# Tar and rsync ssh for remote backup

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/tar-and-rsync-ssh-for-remote-backup/168784
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 30, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tar-and-rsync-ssh-for-remote-backup/168784 "2020-10-30T19:27:03Z")
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### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tar-and-rsync-ssh-for-remote-backup/168784/2 "2020-10-30T19:48:48Z")

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Hi there - are you trying to perform a Discourse backup this way? You can run a Discourse backup from the command line.

[Backup discourse from the command line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-discourse-from-the-command-line/64364)

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