Restic Scripts

Purpose:

• Wrap restic with the ability to start/stop Docker containers
• Send updates to Loki server

Environment Variables

Recommended to put these in the relevant ~/.bashrc file

Env Variable	Description
HOSTNAME	Network hostname of where the backup is running. Used to tag the backups in restic
BACKUP_DIR	Directory to back up
RESTIC_REPOSITORY	Directory for the restic repository. This is usually on a mount point made from Proxmox
RESTIC_PASSWORD	Password for the restic repository
LOKI_URL	Push URL for Loki. Should include the port and end with something like /loki/api/v1/push

Loki Updates

Updates sent to Loki will have the following labels:

Label	Description
host	Hostname set by the environment variable HOSTNAME
backup	String representing the type of update e.g. backup, prune, forget, or size

Usage

python -m restic.snapshots

To stop docker containers before the backup and start them again afterwards, use the --project and --services flags.

python -m restic.backup --tag manual --project joplin --services app,db

python -m restic.prune