How to Rsync with non-standard SSH Port
Run the following command from the terminal to sync files/folders using Rsync with non-standard ssh port.
Syntax:
# rsync -arvz -e 'ssh -p <port-number>' --progress --delete user@remote-server:/path/to/remote/folder /path/to/local/folder
For the purpose of this tutorial, I will be using two systems.
Remote System Details:
IP Address: 192.168.1.103 User name: anthony Sync folder: /backup1
Local System Details:
Operating System: Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop IP Address: 192.168.1.100 Sync folder: /home/sk/backup2
Let us sync the contents of remote server’s /backup1 folder to my local system’s folder /home/sk/backup2/.
$ sudo rsync -arvz -e 'ssh -p 1431' --progress --delete anthony@192.168.1.103:/backup1 /home/sk/backup2
Sample Output
anthony@192.168.1.103's password:
receiving incremental file list
backup1/
backup1/linux-headers-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_amd64.deb
752,876 100% 13.30MB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=2/4)
backup1/linux-headers-4.3.0-040300_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_all.deb
9,676,510 100% 12.50MB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#2, to-chk=1/4)
backup1/linux-image-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_amd64.deb
56,563,302 100% 11.26MB/s 0:00:04 (xfr#3, to-chk=0/4)
sent 85 bytes received 66,979,455 bytes 7,050,477.89 bytes/sec
total size is 66,992,688 speedup is 1.00.
Let us check the contents of /backup1/ folder in the remote server.
$ sudo ls -l /backup1/
Sample Output
total 65428 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9676510 Dec 9 13:44 linux-headers-4.3.0-040300_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_all.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 752876 Dec 9 13:44 linux-headers-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 56563302 Dec 9 13:44 linux-image-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_amd64.deb
Now, let us check the contents of /backup2/ folder of local system.
$ ls /home/sk/backup2/
Sample Output
backup1
As you see in the above output, the contents of /backup1/ have been successfully copied to my local system’s /home/sk/backup2/ directory.
Verify /backup1/ folder contents:
$ ls /home/sk/backup2/backup1/
Sample Output
linux-headers-4.3.0-040300_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_all.deb linux-image-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_amd64.deb linux-headers-4.3.0-040300-generic_4.3.0-040300.201511020949_amd64.deb
See, both remote and local system’s folders have same files.
Conclusion
Syncing files/folders using Rsync with SSH is not only easy, but also fast and secure method. If you’re behind a firewall that restricts port 22, no worries. Just change the default port and sync files like a pro.
