-- This is an advanced tunnel config that uses the tunnel, load balancing -- and extra large file transfers sync { default.rsync, tunnel = tunnel { command = {"ssh", "-N", "-L", "localhost:${localport}:localhost:873", "user@testmachine"}, mode = "pool", parallel = 2, }, crontab = { -- does a full sync once a day at 3:00:01 "1 0 3 * * *" }, source = "/data/projects", target = "rsync://localhost:${localport}/projects", delay = 5, batchSizeLimit = 1024 * 1024 * 30, maxProcesses = 4, rsync = { inplace = true, } } -- On your target machine configure rsyncd.conf like this: -- [projects] -- uid = myuser -- gid = mygroup -- path = /srv/projects -- read only = false -- If you restrict the ssh key or server to allow only port forwarding and no shell -- this is a very secure setup