Transfer tar file on the fly between vps debian 12

how-transfer-migrate-file-between-vps-on-the-fly-rclone.md

Transfer tar file on the fly between vps

Setup temporary rclone webdav server

## Edit file: .config/rclone/rclone.conf

[my-dest-server]
type = webdav
url = http://webdav.xxx.com:8080

Then run command

htpasswd -c -B htpasswd user and enter a password
rclone serve webdav . --addr :8080 --htpasswd htpasswd

## Destination server
## Like root user dir
cd /root; 
rclone serve webdav --addr :8080 ./ &

Client

## /data/wwwroot/
tar cf - /data/wwwroot/ | rclone rcat dest-server:xxx.tar -P

Other useful command

## Tar multiple directory at once, and zip it 
tar cf "backup-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M').tar" /data/wwwroot /data/backup | zip backup -

Thanks to

1. https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Free_box/M.1548436333.A.194.html
2. https://forum.rclone.org/t/can-rclone-work-as-a-webdav-server/15076/2
3. https://serverfault.com/a/984910