (desired) situation*
> I've got a laptop. I'm abroad for many months once and a while. While 
> I'm abroad I want to be able to backup my laptop regularly and to 
> restore the data on my laptop if it crashes (or gets stolen).
> 
> I want to place my backuppc server in a total other region than my home 
> is. So that a disaster like heavy earthquake, explosion, etc. will never 
> effect and my backuppc server and my laptop at once.
> The location where I can place my backuppc server is not in my local 
> area network. The backuppc server will only be available through the 
> internet.
> 
> 
> *Question*
> I've read the documentation of backuppc. There are several methods for 
> backing up laptops (smb, rsync, rsyncd, tar). All methods are initiated 
> from the backuppc server, so the backuppc server will set up a 
> connection to the client.
> If the client (my laptop) is not in the local area network, then the 
> backuppc server can't find the client and won't make a backup of it.
> 
> In the situation I described above, my laptop will never be in the local 
> area network of the backuppc server. Therefor my laptop will never be 
> backuped.
> 
> Is it possible to initiate a backup from the client machine, in a way 
> that the clients connects to the backuppc server over the internet to 
> start the backup? Instead of that the backuppc server makes a connection 
> to the client?

There are ways to make it work through ssh tunnels established either 
direction, but for machines where you control both sides, just install 
openvpn on them, establish the vpn connection when you want a backup or 
access to the backup copies, and use the web interface to start one when 
you want.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com




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