Install the backmeup scripts into the home directory of the Dropbox user: cd /home/dropboxĪdd dropbox daemon to crontab to start it automatically after reboot crontab -e

For more information about installing dropbox for linux please visit the Dropbox’s official instructions here. Start the dropbox daemon and open the link displayed by the daemon to link to your dropbox account with your server. Set up the scriptsĬreate a dropbox user sudo adduser -disabled-password dropbox The backup is stored in the synchronized Dropbox directory the last 30 files are kept, the older ones are automatically deleted. I’ve created a collection of scripts for the backup, it creates the backup of the given input directory, from the Nginx configurations and all databases. The offered space is not too much, but for smaller sites it is good enough.

The free version of dropbox has 2 GB of space and it has an official linux client. I was looking around for some low cost backup solution for my server when I got an idea.

Dropbox desktop linux