Question Exclude files from backup (.ssh, directories above httpdocs/)

[Paul Larson]

Server operating system version

Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS

Plesk version and microupdate number

Version 18.0.58 Update #2

Though it's minor, the daily warnings / log errors about Plesk not being able to backup .ssh files is a nuisance.

Since the .ssh dir is /var/www/vhosts/example.com/.ssh (that is, above httpdocs/), what syntax, if any, works for configuring Plesk to skip that dir?

Constant error is:

Unable to back up extension. Error: Failed to exec backup_restore_helper: Exit code: 1: Failed to copy files storage to destination path. stderr: filemng: Cannot open destination file '/var/www/vhosts/example.com/.ssh/id_rsa.VZRZtk'System error 13: Permission denied

I'm my Backup config, I list these directories to exempt:

/var/www/vhosts/example.com/.ssh/
.ssh
httpdocs/.ssh

Any other ideas?

 

[Peter Debik]

.ssh should be owned by sysusername, group psacln, permissions 0755. Is that the case?

 

[Paul Larson]

It's actually root:root

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 22 17:30 .ssh

...which seems to be common across all my Plesk domains.

 

[mow]

It's actually root:root

see Issue - Backup utility and "Failed to copy files" error about .ssh keys