Can't access SSH key from within Duplicacy container on Unraid

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#1

My goal is to backup my unraid server to another unraid server on the same network. I assume I need to use the SFTP protocol. I created the ssh keys and they are in the root/.ssh folder on both servers. However, no matter how I setup permissions/access in the Duplicacy container, I can’t access the key from the GUI.

Specifically, inside the key selector in the GUI, when I navigate to the /backuproot/root/.ssh folder I get this error: “Failed to list the directory: open /backuproot/root/.ssh: no such file or directory”

I attached a screenshot of my container settings in unraid.

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#2

You can use sftp, but you don’t have to.

Who owns the key files? Root or duplicacy user? It can’t be owned by both, so this is not a viable solution.

I would recommend creating a new key pair for exclusive duplicacy use, and placing the private key into /config folder that is mapped into the container. You can also mount it directly into the containers ~/.ssh but I think duplicacy-web does not care about where the keys are as long as they are accessible.

#3

Thank you for your quick response! I’m learning linux basics as I setup my new unraid servers, so I appreciate helpful “mentors”.

So, now my plan is this:

  • Create a user on the source server that is specifically for backup purposes and make shares read-only (named user-backup-server)

  • Create a key pair on the source server while signed in as “user-backup-server” (instead of root). The keys will be placed in the duplicacy/appdata/config folder.

  • Copy the public key to the destination server. Should this go in the standard root location for SSH keys?

  • In Duplicacy, I’m not sure what I should enter in the SFTP configuration fields. Please see questions in attached screenshot.

Thanks again for your help!!

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