Reference
The configuration file reference is generated from resticprofile’s data model and restic’s manual pages.
- Sections
- Section global
- Profile sections
- Section profile
- Section profile.backup
- Section profile.cache
- Section profile.cat
- Section profile.check
- Section profile.copy
- Section profile.diff
- Section profile.dump
- Section profile.find
- Section profile.forget
- Section profile.init
- Section profile.key
- Section profile.list
- Section profile.ls
- Section profile.migrate
- Section profile.mount
- Section profile.prune
- Section profile.rebuild-index
- Section profile.recover
- Section profile.repair
- Section profile.repair-index
- Section profile.repair-snapshots
- Section profile.restore
- Section profile.retention
- Section profile.rewrite
- Section profile.snapshots
- Section profile.stats
- Section profile.tag
- Section profile.unlock
- Nested profile sections
- Section groups
- Value types
- JSON schema
Sections
Section global
The global section is at the root of the configuration file and contains the global
settings for resticprofile.
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ca-certificates | one or more strings | Path to PEM encoded certificates to trust in addition to system certificates when resticprofile sends to a webhook - see configuration/http_hooks/ | |
| default-command | string | snapshots | The restic or resticprofile command to use when no command was specified. Examples: backup, cache, cat, check, copy, diff, dump, find, forget, generate, init, key, list, ls, migrate, mount, prune, rebuild-index, recover, repair, repair-index, repair-snapshots, restore, rewrite, self-update, snapshots, stats, tag, unlock, version |
| group-continue-on-error | true / false | false | Enable groups to continue with the next profile(s) instead of stopping at the first failure |
| initialize | true / false | false | Initialize a repository if missing |
| ionice | true / false | false | Enables setting the unix IO priority class and level for resticprofile and child processes (only on unix OS) |
| ionice-class | integer | 2 | Sets the unix “ionice-class” to apply when “ionice” is enabled. Must be >= 1 and <= 3 |
| ionice-level | integer | 0 | Sets the unix “ionice-level” to apply when “ionice” is enabled. Must be >= 0 and <= 7 |
true / false | false | Legacy, broken arguments mode of resticprofile before version 0.15 | |
| log | string | Sets the default log destination to be used if not specified in ‘–log’ or ‘schedule-log’ - see configuration/logs/ | |
| min-memory | integer | 100 | Minimum available memory (in MB) required to run any commands - see usage/memory/ |
| nice | integer | 0 | Sets the unix “nice” value for resticprofile and child processes (on any OS). Must be >= -20 and <= 19 |
| prevent-sleep | true / false | false | Prevent the system from sleeping while running commands - see configuration/sleep/ |
| priority | string | normal | Sets process priority class for resticprofile and child processes (on any OS). Is one of idle, background, low, normal, high, highest |
| restic-arguments-filter | true / false | true | Remove unknown flags instead of passing all configured flags to restic |
| restic-binary | string | Full path of the restic executable (detected if not set) | |
| restic-lock-retry-after | integer OR duration | 1m | Time to wait before trying to get a lock on a restic repositoey - see usage/locks/ |
| restic-stale-lock-age | integer OR duration | 1h | The age an unused lock on a restic repository must have at least before resiticprofile attempts to unlock - see usage/locks/ |
| scheduler | string | Leave blank for the default scheduler or use “crond” to select cron on supported operating systems | |
| send-timeout | integer OR duration | 30s | Timeout when sending messages to a webhook - see configuration/http_hooks/. Examples: 15s, 30s, 2m30s |
| shell | one or more strings | auto | The shell that is used to run commands (default is OS specific). Examples: sh, bash, pwsh, powershell, cmd |
| systemd-timer-template | string | File containing the go template to generate a systemd timer - see schedules/systemd/ | |
| systemd-unit-template | string | File containing the go template to generate a systemd unit - see schedules/systemd/ |
Profile sections
In config file format v1, the name of this section is the name of your profile
(excluding reserved names like global, groups, includes & version).
