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This HowTo describes a simple way to backup your SME Server remotely using cURL and requires no changes to your SME Server. Further, cURL requires no user interaction and can be scripted or automated using cron to perform regular backups. If the file system the backup is sent to is large file enabled (not DOS) this is also a fairly reliable way to get a desktop style backup > 4GB.

This HowTo describes a simple way to backup your SME Server remotely using cURL and requires no changes to your SME Server. Further, cURL requires no user interaction and can be scripted or automated using cron to perform regular backups. If the file system the backup is sent to is large file enabled (not DOS) this is also a fairly reliable way to get a desktop style backup > 4GB.

The following is updated, tested and confirmed for SME Server 9

The following is updated, tested and confirmed for SME Server 9  

{{Warning box|Does not work with latest 9.1 updates. A fix is needed to in the core SME admin pages to make this work again. This has been filed as [https://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10166 BUG 10166] in bugzilla

'''Does not work with latest 9.1 updates. A fix is needed to in the core SME admin pages to make this work again. This has been filed as [https://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10166 BUG 10166] in bugzilla'''

===Pre-Requisites===

===Pre-Requisites===