RSYNC Server - A Remote File Transfer Protocol - Server Migration Tool

RSYNC SERVER

Remote file transfer protocol

Rsync is a linux in-built file transfer program that is similar to RCP or SCP. It includes the added feature of allowing just the differences between two sets of files on two machines to be transferred across the network.  

Rsync sends un-encrypted traffic over the network, but can this can also be tunneled through SSH.

The Rsync listens on port 873.

Here’s a quick how-to for configuration of Rsync Server.

Follow these steps:

1.       vi /etc/rsyncd.conf

2.       Edit the above file.

        log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log

        pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid

        lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock

        [data]

         path=/data/

        comment=html file

        uid = daemon   

        gid = daemon

        read only = no

        list = yes

        auth users = daemon

        secrets file = /etc/sec/ibn-admin

        max connections = 10

        [data]  ----> This is module name that will called from remote server

        path  ----> This is the actual path of data, that is need to transfer

        comment  ----> Here is just a comment for the module

        uid  ----> The user for the data path

        gid  ----> The group for the data path

        read only  ----> This defines mode… if it set to “YES” the no one can write on this data path remotely using Rsync

        max connections  ----> limit connection per module

        auth users  ----> provide security for the module “here user daemon will be authenticated”

        secrets file  ----> password file for “auth users”

·         vi  /etc/sec/ibn-admin (choose your own path)

daemon:syncadmin

Format for above “secrectsfile” is:                                  username:password

At end save file

Run this command

#chmod 600 /etc/sec/ibn-admin

Now you have to run “Rsync as daemon (background process)”

#rsync –daemon

Note:  I run this as:

#/bin/nice -n 15 /usr/bin/ionice -c2 -n0 /usr/bin/rsync –daemon

Now you server is able to listen for server Rsync and connections on port no. 873

Check this by issuing this command as ROOT:

ps aux | grep rsync

should get this like output:

root      1546  0.0  0.0  65488   472 ?        SNs  Jul17   1:08 /usr/bin/rsync –daemon

#  netstat -tnulp | grep -i Rsync    (as root)

tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:873                 0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1546/rsync         

tcp        0      0 :::873                               :::*                              LISTEN      1546/Rsync

Now from a remote server run this, to copy file on server.

# echo “syncadmin” > /opt/passwd-data

# chmod 700 /opt/passwd-data

rsync  –avz  --password-file=/opt/passwd-data daemon@172.32.1.1::data  /opt/

Format: Rsync –avz  

You need to copy file from Development Server to production server on some delay of time (like every 1 min.. or  so on)

Then just make cron for above rsync command:

#crontab –e

*/2   *   *   *   *    rsync  –avz  --password-file=/opt/passwd-data daemon@172.32.1.1::data  /opt/

That is it….