Copy files from Server to Server over ssh with rsync

[stefki]

Hello all.

I am going to show you powerful linux command to copy large files and directories from server to remote server .

We are going to use rsync command which is more faster than scp and sftp

Lets says we have Directory full of movies on our Server A. Now we want to copy all the movies to remote server somewhere in the world

This is how magic is done:

Log in to your Server A over ssh console

if you don't have rsync already installed just do it:

 apt-get install rsync -y

next command will launch the transfer and will ask you for root password of the remote server.

 rsync -hrtplu --progress --stats /home/movies/ [email protected]:/home/movies

boom magic is done

192.168.2.95 it's my local ip address you should replace it with your own remote server ip address.

Now what about if your server SSH is listening on different port not the 22 default one.

You have to add -e option and full command will looks like this one

  rsync -hrtplu --progress --stats -e "ssh -p 222" /home/movies/ [email protected]:/home/movies

Best Regards to all

enjoy

 

[urgodfather]

rsync is great but my god, who wants to copy TB’s worth of data. Plus, you should put a throttle on it so your hosts don’t throttle it for you. Have a look at this thread and spare yourself the hassle. Either way, nice post. Put some of it behind THANKS bc you deserve likes for the write up.

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[Mohammed Fawzi alrawi]

Thanks for the sharing

 

[urgodfather]

Oh, also.... screen is handy when you have many files but don’t want to leave your ssh session open. Run it inside screen, detach it, and go about your day. Log back in later, reattach the screen and check it.

 

[traskin]

You can do it without rsync.

-From source server to dest server:

scp -l 400000 -r /somefolder/sourcefolder/folder root@ip_of_dest_server:/destfolder/folder

Where "-l 400000" is the speed bw limit.

 

[penulizzz]

screen is the best option before copy the files, it will help a lot.

 

[sc0tsman]

Fantastic, works a treat, thank you.

 

[Starkey]

Awsome share thankyou