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How To Rsync Between Two Webhosts in Three Easy Steps

If you have webhosting contracts with two different companies you can backup data by passing it back and forth on a regular schedule using Rsync.

It requires a bit more work initially but then you put this backup on a automated regular interval (cron job)

Here is How to Setup Rsync in Three Easy Steps.

  1. Login with ssh to your webhost and type in ssh-keygen -t rsa Hit return twice. You should see – Your identification has been saved in xxxx
  2. Send the Authentication file rsync --progress "/home/name/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" username@serverspace.com:/home/name/.ssh/authorized_keys
  3. Repeat step two again - now if you a have setup this up correctly Rysnc will only ask for the password once

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