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Woozle: corrected subpage details

2019-09-22T13:01:19Z

corrected subpage details

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	I got an error with the command they suggested, and modified it to this:		I got an error with the command they suggested, and modified it to this:
	root@statler:/mnt# sudo sshfs -o allow_other root@157.245.133.24:/ /mnt/droplet		root@statler:/mnt# sudo sshfs -o allow_other root@157.245.133.24:/ /mnt/droplet
	(If doing this on [[~~iOS~~]], see [[/backup/~~iOS~~]].)		(If doing this on a [[Macintosh]], see [[/backup/MacOS]].)

	...but then this didn't work:		...but then this didn't work:

Woozle at 19:01, 20 September 2019

2019-09-20T19:01:13Z

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 I got an error with the command they suggested, and modified it to this:
-* <code>sudo sshfs -o allow_other root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/ /mnt/droplet</code>
+ root@statler:/mnt# sudo sshfs -o allow_other root@157.245.133.24:/ /mnt/droplet
-<pre>
+(If doing this on [[iOS]], see [[/backup/iOS]].)
 ...but then this didn't work:
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 * https://opensource.com/article/18/7/how-use-dd-linux
 ===Restore===
 Possibly the "custom images" feature is the way to go?
 * https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/images/custom-images/how-to/upload/

Woozle: Created page with "In order to maintain backups of disk images ''without'' having to pay DigitalOcean for them monthly, it would be useful to be able to download them and then later upload any t..."

2019-09-06T12:31:01Z

Created page with "In order to maintain backups of disk images ''without'' having to pay DigitalOcean for them monthly, it would be useful to be able to download them and then later upload any t..."

New page

In order to maintain backups of disk images ''without'' having to pay DigitalOcean for them monthly, it would be useful to be able to download them and then later upload any that need to be used again.

At the present time, downloading does not seem to be possible; the only instructions I have found so far not only don't work, but couldn't even work in theory as I understand it -- in that they use [[sshfs]] to mount the volume's filesystem locally, then try to use [[dd]] (a ''volume''-copying tool) to do the copying.

Tentatively, uploading/restore is fully supported, although this is still limited to images that are based on a Linux-like filesystem.
==Notes==
===Backup===
* https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-backup-droplet-whole-server-to-my-own-storage
** https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-remote-file-systems-over-ssh

I got an error with the command they suggested, and modified it to this:
* <code>sudo sshfs -o allow_other root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/ /mnt/droplet</code>
<pre>
root@statler:/mnt# sudo sshfs -o allow_other,defer_permissions root@157.245.133.24:/ /mnt/droplet
fuse: unknown option `defer_permissions'
root@statler:/mnt# sudo sshfs -o allow_other root@157.245.133.24:/ /mnt/droplet
</pre>

...but then this didn't work:
<pre>dd if=/mnt/droplet of=tootcat2.hypertwins.net-1523357095826-abandoned
dd: error reading '/mnt/droplet': Is a directory</pre>

* https://opensource.com/article/18/7/how-use-dd-linux
===Restore===
Possibly the "custom images" feature is the way to go?
* https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/images/custom-images/how-to/upload/