📁OVH Cloud Archive Backup & Sync Guide (Push & Pull with SSH Keys + Cron)

This guide explains how to upload (push) and download (pull) data between your cPanel server and OVH Cloud Archive using rsync over SSH, secured with SSH keys, and optionally automated with cron jobs.

🔐 Prerequisites

A cPanel server with SSH access (via root or sudo user).
OVH Cloud Archive account.
Your OVH Cloud Archive SSH gateway (e.g., gateways.storage.gra.cloud.ovh.net).
SSH key access configured (steps below).
rsync installed (preinstalled on most Linux servers).

🔧 Step 1: Set Up SSH Key Authentication

1. Generate SSH key pair (on the cPanel server):

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

Press Enter to accept the default save location (/root/.ssh/id_rsa).
Press Enter twice to leave the passphrase empty (for automation).

2. Add the public key to OVH:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Copy the output and add it to your OVH Cloud Archive SSH key section via the OVH Control Panel.

3. Test SSH connection:

ssh [email protected]

You should log in without being prompted for a password.

⬆️ Push from cPanel to OVH Cloud Archive

This uploads data from your cPanel server to OVH Cloud Archive.

Manual push command:

rsync -rtv --progress /path/to/local-folder [email protected]:/my-archive-folder

/path/to/local-folder: local directory on your server
/my-archive-folder: remote path on OVH Cloud Archive

⬇️ Pull from OVH Cloud Archive to cPanel

This downloads data from OVH Cloud Archive to your cPanel server.

Manual pull command:

rsync -rtv --progress [email protected]:/my-archive-folder /path/to/local-folder

This fetches your archived data into your local backup directory.

🔁 Automate with Cron Jobs

📁 Create Push Script

Save as: /root/scripts/ovh_push.sh

#!/bin/bash

LOCAL_DIR="/path/to/local-folder"
REMOTE_USER="exampleuser"
REMOTE_HOST="gateways.storage.gra.cloud.ovh.net"
REMOTE_PATH="/my-archive-folder"

rsync -rtv --delete "$LOCAL_DIR" "$REMOTE_USER@$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_PATH"

Make it executable:

chmod +x /root/scripts/ovh_push.sh

📁 Create Pull Script

Save as: /root/scripts/ovh_pull.sh

#!/bin/bash

LOCAL_DIR="/path/to/local-folder"
REMOTE_USER="exampleuser"
REMOTE_HOST="gateways.storage.gra.cloud.ovh.net"
REMOTE_PATH="/my-archive-folder"

rsync -rtv --delete "$REMOTE_USER@$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_PATH" "$LOCAL_DIR"

Make it executable:

chmod +x /root/scripts/ovh_pull.sh

🕒 Schedule Cron Jobs

Edit root’s crontab:

crontab -e

🔄 Daily Push at 3 AM:

0 3 * * * /root/scripts/ovh_push.sh >> /var/log/ovh_push.log 2>&1

🔄 Daily Pull at 4 AM:

0 4 * * * /root/scripts/ovh_pull.sh >> /var/log/ovh_pull.log 2>&1

🔐 Security Tips

Protect your SSH keys:

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
chmod 700 ~/.ssh

Limit SSH access in OVH to the required archive operations.
Rotate your keys and audit cron logs regularly.

✅ Summary

Operation	Direction	Secure via SSH Keys	Automated via Cron
Push	cPanel → OVH	✅	✅
Pull	OVH → cPanel	✅	✅