Restic
Installation
Please follow the instructions here or download the latest binaries here
Setup (MacOS or Linux)
Create an environment file
Create a text file .env and store the following four environmental variables in it.
RESTIC_REPOSITORY=...
RESTIC_REST_USERNAME=...
RESTIC_REST_PASSWORD=...
RESTIC_PASSWORD=...
Text in square brackets [] should be substituted with the correct values:
| Parameter | Explanation |
|---|---|
| RESTIC_REPOSITORY | Please check your account page for the correct URL |
| RESTIC_REST_USERNAME | This is the account username you use to login on our website |
| RESTIC_REST_PASSWORD | This is the account password you use to login to our website |
| RESTIC_PASSWORD | This is the encryption password used to encrypt your repository. You can pick anything you like, but make sure to carefully store it somewhere as we do not have access to it! |
For example, the .env file could look like this:
RESTIC_REPOSITORY=rest:https://heron.resticbackups.com/johnsmith
RESTIC_REST_USERNAME=johnsmith
RESTIC_REST_PASSWORD=myaccountpassword
RESTIC_PASSWORD=5411d088cfa6c69872ec9da34ff192d22be23bf7
We do not store your Restic password (encryption key) and do not have access to it. If you lose this key after initializing the repository (next step), we cannot help you get access to your data.
Source the environment file
source .env
Initialize the repository
restic init
Backup your home directory
As an example; you can backup any path you wish
restic backup ~/
If this successfully worked, then great! Make sure to explore all of restic’s advanced features here.
Setup (Windows)
To be added; in the meantime please contact us.
Scheduling
We strongly recommend you use Autorestic or Backrest to schedule and manage your backups. You can also schedule backup runs using crontab or your system’s task scheduler.