drsync

Syncs a remote Drupal site to your local instance via rsync and ssh. Uses password authentication -- password is saved locally but encrypted. This script is meant to be used on unfortunate servers without ssh key authentication support.

Installation/Update

Run these commands:

curl https://raw.github.com/jtse/drsync/master/drsync > drsync
chmod 755 drsync
sudo mv drsync /usr/local/bin

Usage/Configuration

Go to your project folder and run:

drsync

Advanced Usage

Review the generated .drsync file.

Or to SSH into the sync host:

drsync ssh

Or to ls on the sync host:

drsync ssh ls

Or to cp on the sync host to your local

drsync cp remote/file local/directory

Or to clean up the encrypted password file:

drsync clean

Requirements

The following commands must be present on both the remote and local machine:

drush
bash
ssh
rsync
openssl (for local password encryption/decryption)
expect (yum install expect)

Of course, you need a running instance of Drupal.

Limitations

• Does not support ssh key authentication -- you should be using drush rsync if key authentication is available.
• Does not support multisite (TODO) -- only syncs default/files

Security

The security is only a notch better than storing your passwords in plain-text files.

The passwords are encrypted as follows:

• Passwords are saved into individual files in $HOME/.drsync/pass
• Password filenames are a hash of the working directory, ssh user, and ssh host
• Passwords are encrypted with the decryption key as a hash of the working directory and current user name

Essentially, a cracker with knowledge of openssl encrypt/decrypt commands can steal your passwords if he or she has access to your $HOME/.drsync directory AND the directories of your Drupal projects.