Is it possible to specify a different ssh port when using rsync?

Question

I have been attempting the following command:

rsync -rvz --progress --remove-sent-files ./dir user@host:2222/path

SSH is running on port

Answer 1

I found this solution on Mike Hike Hostetler's site that worked perfectly for me.

# rsync -avz -e "ssh -p $portNumber" user@remoteip:/path/to/files/ /local/path/

Answer 2

when you need to send files through a specific SSH port:

rsync -azP -e "ssh -p PORT_NUMBER" source destination

example

rsync -azP -e "ssh -p 2121" /path/to/files/source user@remoteip:/path/to/files/destination

Answer 3

use the "rsh option" . e.g.:

rsync -avz --rsh='ssh -p3382' root@remote_server_name:/opt/backups

refer to: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/rsync-ssh-on-different-port-448112/

Answer 4

I was not able to get rsync to connect via ssh on a different port, but I was able to redirect the ssh connection to the computer I wanted via iptables. This is not the solution I was looking for, but it solved my problem.

Answer 5

A bit offtopic but might help someone. If you need to pass password and port I suggest using sshpass package. Command line command would look like this: sshpass -p "password" rsync -avzh -e 'ssh -p PORT312' root@192.xx.xxx.xxx:/dir_on_host/

Answer 6

Your command line should look like this:

rsync -rvz -e 'ssh -p 2222' --progress ./dir user@host:/path

this works fine - I use it all the time without needing any new firewall rules - just note the SSH command itself is enclosed in quotes.