Just picked up a AC87U router and was under the assumption that for backup purposes I could use the Smart Sync feature, this turned out to be a very bare bones feature with no scheduling or logging and just didn't work very well.
So I upgraded to Merlin firmware to attempt to make my own backup job based on the following concept:
I have very bare bones understanding of linux but managed to do the following:
What I'm still missing is:
I have tried to do the above but most of the information I find is not relevant to Asuswrt's way of doing things so I keep running into dead ends and no way to troubleshoot effectively.
Anyone done something similar and is willing to help me out?
So I upgraded to Merlin firmware to attempt to make my own backup job based on the following concept:
- Mount remote webdav
- Use rsync to sync contents of USB attached drive to webdav mount
- Schedule script to run in a cron job (persists through reboot)
I have very bare bones understanding of linux but managed to do the following:
- Installing entware and packages required (rsync, davfs2)
- Mount webdav manually
- Create rsync bash script
- Do a manual full backup
What I'm still missing is:
- Automate webdav mounting on WAN UP (fstab)
- Unmount neatly on reboot?
- Schedule my backup script (script includes a maximum of 8 hours to run rsync and would like to start it at 1AM)
I have tried to do the above but most of the information I find is not relevant to Asuswrt's way of doing things so I keep running into dead ends and no way to troubleshoot effectively.
Anyone done something similar and is willing to help me out?
