[Linux] List of Directories That Should Be Backed Up

[Linux] List of Directories That Should Be Backed Up

Tadashi Shigeoka · Wed, March 6, 2013

I researched the directories that should be backed up on machines built with Linux servers like Ubuntu and CentOS, so here’s an introduction.

Linux

Data That Should Generally Be Backed Up

Where general user directories exist: /home
Where website and FTP site content exists: /var
Where applications are installed: /usr
Where various configuration files are located: /etc

That’s all from the Gemba where we want to understand which directories should be backed up on Linux servers.