This blog post is a tutorial explaining how to install duplicity to an Ubuntu Lucid system and how to make backups to Google Drive using duplicity.
Installation
Run these commands (without the leading $) in a terminal window:
$ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev gcc libc6-dev gnupg librsync-dev screen $ sudo easy_install gdata $ sudo easy_install http://code.launchpad.net/duplicity/0.6-series/0.6.19/+download/duplicity-0.6.19.tar.gz $ duplicity --version duplicity 0.6.19
Starting a backup
It's recommended to issue the following command from screen, so they don't get aborted if there is a problem with the terminal window.
Example terminal window interaction to start a backup:
$ duplicity ~/Documents gdocs://USERNAME@gmail.com/documents.backup Password for 'USERNAME@gmail.com': Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed. Last full backup date: none GnuPG passphrase: Retype passphrase to confirm: No signatures found, switching to full backup. --------------[ Backup Statistics ]-------------- ... Errors 0 -------------------------------------------------
When duplicity asks you for your Google Account (@gmail.com) password, you have to type your regular password, i.e. the password you use to log in to Gmail and Google Drive, unless you are using 2-step authentication for logging in. In that case you need to generate an application-specific password (at the bottom of this page), and copy-paste it to duplicity.
1 comment:
Great post - I had all that Google space sitting there unused, seemed ridiculous to be paying S3 storage charges (albeit not much per month, but every little helps!).
Thanks for the good summary - works well.
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