Simple Wasabi Backup Setup (outline)

You set it up once for the whole VPS, then everything (all domains/apps) gets backed up together.

Your domains:

• rondoyle.net
• pop.rondoyle.net
• time.rondoyle.net
• gavin.rondoyle.net
• dev.rondoyle.net
• stats.rondoyle.net

all live under:

/home/

So one backup covers everything.

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1️⃣ Create a bucket in Wasabi

In the Wasabi console:

Buckets
Create Bucket

Example:

bucket name: vps-backups
region: us-east-1

Nothing else needed.

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2️⃣ Create API keys

In Wasabi:

Access Keys → Create Access Key

You get:

ACCESS KEY
SECRET KEY

Save them.

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3️⃣ Install rclone on the VPS

curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash

Verify:

rclone version

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4️⃣ Configure Wasabi in rclone

Run:

rclone config

Choose:

n) new remote
name: wasabi
storage: s3
provider: Wasabi

Enter:

access_key
secret_key
region (ex: us-east-1)
endpoint: s3.wasabisys.com

Test:

rclone ls wasabi:

You should see your bucket.

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5️⃣ Create the backup script

Example:

nano /root/vps-backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

DATE=$(date +%F)

BACKUP="/tmp/vps-$DATE.tar.gz"

tar -czf $BACKUP \
/home \
/etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata \
/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

rclone copy $BACKUP wasabi:vps-backups/

rm $BACKUP

Make executable:

chmod +x /root/vps-backup.sh

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6️⃣ Test it

Run once manually:

/root/vps-backup.sh

Then check Wasabi — you should see:

vps-backups/
  vps-2026-04-01.tar.gz

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7️⃣ Automate with cron

crontab -e

Add:

0 3 * * * /root/vps-backup.sh

This runs every night at 3 AM.

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What gets backed up

The script above backs up:

/home                ← all websites
/etc/apache2         ← all Apache configs

Which covers:

• Node apps
• images/uploads
• domain configs
• SSL includes
• Apache proxy configs

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Optional (recommended later)

Add database backups:

mysqldump --all-databases > /tmp/mysql.sql

Include that in the archive.

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Your cost impact

Since you’re already paying ~$8/month minimum, adding backups likely costs nothing extra until you exceed 1TB.

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Reality check

Your total backup size is probably:

Item	Estimate
websites	1–5 GB
photos	already stored
databases	<1 GB
configs	tiny

So you are well under 1TB.

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Final architecture

Your VPS
    │
    │ nightly cron
    ▼
backup script
    │
    ▼
rclone
    │
    ▼
Wasabi bucket

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If you’d like, I can also show you a much better backup method (restic) that gives you:

• versioned backups
• deduplication
• encrypted backups
• instant file restore

…and it’s actually simpler once set up.