Topic: SpiderOak for backup in the cloud

[holck]

I just want to report that it is quite easy to setup your SME server to do daily backups in the cloud:

• Go to a workstation (Linux, Windows, Mac) and download the client program from https://spideroak.com/opendownload
• Install and run the client program, and create a new user account, remembering your user name and password
• Go to your SME server. Download and install the 32-bit or 64-bit Fedora rpm from the same website
• Create a json-file, setup.json, similar to this:
  {
     "username": "my.user@myserver.dk",
     "password": "sdfsdfsdf",
     "device_name": "myserver"
  }
  
• Setup your server as a new device:
  $ sudo SpiderOakONE --setup=setup.json
• Remove the json-file: $ rm setup.json
• Start adding directories to include in your backup:
  $ sudo SpiderOakONE --include-dir=/etc
  $ sudo SpiderOakONE --include-dir=/home
  ...
  
• Perform the backup with a command like:
  $ sudo SpiderOakONE --batchmode
  

The backup command may of course be included in crontab and run as a daily job.