Backing up to Google Drive with Rclone on Ubuntu¶

1. Install Rclone¶

sudo apt install rclone

Start the configuration process:

rclone config

Follow these steps:

Select "n" for new remote
Name your remote (e.g., "gdrive")
Choose "drive" for Google Drive storage
Accept default client ID and secret by pressing Enter
Keep default scope settings
Select "1" for full file access
Leave advanced options empty
Select "n" for advanced config
Choose "n" for auto config
Open the provided URL in a browser, authenticate with Google, and authorize Rclone
Paste the authorization code into the terminal
Select "n" for team drive
Confirm and save the configuration with "y"

nano /var/www/backup.sh

Paste this content (update LABNAME):

#!/bin/bash

source_dir="/var/www/intelis"
remote_name="gdrive"
remote_dir="LABNAME"

rclone sync "$source_dir" "$remote_name:$remote_dir"

Save and exit (Ctrl+X, Y, Enter).

chmod +x /var/www/backup.sh

/var/www/backup.sh

Rclone synchronizes your /var/www/intelis folder to Google Drive. On an installation made before the rename, the folder is /var/www/vlsm.

Schedule automatic backups using cron:

(crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -q "@reboot /var/www/backup.sh" || echo "@reboot /var/www/backup.sh") | crontab -

(crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -q "0 */6 * * * /var/www/backup.sh" || echo "0 */6 * * * /var/www/backup.sh") | crontab -

This runs backups on system restart and every 6 hours thereafter.