Script to enable/disable Backup Configuration "Additional Destinations"

techguide

• January 26, 2020 13:11

Hi, I wish to toggle enable/disable via a script for the "Additional Destinations" in the WHM>Backup Configuration settings. Via script enable it temporarily, then disable it - via a scheduled cron script. We do frequent backups to local hard disk but for disaster recovery we want to rsync *some* but not all backups off the server. This setup works well with the rsync Additional Destination enabled; but then it transports ALL backups off the server; which are too many in this example. I was looking at the WHM API1 and 2 but I don't see a way to use this via the API, is there another way to access this variable and turn it on/off at select times? Alternatively I could use a specific rsync script not associated with the WHM Backup configuration; but the above method seems a little cleaner and easier to manage if it is possible...? Thanks for any insight!

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  cPanelLauren

  • January 28, 2020 03:53

  The WHMAPI1 does indeed handle this with the following:

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  techguide

  • May 05, 2020 21:42

  It if helps anyone else, on cpanel 86, these scripts work to enable/disable remote backup destinations: [root]#cat DisableDestination.sh #!/bin/sh # Will disable the remote destination /usr/local/cpanel/bin/whmapi1 backup_destination_set type=Rsync id={your backup destination ID here} name={your backup destination name here} disabled=1 [root]# cat EnableDestination.sh #!/bin/sh #Will enable the remote destination /usr/local/cpanel/bin/whmapi1 backup_destination_set type=Rsync id={your backup destination ID here} name={your backup destination name here} disabled=0 Then execute the scripts at certain day/times via a cronjob (the example below enable on thursdays at 12:30am, disable on Thursdays at 7am): 30 0 * * THU /root/EnableDestination.sh 2>&1 00 7 * * THU /root/DisableDestination.sh 2>&1

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