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Installing Duplicity on Debian/Ubuntu

Duplicity is a powerful backup tool that supports encryption and incremental backups. Here's how to install and configure Duplicity on a Debian/Ubuntu system:

Step 1: Install Duplicity

First, update your system and install Duplicity:

Check Duplicity Version

After installation, verify that Duplicity is installed correctly by running:

Step 2: Configure Duplicity

• Creating a Backup

  To create an encrypted backup of a directory, use the following command:

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  duplicity /path/to/source/ scp://user@remote_host//path/to/destination/

  Here, /path/to/source/ is the directory you want to back up, and scp://user@remote_host//path/to/destination/ is the backup location.

• Restoring Data

  To restore data from a backup, use:

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  duplicity restore scp://user@remote_host//path/to/backup/ /path/to/restore/

  Here, scp://user@remote_host//path/to/backup/ is the location of the backup, and /path/to/restore/ is the target location for restoration.

• Setting Encryption Password

  Duplicity uses GnuPG for encryption. Ensure your GPG keys are set up, or use environment variables to set the password:

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  export PASSPHRASE='your_password'

Step 3: Automate Backups

Duplicity can be easily automated using crontab. To set up automatic backups, add a job to crontab:

Then add a line for regularly scheduled backups, for example, to run the backup every day at 2 AM:

Conclusion

Rclone and Duplicity are excellent tools for file management and backup on Debian/Ubuntu. The choice between them depends on your needs: Rclone is better suited for synchronizing with cloud storage, while Duplicity is ideal for creating encrypted backups.

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