restic

Handle Restic backups with BackBlaze

Prerequisites

• Installation is based on Ubuntu 18.04
• Restic installed with snap

Installation

1. Clone repository

   cd /usr/local/sbin
   
   git clone https://github.com/fornstedt/restic

2. Add symbolic link to cron

   sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/restic/cronjob/raid-backup /etc/cron.daily/raid-backup

3. Create password file

   echo “your-restic-password” > /usr/local/sbin/restic/restic-pw.txt

4. Update restic-env.sh with your BackBlaze credentials

5. Create folder file, one line for each folder you want to backup

   echo “/path/to/folder1” > /usr/local/sbin/restic/backup-folders.txt
   
   echo “/path/to/folder2” >> /usr/local/sbin/restic/backup-folders.txt
   
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