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Client to Remote Storage Sync

This tutorial is how to configure yintersync remote storage, this can be one you host yourself such as freenas or openfiler or a cloud based storage provider. It will focus only on the remote storage aspect, for a complete tutorial on how to setup a task and schedule please refer to the Backup Sync to Server tutorial.

Once you have opened the new task dialogue (or indeed the edit task dialogue for an exisiting task) make sure to change the task type to 'Client to remote sync' as below


Changing the task type will change the destination field to rsync server. I have not got any setup yet so I will click the little '+' button.

You can also add storage through the main interface as shown below



The dialogue box below will appear into which you setup your remote storage. It is important to get these setting right otherwise the task will fail so I have broken down each field with a bullet list for reference:
  • Storage name: this is the name that will appear in the destination drop down in the destination field
  • Hostname: this is either the hostname given to you by your rsync provider or it is the address of the rsync server you have setup
  • Connect via SSH/Directly: this determins how rsync will connect to the server, using ssh is the recomended way as it is encrypted.
  • Remote path: This is the path on the remote storage
    •  In SSH mode this is either this is the path on the server and can be relative to your ssh home directory or an absoute path (security dependant)
    • In direct mode this is the module name on the rsync server followed by any sub folders in that module
  • Use Authentication: This must be enabled in SSH mode and is the username and password for either the SSH server or the rsync server

Once this is configured it will appear in the drop down list in the destination part of the task and the rest of the setup will be the same as the Backup Sync to Server tutorial


Please note: the backup option is greyed out as this is only availiable when syncing to the yintersync server

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