How to exclude files from Virtualmin backups

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#1 Thu, 07/26/2007 - 11:06
tabletguy

How to exclude files from Virtualmin backups

I would like to be able to define Virtualmin backups that exclude directories with photo image files.

One idea I had is to locate the image directory outside of /home/site but I don't know how to do that (not very educated about Linux).

This would allow me to keep normally scheduled backups relatively small.

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 05:55
pragma

I tried different methods and this worked perfectly. Please hit "Like" if it works for you as well.

Here is a solution:

Case I: Single Directory Exclude a directory from backups:

/home/example/public_html/docs/


Then syntax in "Files to exclude from each domain" should be:

public_html/docs


Case II: Multiple Directories Exclude multiple directories from backups:

/home/example/public_html/docs/
/home/example/public_html/var/
/home/example/domains/testbackups.example.com/public_html/media/cache/


Then syntax in "Files to exclude from each domain" should be:

public_html/docs
public_html/var
public_html/media/cache


Case III: Exclude file extensions

Exclude .exe .tar .tar.gz :


Then syntax in "Files to exclude from each domain" should be:

*.exe
*.tar
*.tar.gz


Case IV: All above cases at once

public_html/docs
public_html/var
public_html/media/cache
*.exe
*.tar
*.tar.gz


Note: These exclude files/directories are applicable globally for all websites/subdomains included in the backups. If you want to exclude the files/directories for website specific then you need to create schedule different backups for each domain.

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