Backup to mounted ftp using curlftpfs

darwin7

• June 02, 2016 14:53

Good morning according your opinion and experience, it's safe: - mount locally an FTP server using curlftpfs - add cPanel backup location to ftp-mounted directory? I have a FTP backup space that is accessible only from my server's IP. This should help me to easily browse backup FTP server for downloading, etc. Thank you Carlo

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 06, 2016 19:25

  Hello, cPanel offers no native support for curlftpfs mounts, however I don't see anything that would prevent it from working as a backup location. Could you try mounting it and let us know if you encounter any issues? Thank you.

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  darwin7

  • June 07, 2016 13:20

  Hello, cPanel offers no native support for curlftpfs mounts, however I don't see anything that would prevent it from working as a backup location. Could you try mounting it and let us know if you encounter any issues? Thank you.

  
  Hi Michael thank you for your reply. I'm glad to say that I tried mounting locally a remote FTP server and worked perfectly. Absolutely fast and transparent... and my remote server is seen by my cPanel box exactly like a local directory. This is the syntax:
  curlftpfs my-ftp-login:my-ftp-password@my-ftp-server /mnt/my-ftp-server-or-whatever-you-want
  Very useful for using as backup location. I would suggest cPanel to support and encourage the use of curlftpfs ;) Thank you Carlo

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 07, 2016 18:57

  I'm happy to see it's working as intended. Thank you for updating us with the outcome.

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