Restic Scripts

Environment Variables

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

Env Variable	Description
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

Usage

Python

python -m restic.snapshots

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

python -m restic.prune

Shell Scripts

./restic_command.sh snapshots

./restic_backup.sh --tag manual

./restic_command.sh forget --keep-last 1

./restic_command.sh restore