Copy web files to LAN

[KarlS]

I'm running a local web server on a Win10 machine. I'd like to automatically copy the web files from the CumulusMX machine (Raspberry 4) over my LAN to the Windows server. Entering the local IP address plus path-to-local-server-files in the "Extra web files panel" and unchecking the FTP box didn't work. They ended up on the server of my ISP anyway. (I seem to remember that this worked in Cumulus 1, but I might be wrong, it was a long time ago).

Now, I'm not a Linux expert to figure out how to write a shell script/crontab job to transfer those files to my Windows server. What I could do on the Windows machine is use the command line version of WinSCP, put it into a batch/PowerShell job and run it every 10 minutes.

But maybe there is an easier solution and I just don't see it. Any help is appreciated.

[mcrossley]

The simplest way I think is to mount your Windows file share on the Linux filesystem. Then you can just specify the mount point folder in the extra files configuration and let Linux deal with the network in the background.

[KarlS]

Thanks Mark, that worked. At first

mount your Windows file share on the Linux filesystem

sounded a bit cryptic, but DuckDuckGo is my friend . Now I have to figure out how to make the mount survive a reboot. But again, the web has answers for (nearly) everything ...

[mcrossley]

The Duck knows everything!

[HansR]

Now I have to figure out how to make the mount survive a reboot.

Well, the mount does not survive the reboot, but after reboot you can test whether the other system is online

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if ( /sbin/showmount -e a.b.c.d )
then
  echo "The NAS is online!"

    if ( mount -t nfs -o defaults -v a.b.c.d:/volume1/WinFileShare $MNTDIR  )

or similar.

Put that in the startup of the account and you're there.

[KarlS]

I was thinking of putting something like

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@reboot sudo mount -t cifs -o username=karl //192.168.8.215/cumulus /mnt/winshare

in crontab. I will have to use a response file to supply the password though ...

[freddie]

The way to persist between reboots is to add your mount details to /etc/fstab. But your method may work provided it is run with adequate privileges.

[KarlS]

@freddie
As I said in my original post, I'm not a Linux expert. However, I believe that if you put the Windows share in /etc/fstab, the system will not boot if the share - for whatever reason - is not present. If you try to mount it through the @reboot in crontab, it will just ignore the command when the share is not present.