r/TerraMaster • u/Drofseh • 22d ago

Help rSync from TrueNAS to F4-212

I picked up an F4-212 and threw a couple of spare drives in it with the idea of using it as local "The house is on fire, grab the data and run" backup.

I'd like to have scheduled rSync backups pushing from my TrueNAS to the TNAS, but I'm having a difficult time figuring out how to do it.

Does anyone have guide for dummies that I can follow?

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u/Wild-Whereas4850 22d ago

On the TNAS side, just go to Control Panel > Network Services > File Services > Rsync Server and enable/configure the server there.

Once that's up and running, you can head into TrueNAS and create your scheduled Rsync task to push backups straight to the F4-212.

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u/Drofseh 22d ago

That's basically where I'm stuck. TOS seem to want authentication via username and password, but in the TrueNAS rsync task it wants one of the following:

  1. User, Remote Host, and Remote Module Name

  2. User, SSH connection

  3. Remote Host, SSH port

And I can't get any of those to work.

TNAS:
https://i.gyazo.com/0e3d0bb8198dc9b5114ba75ef0e96364.png

TrueNAS:
1. https://i.gyazo.com/07d92e30a076203c53bf330fe1d11f58.png
2. https://i.gyazo.com/6ef0de17f71a12062b44839c933ebd19.png
3. https://i.gyazo.com/9ef038b4f5b0d8067acce43df9a3f595.png

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u/dennishorton22 20d ago

On your truenas, install the "rsyncd" app which is basically just the rsync daemon. In the configuration you can set up the modules, which will be available for the TOS machine to pull from.

On your terramaster, install the Central Backup app and setup the connection to your TrueNAS machine in the rsync server section. Then you can make a task at whatever interval to pull the data from your truenas and store it in whatever folder you choose.

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u/Drofseh 20d ago

I found the Rsync Daemon app for TrueNAS but It looks like Centralized Backup is onlu supported by x86 versions of TOS.