Raspberry Pi Autobackup for Minecraft server with NAS backup I am creating this project to allow whoever is hosting a Minecraft game server, the ability to automate the process of warning players that the server will be brought down for creating backups, sftp the backup over to a remote NAS, and rebooting the server. This will all be done with the ease of mind knowing your backup is safe, not only on your local machine, but also on a remote NAS, that you host as well. All are welcome to help me make this more efficient and better as it evolves. Thank you and I hope it works for you all! Pretty cool site that explains what each asterisk means. https://crontab.guru/#\*_\*_\*_\*_\*\
Instructions for setting up a cronjob Python Script via crontab in the Linux Environment: Python version:3.92
⚠️ Warning:This software when run will delete .tar.gz files recursively if paths point to directories within other directories. Make sure you don't have anything worth losing. Deletion happens on your local machine and on your remote machine! Use at your own risk!
📔 Note:
First you must enter your server info in the
config.jsonand if you have an ssh key password enter that inminecraftPiAutobackup.pyfile. If you don't want to use a config file, enter your own server and ssh password information in theminecraftPiAutobackup.pyscript instead and it will be the default.
1. Open Linux Terminal.
1a. If you want to just run the script with a config file, run the command.
python minecraftPiAutobackup.py --config config.json
2. Type below to create crontab.
crontab -e
3. Press below to launch edit mode.
i
4. Setup the time you want the crontab to schedule itself using the below command.
* * * * * /usr/bin/python /path/to/file/minecraftPiAutobackup.py;
5. Press the escape key to exit edit mode.
esc
6. Type the below command to write your crontab.
:wq
7. To delete the running job:
To delete the entire crontab: Run:
crontab -r
To delete a single cron job: Do the follow below to edit, delete, then write the file.
crontab -e
i
dd
:wq