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Restic

Variables 

#!/bin/bash

export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="b2:repo-name"
export RESTIC_PASSWORD="aaaaa"
export B2_ACCOUNT_ID="bbbbb"
export B2_ACCOUNT_KEY="ccccc"

restic .....

Show hosts in repository 

restic ...

Remove all snapshots for a host from repository

Run without prune first! You cannot delete all snapshots at once. You have to specify a keep policy.

restic forget --host 'your_host_name' --keep-last 1 --path /opt
restic forget <id>
restic prune
restic check

Init new repository 

restic init

Mount repository 

restic mount /mnt/restic

Wrapper

Useful wrapper for healthchecks: restic-tools

Run with:

backup hetzner local

SSH config for backups to Hetzner storage box

in ~/.ssh/config

Host backup-storagebox
  User u12356-sub1
  IdentityFile /home/aike/.ssh/restic.key
  HostName u12345.your-storagebox.de
  Port 23

Backblaze keys without deleteFiles:

b2 create-key --bucket <bucketName> <keyName> listBuckets,readFiles,writeFiles,listFiles

First run

First run rclone serve restic --append-only to receive backups via http from the production cluster.

Second run

Second, run restic forget --prune using read/write file access methods, such as SFTP or locally mounted files.

rclone serve restic --append-only

restic forget --keep-last 1 --prune restic stats –mode raw-data restic snapshots –path=”/home”

restic forget –keep-daily 7 –keep-weekly 5 –keep-monthly 12 –keep-yearly 2

apt install restic && restic self-update

GUI’s