Sync Kirby’s content folder with rsync
This is primarily a note to myself. Nevertheless, it might help others.
I write my blog posts directly online in the Kirby backend. With Kirby Blocks and all the keyboard shortcuts and navigation options it offers, I can work quite quickly here. When testing in my local development environment, I often just create stupid test pages with “Lorem ipsum” content. To have the current status of the content folder locally from time to time, I use rsync. Unlike Maurice, who uses a very sophisticated system to synchronize between his Kirby installation and Obsidian, this simple one-way backup function is sufficient for me.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
rsync -chavzP --delete --stats my-ssh-alias:/var/www/html/my-kirby-website/content /path/to/local-websites/my-kirby-website
| Option | |
|---|---|
| -c | --checksum |
| -h | --human-readable |
| -a | --archive |
| -v | --verbose |
| -z | --compress |
| -P | --progress |
| --delete | |
| --stats |
The --delete flag removes all test content locally which does not exist on the server. In this way I don’t have to clean up by myself. In addition --stats gives a nice summary at the end about how much data has been transferred.
There are a million more options for rsync which makes it a really powerful tool.
Script file
Of course, I don't type this command into the terminal over and over again. I put it into a file, made it executable and reuse it whenever I want. Here’s a nice overview how to create custom scripts. It refers to Linux, but is also valid for MacOS.
Links
Kirby Helper #rsync #Backup
