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Archive for November, 2009
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11.14
TonidoPLUG & Rsync
2009 -
11.04
Here is a brief guide on how to setup a TonidoPLUG from Ubuntu to provide remote backup facilities for us road warriors!
- Setup port forwarding at your home router: port 22 should be forwarded to your TonidoPLUG.
- Note: When you open port 22 on your router, note that anybody can try to connect to your port. But if you have a strong password, it is very unlikely anyone will be able to hack into your TonidoPLUG (the key is to have a strong password)
- Next test your link. This is done by entering a terminal command such as: ssh username@YourName.tonidoid.com. If this works you will get a request to enter the user password; I recommend that you do this to complete the test. If you login successfully, close the terminal window and go to the next step.
- Initiate Rsync from your PC (one external to your home network): Since you are initiating the connection externally, you do not need to know the public IP of your your external location. Just run either:
- an Rsync command from your terminal window (something like: rsync -e ssh -a -P /path/to/source/dir/at/work/PC username@YourName.tonidoid.com>:/path/to/dest/dir) – or -
- through a tool like GRsync to upload files to your home TonidoPLUG.
Happy computing!