Backup VPS to Dropbox

1. Create Dropbox App

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create

2. Download dropbox_uploader.sh

https://raw.github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader/master/dropbox_uploader.sh

# chmod +x dropbox_uploader.sh

# ./dropbox_uploader.sh

Choose “a” and “y”

3. Create backup file
————copy the following code and store it under /root————-
#!/bin/bash

# MYSQL
MYSQL_USR="root" # account
MYSQL_PWD="password" # password

# Choose the folder you want to backup
NGINX_CONF_DIR=/usr/local/nginx/conf # nginx
WEB_DIR=/home/wwwroot # folder

# Where
DROPBOX_DIR=/$(date +%Y-%m-%d) # Dropbox folder
LOCAL_BAK_DIR=/home/backup # local folder

# backup folder name
DBBakName=DB_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz
NginxConfBakName=NginxConf_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz
WebBakName=Web_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz

# old data name
Old_DROPBOX_DIR=/$(date -d -7day +%Y-%m-%d)
OldDBBakName=DB_$(date -d -10day +%Y%m%d).tar.gz
OldNginxConfBakName=NginxConf_$(date -d -10day +%Y%m%d).tar.gz
OldWebBakName=Web_$(date -d -10day +%Y%m%d).tar.gz

cd $LOCAL_BAK_DIR

#SQL
for db in `mysql -u$MYSQL_USR -p$MYSQL_PWD -B -N -e 'SHOW DATABASES' | xargs`; do
(mysqldump -u$MYSQL_USR -p$MYSQL_PWD ${db} | gzip -9 - > ${db}.sql.gz)
done

#
tar zcf $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/$DBBakName $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/*.sql.gz
rm -rf $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/*.sql.gz

#Nginx
cd $NGINX_CONF_DIR
tar zcf $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/$NginxConfBakName ./*

#
cd $WEB_DIR
tar zcf $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/$WebBakName ./*

cd /root/bin
#star
./dropbox_uploader.sh upload $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/$DBBakName $DROPBOX_DIR/$DBBakName
./dropbox_uploader.sh upload $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/$NginxConfBakName $DROPBOX_DIR/$NginxConfBakName
./dropbox_uploader.sh upload $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/$WebBakName $DROPBOX_DIR/$WebBakName

#delete old data
rm -rf $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/$OldDBBakName $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/$OldNginxConfBakName $LOCAL_BAK_DIR/$OldWebBakName
./dropbox_uploader.sh delete $Old_DROPBOX_DIR/

echo -e "Backup Done!"

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Run
# chmod +x backup.sh

4. Add crontab


yum install vixie-cron

yum install crontabs

crontab –e

30 3 * * * /root/bin/backup.sh
Run at 3:30 AM