Centos6.8 install and configure rsync

Centos6.8 install and configure rsync
Install two packages in yum

yum install rsync xinetd

Enable the rsync service, restart the xinetd service, and disable SeLinux.

chkconfig rsync onservice xinetd restartsetenforce 0

Manually configure rsync content in the xinetd service

Specify the Service Startup parameter and find the row containing server_args.

server_args     = --daemon --config=/etc/rsyncd/rsyncd.conf

Manually create/etc/syscnd/directory and file

cd /etc/mkdir rsyncdcd rsyncdtouch /etc/rsyncd/rsyncd.conftouch rsyncd.passwd rsyncd.passwdchmod 600 rsyncd.passwdvi rsyncd.conf

Rsyncd. conf file content example

uid = rootgid = rootuse chroot = noread only = yes#limit access to private LANshosts allow=124.3.1.3/255.255.255.0 11.16.52.249/255.255.255.0hosts deny=*max connections = 5pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pidsecrets file = /etc/rsyncd/rsyncd.passwd#lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock#motd file = /etc/rsyncd/rsyncd.motd#This will give you a separate log file#log file = /var/log/rsync.log#This will log every file transferred - up to 85,000+ per user, per synctransfer logging = yeslog format = %t %a %m %f %bsyslog facility = local3timeout = 300# MODULE OPTIONS[module]path = /var/www/html/test/list=yesignore errorsauth users = usernamecomment = test# exclude = cache/

Configure rsyncd. passwd

vi /etc/rsyncd/rsyncd.passwd

Add user name and password

username:password

Open the firewall iptables Port

vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables

Add a new row in the appropriate location

-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 873  -j ACCEPT

Rsync command example

rsync -avz --progress  username@11.16.52.249::module ./test

Enter the password.

If you encounter any problems, check the system status.

getenforcenetstat -an | grep 873