Sync an influxdb from a remote host, Rasberry Pi, to local server

syncDB.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo "Delete old downloaded databases"
sudo rm -r /home/centos/Downloads/influx_temp

echo "Download databases from raspberry pi"
rsync -avzrx -e ssh --rsync-path="sudo rsync" [email protected]:/var/lib/influxdb /home/centos/Downloads/influx_temp

echo "Stop the influxdb service so the script can remove current local databases"
sudo systemctl stop influxdb

echo "Remove old local databases"
sudo rm -r /var/lib/influxdb/data/
sudo rm -r /var/lib/influxdb/wal/
sudo rm -r /var/lib/influxdb/meta/

echo "Copy newly downloaded databases to local database locations"
sudo cp -r ~/Downloads/influx_temp/influxdb/data/ /var/lib/influxdb/
sudo cp -r ~/Downloads/influx_temp/influxdb/wal/ /var/lib/influxdb/
sudo cp -r ~/Downloads/influx_temp/influxdb/meta/ /var/lib/influxdb/

echo "Own the new files"
sudo chown -R influxdb:influxdb /var/lib/influxdb/

echo "Restart the influxdb service to load the new databases"
sudo systemctl restart influxdb