Backup2Cloud 1.0.1

Backup specific folders to and upload to a cloud provider

Backup 2 Cloud

Backup specific folders and upload to a cloud provider. The uploaded files are 7zipped and encrypted locally. Uploads only those packages which were changed since last backup.

Currently only Google Drive is supported, but can handle multiple accounts.

Install and Setup

Requirements: Python 3.7 with pip and setuptools. If not installed, do it on Debian:

sudo apt install python3-venv python3-pip python3-setuptools

Install the tool's package via pip:

python -m pip install Backup2Cloud

Run first time:

python -m Backup2Cloud

Enable the Google Drive API via: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/python (Or you can manage your already exisiting Google APIs here: https://console.developers.google.com/apis/) In resulting dialog click DOWNLOAD CLIENT CONFIGURATION and save the file credentials.json to your home directory (as shown on the first run above).

Open with a texteditor the ini file at your home directory (as shown on the first run above). Follow notes in the ini file and setup one or more places to backup.

Run the tool second time: python -m Backup2Cloud

Let's follow the url (or open on a separated device) to authorize the API for each cloudspace sections: 'Please visit this URL to authorize this application'. Complete the authorizes in a browser, even on other machine.

Usage

Run a backup manually, or add the backup run to scheduler (e.g. cron):

python -m Backup2Cloud

Restore all backups manually to current folder:

python -m Backup2Cloud -d *

Command line interface:

Backup2Cloud.py [-d *|ID [destination]]") default: upload the packaged folders to cloud") -d * [destination]: download and extract all entries of the INI to Folder") (or to current folder if missing)") -d ID [destination]: download and extract specified ID entry of the INI to Folder") (or to current folder if missing)") e.g.: Backup2Cloud.py -d folder1")