From config file format v2, profile sections are declared as named configuration
structure below section profiles (see Configuration v2
for details).
Section profile
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| base-dir | string | Sets the working directory for this profile. The profile will fail when the working directory cannot be changed. Leave empty to use the current directory instead | |
| description | string | Describes the profile | |
| env | key => value | Additional environment variables to set in any child process | |
| force-inactive-lock | true / false | false | Allows to lock when the existing lock is considered stale |
| inherit | string | Name of the profile to inherit all of the settings from | |
| initialize | true / false | Initialize the restic repository if missing | |
| lock | string | Path to the lock file to use with resticprofile locks | |
| prometheus-labels | key => string | Additional prometheus labels to set | |
| prometheus-push | uri | URL of the prometheus push gateway to send the summary of the last restic command result to | |
| prometheus-push-format | string | text | Prometheus push gateway request format. Is one of text, protobuf |
| prometheus-push-job | string | Prometheus push gateway job name. $command placeholder is replaced with restic command | |
| prometheus-save-to-file | string | Path to the prometheus metrics file to update with a summary of the last restic command result | |
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands | |
| status-file | string | Path to the status file to update with a summary of last restic command result | |
| stream-error | one or more nested StreamErrorSection | Run shell command(s) when a pattern matches the stderr of restic | |
| systemd-drop-in-files | one or more strings | Files containing systemd drop-in (override) files - see schedules/systemd/ |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| cacert | string | file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT) | |
| cache-dir | string | "" | set the cache directory&. (default: use system default cache directory) |
| cleanup-cache | true / false | false | auto remove old cache directories |
| compression | string | auto | compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto/off/max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| extended-status | true / false | false | set output mode to JSON for commands that support it |
| insecure-tls | true / false | false | skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure). restic >= 0.13.0 |
| key-hint | string | "" | key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT) |
| limit-download | integer | 0 | limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) |
| limit-upload | integer | 0 | limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) |
| no-cache | true / false | false | do not use a local cache |
| no-lock | true / false | false | do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories |
| option | one or more strings | set extended option (key=value) | |
| pack-size | integer | 0 | set target pack size in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| password-command | string | "" | shell command to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND) |
| password-file | string | "" | file to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE) |
| quiet | true / false | false | do not output comprehensive progress report |
| repository | string | "" | repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY) |
| repository-file | string | "" | file to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE). restic >= 0.11.0 |
| retry-lock | string | 0s | retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries). restic >= 0.16.0 |
| tls-client-cert | string | "" | path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT) |
| verbose | true / false OR integer | 0 | be verbose (true for level 1 or a number for increased verbosity, max level is 2) |
Most restic command flags defined in profile sections below can also be set at profile level. They will be inherited in all sections that define these flags and ignored in all others.
