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  curl -s -k -b ~/.sme_cookies -c ~/.sme_cookies -F username=admin -F password=your_password \

  curl -s -k -b ~/.sme_cookies -c ~/.sme_cookies -F "username=admin" -F "password=your_password" \

         <nowiki>https://your_sme_server/server-common/cgi-bin/login</nowiki>

         <nowiki>https://your_sme_server/server-common/cgi-bin/login</nowiki>

   

   

     your_sme_server  is replaced with the name or IP number of the SME Server you wish to backup

     your_sme_server  is replaced with the name or IP number of the SME Server you wish to backup

     backupfile.tar.gz is the name you want to save the backup as

     backupfile.tar.gz is the name you want to save the backup as

{{Note box|Full information on cURL can be found in the [http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html cURL manual]

{{Note box|Full information on cURL can be found in the [http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html cURL manual]

  The Options I used are:

  The Options I used are:

  #!/bin/sh

  #!/bin/sh

   

   

  curl -s -k -b ~/.sme_cookies -c ~/.sme_cookies -F username=admin -F "password=<~/bin/sme_password" \

  curl -s -k -b ~/.sme_cookies -c ~/.sme_cookies -F username=admin -F "password=<~/sme_password" \

         <nowiki>https://snoopy/server-common/cgi-bin/login</nowiki> && \

         <nowiki>https://snoopy/server-common/cgi-bin/login</nowiki> && \

  curl -f -s -k -b ~/.sme_cookies -F function=desktop-backup -F state=perform \

  curl -f -s -k -b ~/.sme_cookies -F function=desktop-backup -F state=perform \

The use of date in the filename will append the day of the month to the filename. This will mean that a new backup will be created for every day of the month and overwrite them next month, obviously if the next month has fewer days you may be left with a couple of backups from last month. This is for use in automated backups (see below). This process can be further enhanced or changed as required.

The use of date in the filename will append the day of the month to the filename. This will mean that a new backup will be created for every day of the month and overwrite them next month, obviously if the next month has fewer days you may be left with a couple of backups from last month. This is for use in automated backups (see below). This process can be further enhanced or changed as required.

This script has also been enhanced to read the password from the file sme_password also located in the bin folder. You will need to create the sme_password file in the bin folder. It should simply contain one line that is the password of your SME Server you wish to backup

This script has also been enhanced to read the password from the file sme_password also located in the users home directory. You will need to create the sme_password file. It should simply contain one line that is the password of your SME Server you wish to backup

{{Warning box|There are a couple of security considerations that you should consider when using curl.  

{{Warning box|There are a couple of security considerations that you should consider when using curl.  

1. Your basic cURL command first used will cause the password to appear momentarily in the ps listing. This is avoided in the above script by placing the password in a file and using -F <nowiki>"password=<your_password_file" </nowiki>.<br>

1. Your basic cURL command first used will cause the password to appear momentarily in the ps listing. As described above, this is best avoided by placing the password in a file and using -F <nowiki>"password=<your_password_file" </nowiki>.<br>

2. The cookie jar ~/.sme_cookies should not be made world readable otherwise others could use your downloaded cookies. Likewise the password file should also be protected!}}

2. The cookie jar ~/.sme_cookies should not be made world readable otherwise others could use your downloaded cookies. Likewise the password file should also be protected!}}

This starts a backup at 21:45 every day. The umask prevents other users on the machine reading the backups.

This starts a backup at 21:45 every day. The umask prevents other users on the machine reading the backups.

===Other Extensions===

===Other Extensions===

To use a proxy with cURL you can simply add:

To use a proxy with cURL you can simply add:

  -x your_proxy_server:your_proxy_port

  -x your_proxy_server:your_proxy_port

 

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