It's pretty self run, if you're a bit nervous, try making a folder locally on your workstation and try syncing with backblaze, just to get a feel for it. We all do a few test runs first anyway. Essentially you'll need to
- Install rclone
- run
rclone config
, this will guide you step by step through adding a remote, adding credentials, etc, there's a full guide here
- Try running a copy job for your test folder. It'll be something like
rclone copy /path/to/local/folder remotenameyoucreated:/
Then go check and see if it showed up in back blaze. Play with some of the flags, like maybe you want -v
so it'll print out everything it does. During testing --dry-run
can be a lifesaver.
One big caveat, make sure you read the manual on the difference between rclone copy
and rclone sync
, make sure you understand both before choosing on one of them.
I'm purposely leaving out my script because I think if you're getting started in scripting you should start small. There's no big script that will apply to every system. Just try copying one directory to backblaze first on your workstation, then try another, try adding those to a script and running them as a script. Mine really did start as
#! /bin/bash
rclone copy /mnt/user/myshare myremote:/myshare
It'll just grow with time as you add more to it, add caveats, add rules, etc. Our labs are evolving for sure, there's no silver bullet answer. Good luck, good testing, and ping back here if you have any other questions!