[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.