# Shaarli – Copy an existing installation over SSH and serve it locally

# Copy an existing installation over SSH and serve it locally

Example bash script:

    #!/bin/bash
    #Description: Copy a Shaarli installation over SSH/SCP, serve it locally with php-cli
    #Will create a local-shaarli/ directory when you run it, backup your Shaarli there, and serve it locally.
    #Will NOT download linked pages. It's just a directly usable backup/copy/mirror of your Shaarli
    #Requires: ssh, scp and a working SSH access to the server where your Shaarli is installed
    #Usage: ./local-shaarli.sh
    #Author: nodiscc (nodiscc@gmail.com)
    #License: MIT (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
    set -o errexit
    set -o nounset

    ##### CONFIG #################
    #The port used by php's local server
    php_local_port=7431

    #Name of the SSH server and path where Shaarli is installed
    #TODO: pass these as command-line arguments
    remotehost="my.ssh.server"
    remote_shaarli_dir="/var/www/shaarli"

    ###### FUNCTIONS #############
    _main() {
        _CBSyncShaarli
        _CBServeShaarli
    }

    _CBSyncShaarli() {
        remote_temp_dir=$(ssh $remotehost mktemp -d)
        remote_ssh_user=$(ssh $remotehost whoami)
        ssh -t "$remotehost" sudo cp -r "$remote_shaarli_dir" "$remote_temp_dir"
        ssh -t "$remotehost" sudo chown -R "$remote_ssh_user":"$remote_ssh_user" "$remote_temp_dir"
        scp -rq "$remotehost":"$remote_temp_dir" local-shaarli
        ssh "$remotehost" rm -r "$remote_temp_dir"
    }

    _CBServeShaarli() {
        #TODO: allow serving a previously downloaded Shaarli
        #TODO: ask before overwriting local copy, if it exists
        cd local-shaarli/
        php -S localhost:${php_local_port}
        echo "Please go to http://localhost:${php_local_port}"
    }

    ##### MAIN #################

    _main

This outputs:

    $ ./local-shaarli.sh
    PHP 5.6.0RC4 Development Server started at Mon Sep  1 21:56:19 2014
    Listening on http://localhost:7431
    Document root is /home/user/local-shaarli/shaarli
    Press Ctrl-C to quit.

    [Mon Sep  1 21:56:27 2014] ::1:57868 [200]: /[](.html)
    [Mon Sep  1 21:56:27 2014] ::1:57869 [200]: /index.html[](.html)
    [Mon Sep  1 21:56:37 2014] ::1:57881 [200]: /...[](.html)