This is a simple program to backup, zip, and upload files via sFTP to a Hetzner Storage Box ($4/Mo for 1 TB of space). It requires just some configuration, the storage box account information, and a Linux machine (bare metal or VPS from any provider).
git clone https://github.com/Reecepbcups/hetzner-storage-backup.git
# git clone [email protected]:Reecepbcups/hetzner-storage-backup.git
cd hetzner-storage-backup
# install required dependencies
# sudo apt-get -y install python3-pip
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
# Change your hostname if you want different notification names
hostnamectl set-hostname new-hostname
# copy the default file to the new config file you edit
cp secret.json.example secret.json
# Edit this file with the proper regex files you want to ignore, and folders you want to include.
# NOTE: if you want to match all, ensure you do '.*' as '*' does not work for standard python regex.
# Ex: '.*test/' will ignore 'hello_test/', even though there is no actual period (.) in it.
# BE SURE TO RUN THIS FROM THE ROOT OF WHAT YOU SET 'save-location' IN THE CONFIG
# EDITOR=nano crontab -e
0 2 * * * /usr/bin/python3 /root/hetzner-storage-backup/src/main.py
# Times are in UTC (6am UTC = 12am CST)
# Run every night at 2am: 0 2 * * *
# Sunday at 1AM: 0 1 * * 0
# First day of the month at 3:20PM: 20 15 1 * *