backup-solution/README.md

Backup Solution

This is currently WIP btw.

• Install restic > 1.14
• Create new repository (where backups are stored)
  • Create a new ssh keypair and share it with the remote host
  • Create a ~/.ssh/config file and name it. In this case we will name it other

# This could also be a local folder (/to/whereever/) but that's dumb.
export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="sftp:other:/srv/repo"
restic init
# It will ask you for a password, ofc make this good and don't forget it.

• Backup some files

# Optionally add the `--tag foo` flag to tag backup snapshots
restic backup /ImportantDocuments

• Restore from a snapshot:

restic snapshots
# Copy the desired snapshot id (short or long)
restic restore <id> --target <target folder>