Rsync FreeNAS to a Cloud Server?

[Amandaville]

I was looking forward to backing up my new FreeNAS box to a cloud server via Rsync. From what I can tell however, the Rsync service in FreeNAS is for syncing a computer on the local network --> TO --> the FreeNAS box rather than the FreeNAS box --> TO --> a remote server. Am I correct, or am I missing something? Can I sync my FreeNAS box to a remote server in the cloud using the Rsyc service?

 

[louisk]

If the rsync service doesn't do what you want, you can always use the cron service to automate your own script. You could then also control things like bandwidth consumed.

You will probably be limited to rsync+ssh with pubkey auth either way.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

yes, you can. Pull would pull information from a remote server, push would back up your information to a remote server. If you have any questions I can try to help as I have successfully done this.
A hint if you don't plan on running the rsync daemon on the remote server is you need to be able to 'su rsyncuser && ssh remoteuser@remoteip' without being asked for a password. then you can setup rsync jobs using ssh.