Rclone

Install rClone on the host

apt install rclone

Create the Azure Storage account

To create an Azure Storage account and a blob container called homelab, follow these steps:

Sign in to the Azure portal.
In the left-hand menu, select Storage accounts and then click + Create.
In the Basics tab, enter the following information:
- Subscription: Select your Azure subscription.
- Resource group: Select an existing resource group or create a new one.
- Storage account name: Enter a unique name for your storage account.
- Region: Select the region where you want to create the storage account.
- Performance: Select Standard.
- Account kind: Select StorageV2 (general-purpose v2).
- Replication: Select the replication option that suits your needs.
Click Review + create and then Create.
Once the storage account is created, navigate to the storage account and select Containers under the Data storage section.
Click + Container to create a new container.
Enter homelab as the name of the container and set the Public access level to Private (no anonymous access).
Click Create to create the container.

You now have an Azure Storage account with a blob container named homelab.

Configure rclone

Configure the rclone Remote

rclone config

# Follow the prompts to create a new remote configuration
# Select "n" for a new remote
# Enter a name for the remote, e.g., "azureblob"
# Select "30" for Azure Blob Storage
# Follow the prompts to enter your Azure Storage account name and key
# Leave the advanced configuration options as default
# Select "y" to confirm the configuration

# Example configuration:
# [azureblob]
# type = azureblob
# account = your_account_name
# key = your_account_key

create the back-up script

Replace <source> with the path to the directory or file you want to copy.
Replace <remote> with the name of your rclone remote configuration for Azure Storage.
Replace <container> with the name of your Azure Storage container.

#!/bin/bash

# Set the source and destination paths
source_path="<source_path>"
destination_path="<destination_path>"
container="<container>"

# Copy the local folder to Azure Blob Storage
rclone sync -P -L --ignore-errors $source_path $destination_path:$container --exclude "qbittorrent/qBittorrent/ipc-socket"
# Print a timestamp for loggigg purposes
echo "Backup completed at $(date)" >> /root/backup.log

This script will recursively copy all files and directories from the source to the specified Azure Storage container.

Make the script executable

chmod +x /root/backup.sh

Schedule the backup daily

To schedule the backup script to run daily, you can create a cron job. Follow these steps:

Open the crontab file for editing:
```
crontab -e
```
Add the following line to schedule the backup script to run daily at 2 AM:
```
0 2 * * * </path/to/backup.sh>
```
Make sure to replace </path/to/backup.sh> with the actual path to your backup script.
Save and close the crontab file.

This cron job will execute the backup script every day at 2 AM.

More Information

For more details on rclone and its configuration, visit rclone.org.

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