backup-with-restic

Backup tool to create easily repositories with restic.

Usage

backup do-backup

Create a new snapshot with your current configuration.

backup do-forget

Forget your snapshots according to KEEP_* variables in the configuration file.

backup (run)
backup

Create a new snapshot and then delete the repository snapshots. (Wraps do-backup and do-forget)

Wrapper

You also can use native restic commands like snapshots or mount. These will respect the exported RESTIC_* variables. So a plain backup snapshots will list all of your current snapshots in the configured repository.

Installation

You need to have restic prior to your first run. See restic's installations instructions for details.

# install scripts
git clone https://github.com/bebehei/backup-with-restic
cd backup-with-restic
make install
cp /etc/backup/{example,default}.env

# edit default.env to match backup data
$EDITOR /etc/backup/default.env

# initialize everything
backup init

# add cronjob (for hourly backup)
{ crontab -l ; echo "0 * * * * backup"; } | crontab -

Hint: Depending on your configuration, you may need sudo for some commands.