Before setting remote backups, please checkout the following important points and the concept of executing a successful backup strategy :\

• Remote backups work on push principle i.e. to push data to an another Linux machine which allows the N99panel VPS to access it using a SSH Key and to push data using the rsync command.
• Multiple backup servers can be added. Any server providing SSH can be used. We recommend storage VPS from Interserver - https://www.interserver.net/vps/storage.html. Price starts from USD 3.0 per TB/month
• Multiple backup markers/identifiers can be added. A single backup server can have multiple backup markers/identifiers.
• Backups once configured, will be attempted by the system cron job. And will be rotated amongst available markers/identifiers.
• With backup parameters you can set cron timing, frequency of rotation in number of days and reset the cron counter.
• Running remote backups, especially the initial ones, can incur excessive bandwidth usage depending upon the backup size.
• Backup functionality is provided as a goodwill gesture only. You should always double check if backups are actually taking place or not.

To setup remote backups, follow these steps

Step 1 : Setup a Linux based backup server. Setup a user account on that server. Broadly speaking, you will need to (N99panel team is willing to help, if you find this step is daunting)

• SSH into the backup server with root access or administrative access.
• Add a user using the command 'adduser' if the server is Debian or its variant. Use the 'useradd' command if the server is Redhat/CentOS variant.
• Now log into the backup server with the user you have created.
• Make .ssh dir using the mkdir command, if the directory does not exist.

mkdir .ssh

The above command will be run assuming you are in the directory /home/user

Also ensure it has 700 permission , this you can do by running the command

chmod 700 .ssh