The Sync to SFTP feature can be setup to enforce a rule to backup data. The idea is to have a secondary user keep a backup of important files to be recovered when needed. The Sync rule will automatically create a copy of directories to the user.
When creating a backup user you can add IP whitelisting to restrict access from only specific locations and administrators. In this scenario, the backup user will be named Backup-DR-User.
First determine the folder structure that you want backed up. In this scenario, we will be backing up the entire folder structure for the administrator Example-Operations-Admin.
Going to your Sync tab and adding a new rule, fill in the following information and Save.
Field | Description |
Name | Label of the Sync rule |
Actions | What you want the rule to do after being triggered. In this case we will select Upload |
Source | Where the data is originally residing: Hosted~FTP~ |
User+ | The folder owner(s) you want data to be copied. You can use * to choose all users, or list specific users. In this use case we will select Example-Operations-Admin |
User- | Exclude any specific users data |
Path+ | The folder path you want to be synced. In this case, we will use * to select the entire user’s folder structure |
Path- | The folder paths you want to exclude to be synced |
Target | The target server that the data will be synced to. For this use case, we will use Hosted~FTP~ |
Username | The username who the data will be synced to |
Folder | The target folder path to sync the data to. In this use case we will use / to copy directly to the user’s root |
Once you upload a file to the target folder path, the backup user will copy the folder path and data in their directory.
Example-Operations-Admin uploading a new file
Backup-DR-User syncing the folder structure in real-time