From 963c091138a4828744774873454a38923215f7fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas MASSE Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:39:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add doc --- README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc7051a --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# Rsync Time Machine + +Rsync Time Machine is a backup system, based on rsync and very similar to +Apple's Time Machine. This means it will keep an history of each file at +different points in time. + +## Pre-requisites + +Rsync Time Machine is based on a Client-Server architecture. The clients are +the workstations to backup. The server is a remote server that will host the +backups. + +Rsync Time Machine is based on rsync, so you will need it on both the +workstations and the server. + +Rsync Time Machine uses SSH to transfer files and authenticate through SSH +keys, so your server must be reachable through SSH.