define rsync mount point in rsyncd.conf

| rsyncd.conf

[root]
        path = /srv/www/htdocs
        secrets file = /etc/rsyncd/rsync.secret
        auth users = htdocs
        read only = false
        write only = true
        list = false

| rsync.secret

rsyncusr:password123

NOTE :

• Password is clear text password.
• Make sure password file is not world readable else it will fail to authenticate.

Define script for rsync OR run it from command line.

| rsync_test.sh

#!/bin/sh
 
export RSYNC_PASSWORD=password123
/usr/local/bin/rsync -az --delete --exclude='.*' /srv/www/htdocs/ rsync://rsyncusr@rsync.host.com/root/