cannot use rsync protocol but always ssh

[mschaefers]

Is there a possibility to use the rsync protocol instead of using ssh?

I'd like to connect to rsync://<hostname>/<target> instead of root@<hostname>/<target> because in our use case , security is not a concern, but network speed is much faster using unencrpyted rsync data.

[macropin]

Currently it is not directly supported, but it should be possible to implement with a one line change here https://github.com/adlibre/adlibre-backup/blob/master/bin/backup.sh#L117

Or alternatively you can define RSYNC_CMD in each hosts c/backup.conf with the appropriately constructed command, but that is more of a kludge.

Also happy to look at a PR that makes this a more permanent feature, but that is obviously more work.

[mschaefers]

Having a PR in mind, would a new variable RSYNC_PROTO be suitable? Could be set to ssh per default or to rsync to switch between these two?

[macropin]

That sounds reasonable. Please define it as default ssh in backup.conf.