Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Server backup via DropBox

This is a simplification of the official setup for an Ubuntu server. Before you start you need to have an account at DropBox.
  1. Download the deb-file from dropbox.com and install it.
  2. Make a directory at '~/Dropbox'.
  3. Run the command 'dropbox start -i'. This will download the DropBox deamon.
  4. Run the command 'dropbox start -i' again. This will give a url (something like 'https://www.getdropbox.com/cli_link?host_id=########################')
  5. Open the url in a browser and log into your DropBox account. This will link the server to your account.
  6. Start Dropbox by 'dropbox start'.

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