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+# backup_manager client
+
+This folder contains tools for retrieving backups from backup_manager as a client.
+
+## Preparation
+
+### Install the necessary packages
+
+```shell
+sudo apt-get install rsync
+```
+
+### Set SSH key
+
+If providing an existing SSH key:
+
+* Copy private key in OpenSSH format to ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+* `ssh-keygen -e -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > ~/.ssh/id_rsa_com.pub`
+* `ssh-keygen -i -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa_com.pub > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`
+
+### Define configuration
+
+Define the hostname of the `app` site where backup_manager will be accessed by creating a file with this content (e.g., `ropewiki.com`)
+
+```shell
+echo "fqdn.of.backup_manager" > ~/BACKUP_MANAGER_HOSTNAME
+```
+
+Define the location of the volume where `images` and SQL `backups` should be stored (e.g., `/mnt/ropewiki_backup`)
+
+```shell
+echo "/mnt/ropewiki_backup" > ~/BACKUP_VOLUME
+```
+
+### Verify connectivity
+
+Verify the client machine can connect to backup_manager with the following command:
+
+```shell
+ssh -p 22001 backupreader@$(cat ~/BACKUP_MANAGER_HOSTNAME)
+```
+
+### Enable access
+
+Enable access to trusted users by copying the contents of [authorized_keys](../pubkeys/authorized_keys) to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+### Provision automation
+
+Copy the contents of [sync_backups.sh](./sync_backups.sh) and `chmod +x sync_backup.sh` if necessary.
+
+Set sync_backups.sh to be run automatically by running `crontab -e` and pasting in the contents of [sync_backups.cron](./sync_backups.cron) at the end of the file (adjusting the location of sync_backups.sh if necessary).
+
+## Operations
+
+### Manually transfer the `images` folder:
+
+```shell
+rsync -havzP -e "ssh -p 22001" --exclude 'BALLAST_DELETE_IF_OUT_OF_SPACE' --exclude 'lost+found' backupreader@$(cat ~/BACKUP_MANAGER_HOSTNAME):~/images/ ./images
+```
+
+### Manually transfer the SQL backups:
+
+```shell
+rsync -havzP -e "ssh -p 22001" --delete-after backupreader@$(cat ~/BACKUP_MANAGER_HOSTNAME):~/backups/ ./backups
+```
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+15 10 * * * bash /root/sync_backups.sh >> /root/backup.log 2>&1
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+cd $(cat ~/BACKUP_VOLUME)
+
+# Sync the images
+rsync -havzP -e "ssh -p 22001" --exclude 'BALLAST_DELETE_IF_OUT_OF_SPACE' --exclude 'lost+found' backupreader@$(cat ~/BACKUP_MANAGER_HOSTNAME):~/images/ ./images
+
+# Sync the SQL backups
+rsync -havzP -e "ssh -p 22001" --delete-after backupreader@$(cat ~/BACKUP_MANAGER_HOSTNAME):~/backups/ ./backups