148 days ago
The folks at JungleDisk released version 2.0 Monday. This is a major — and welcome — upgrade.
- Redone graphical interface with lots more options for what to back up and when
- Smoother handling of multiple buckets
- Standard bucket and folder naming, so you can use your JungleDisk S3 data with other software like S3Fox
- This requires converting your existing buckets to JD 2 format — which means that every machine accessing your JungleDisk must run version 2
Of course the Linux command line tools are still there for all of you rsync fans.
We’ll be updating our command-line configurations in the coming days. In the meantime, you can download the update from JungleDisk. It’s free for registered users.
216 days ago
We’ve updated our earlier howto JungleDisk for Linux Server Backups without X11 for the latest version of JungleDisk, 1.50.
- The new version is more reliable for transferring lots of files, and rsync works better.
- Rsync’s —archive flag now works as expected (though you still need —inplace).
- jungledisk now uses Fuse directly rather than davfs, so prerequisites are different
- The command-line jungledisk program now mounts by itself
- The configuration file gets a bunch of new options
So check out our updated instructions for configuring JungleDisk 1.50 from the command line.
Still clinging to the past? The you can read our original instructions for JungleDisk versions 1.30 to 1.40.
464 days ago
JungleDisk is another great entrant in the online backup business. Unlike Mozy, our favorite for Macs and PCs, JungleDisk also runs on Linux. And, since version 1.30a, it ships a command-line version.
Which means you can give your Linux servers reliable online backup — stored on Amazon’s S3.
These instructions cover version 1.50 — which has a different config file and a number of settings than previous versions. If you’re still using an older version, see the instructions for version 1.30 or 1.40 that we published a while back.
Meanwhile, let’s get down to business with version 1.50. Our server install has three parts:
- JungleDisk command line program, which makes S3 look like a WebDav server
- Fuse, which makes WebDav look like a regular Linux filesystem
- rsync, the standard Linux power copy program
You’ve got rsync, and the other two aren’t much harder to install.
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512 days ago
JungleDisk is another great entrant in the online backup business. Unlike Mozy, our favorite for Macs and PCs, JungleDisk also runs on Linux. And, since version 1.30a, it ships a command-line version.
Which means you can give your Linux servers reliable online backup — stored on Amazon’s S3.
Here’s more about how JungleDisk works.
Meanwhile, let’s get down to business. Our server install has three parts:
- JungleDisk command line program, which makes S3 look like a WebDav server
- DavFS, which makes WebDav look like a regular Linux filesystem
- rsync, the standard Linux power copy program
You’ve got rsync, and the other two aren’t much harder to install. So here goes, for Ubuntu (6.10 or later) without XWindows installed.
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