eBackup - Simple and reliable backups for your server! Supports FTP/SFTP!

Code (YAML):

crontask : '0 0 4 ' # This would make it every day at 4 AM

# CronTask format:
#
# | | | | | |
# | | | | | +---- Day of the Week   (1-7)
# | | | | +------ Month             (1-12)
# | | | +-------- Day of the Month  (1-31)
# | | +---------- Hour              (0-23)
# | +------------ Minute            (0-59)
# +-------------- Second            (0-59)

# A few more examples...
# crontask: '0 0 ' This would make it every hour
# crontask: '0 0 4 7' This would make it every sunday at 4 AM
# crontask: '0 0 4 1 ' This would make it every first of the month at 4 AM
# crontask: '0 30 3 /2 ' This would make it at 3:30 AM every 2 days

# If you do /ebackup reload, you can see a description in the console of what the cron task does.

# Filename format for the backup files created
backup-format : 'eBackup {DATE }'

# Format to use as replacement for {DATE} in backup-format
# Refer to java.text.SimpleDateFormat for format docs
backup-date-format : 'yyyy-MM-dd HH-mm-ss'

# The folder where to store the backups locally.
backup-path : 'plugins/eBackup/backups'

# The maximum backups stored. Will delete older backups when reached. (? 0 to disable)
# Note: this will only work with local backups (fallbacks included).
max-backups : 20

# This option reduces disk space by only performing backups if players had joined since the last backup or server start.
only-backup-if-players-were-on : true

# Delete the local backup after each upload.
delete-after-upload : false

# Zip compression level (0-9)
# Increase it to reduce file size, but backups will be more CPU intensive and take longer
compression-level : 4

# FTP/SFTP settings and configuration.
# Backups saved here will not be auto-deleted.
ftp:
    enable : false
    path : '/home/user/backups/' # don't forget to change!
    type : sftp # ftp for ftp, sftp for ftp over ssh
    host : 'localhost'
    port : 22
    user : 'username'
    pass : 'password'
    use-key-auth : false # use key based authentication for sftp (ignores password)
    private-key : '~/.ssh/id_rsa'
    private-key-password : '' # leave blank if the private key has no password

# What you want in the backup.
# By default, everything will be backupped, you can remove files/directories in the ignore section
backup:
    pluginjars : true # The .jar files for the plugins
    pluginconfs : true # The data folder of each plugin
    ignore : # Files/directories to ignore and NOT backup
        - 'plugins/eBackup/backups'
        - 'plugins/dynmap'
        - 'logs'
        - 'cache'