About

This script will backup create a tarball of a single directory and then upload it to a FTP server. This script was created in order to backup pfSense squid logs.

Usage

1. Upload the script to: /etc
2. Make it executable: chmod +x /etc/backup_pfsense_logs.sh
3. Download and install the pfSense Cron package
4. Create a cron job to run it as root.

Example cron job settings

Minute: 	0
Hour: 		* 
Mday: 		*
Month: 		*
Wday:		*
Who: 		root
Command: 	/etc/backup_pfsense_logs.sh