Changes

These two actions map to the following cURL commands:

These two actions map to the following cURL commands:

   

   

  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" \

   

   

  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 \

         <nowiki>https://your_sme_server/server-manager/cgi-bin/backup > backupfile.tar.gz</nowiki>

         <nowiki>https://your_sme_server/server-manager/cgi-bin/backup > backupfile.tar.gz</nowiki>  

Where:

Where:

* Each curl commands should be on one line and the \ removed

    Each curl commands should be on one line and the \ removed

* your_password    is replaced by your password

    your_password    is replaced by your password

* 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

{{Warning box|If you are sharing the machine doing the backup with others using <nowiki> -F "password=your_password"</nowiki> is not secure. Any user can see your password with ps if they can catch it while the command is running!

{{Warning box|If you are sharing the machine doing the backup with others using <nowiki> -F "password=your_password"</nowiki> is not secure. Any user can see your password with ps if they can catch it while the command is running!

  Then you can replace <nowiki>"password=your_password" in the above with "password=<~/sme_password"</nowiki>

  Then you can replace <nowiki>"password=your_password" in the above with "password=<~/sme_password"</nowiki>

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{{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:

* -f Fail silently

-f Fail silently

* -s Silent, I.E. don't show a progress meter

-s Silent, I.E. don't show a progress meter

* -k Don't insist on SSL certs signed by trusted CA's (most SME Servers use self signed certificates)

-k Don't insist on SSL certs signed by trusted CA's (most SME Servers use self signed certificates)

* -b <cookies> Send cookies to server

-b <cookies> Send cookies to server

* -c <cookies> Save cookies here, this is where it stashes your login credentials between step 1) and 2)

-c <cookies> Save cookies here, this is where it stashes your login credentials between step 1) and 2)

* -F Fill in form field

-F Fill in form field

* <url>

<url>

'''While this process works and illustrates the principle it does raise some security concerns and can be improved. (see below)'''

'''While this process works and illustrates the principle it does raise some security concerns and can be improved. (see below)'''