Section profile.backup
This section configures restic command backup .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “backup” command creates a new snapshot and saves the files and directories given as the arguments.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| check-after | true / false | false | Check the repository after the backup command succeeded |
| check-before | true / false | false | Check the repository before starting the backup command |
| no-error-on-warning | true / false | false | Do not fail the backup when some files could not be read |
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands | |
| schedule | one or more strings | Set the times at which the scheduled command is run (times are specified in systemd timer format). Examples: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, 10:00,14:00,18:00,22:00, Wed,Fri 17:48, *-*-15 02:45, Mon..Fri 00:30 | |
| schedule-after-network-online | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when the network is offline (supported in “systemd”) |
| schedule-capture-environment | one or more strings | RESTIC_* | Set names (or glob expressions) of environment variables to capture during schedule creation. The captured environment is applied prior to “profile.env” when running the schedule. Whether capturing is supported depends on the type of scheduler being used (supported in “systemd” and “launchd”) |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery-less-than | integer | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery, and the battery charge left is less than the value | |
| schedule-lock-mode | string | default | Specify how locks are used when running on schedule - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of default, fail, ignore |
| schedule-lock-wait | integer OR duration | Set the maximum time to wait for acquiring locks when running on schedule. Examples: 150s, 15m, 30m, 45m, 1h, 2h30m | |
| schedule-log | string | Redirect the output into a log file or to syslog when running on schedule. Examples: /resticprofile.log, tcp://localhost:514 | |
| schedule-permission | string | auto | Specify whether the schedule runs with system or user privileges - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of auto, system, user, user_logged_on |
| schedule-priority | string | background | Set the priority at which the schedule is run. Is one of background, standard |
| send-after | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after a successful restic command | |
| send-after-fail | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| send-before | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) before a restic command | |
| send-finally | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) always, after all other commands | |
| source | one or more strings | The paths to backup. Examples: /opt/, /home/user/, C:\Users\User\Documents | |
| source-base | string | The base path to resolve relative backup paths against. Defaults to current directory if unset or empty (see also “base-dir” in profile). Examples: /, $PWD, C:\, %cd% | |
| stdin-command | one or more strings | Shell command(s) that generate content to redirect into the stdin of restic. When set, the flag “stdin” is always set to “true” |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| dry-run | true / false | false | do not upload or write any data, just show what would be done. restic >= 0.13.0 |
| exclude | one or more strings | exclude a pattern | |
| exclude-caches | true / false | false | excludes cache directories that are marked with a CACHEDIR.TAG file. See https://bford.info/cachedir/ for the Cache Directory Tagging Standard |
| exclude-file | one or more strings | read exclude patterns from a file | |
| exclude-if-present | one or more strings | takes filename[:header], exclude contents of directories containing filename (except filename itself) if header of that file is as provided | |
| exclude-larger-than | string | "" | max size of the files to be backed up (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T). restic >= 0.10.0 |
| extended-status | true / false | false | set output mode to JSON for commands that support it |
| files-from | one or more strings | read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args) | |
| files-from-raw | one or more strings | read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args). restic >= 0.12.0 | |
| files-from-verbatim | one or more strings | read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args). restic >= 0.12.0 | |
| force | true / false | false | force re-reading the target files/directories (overrides the “parent” flag) |
| group-by | string | host,paths | group snapshots by host, paths and/or tags, separated by comma (disable grouping with ‘’). restic >= 0.16.0 |
| host | true / false OR hostname | "" | set the hostname for the snapshot manually. To prevent an expensive rescan use the “parent” flag. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Defaults to true for config version 2 in “backup”. Examples: true, false, "host" |
| iexclude | one or more strings | same as –exclude pattern but ignores the casing of filenames. restic >= 0.10.0 | |
| iexclude-file | one or more strings | same as –exclude-file but ignores casing of filenames in patterns. restic >= 0.10.0 | |
| ignore-ctime | true / false | false | ignore ctime changes when checking for modified files. restic >= 0.12.0 |
| ignore-inode | true / false | false | ignore inode number changes when checking for modified files. restic >= 0.10.0 |
| no-scan | true / false | false | do not run scanner to estimate size of backup. restic >= 0.15.0 |
| one-file-system | true / false | false | exclude other file systems, don’t cross filesystem boundaries and subvolumes |
| parent | string | "" | use this parent snapshot (default: latest snapshot in the group determined by –group-by and not newer than the timestamp determined by –time) |
| read-concurrency | integer | 0 | read n files concurrently (default: $RESTIC_READ_CONCURRENCY or 2). restic >= 0.15.0 |
| stdin | true / false | false | read backup from stdin |
| stdin-filename | string | "stdin" | filename to use when reading from stdin |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | add tags for the new snapshot in the format tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is unsupported in section “backup”. Examples: false, "tag" | |
| time | string | "" | time of the backup (ex. ‘2012-11-01 22:08:41’) (default: now) |
| use-fs-snapshot | true / false | false | use filesystem snapshot where possible (currently only Windows VSS). restic >= 0.12.0 . Available only for windows |
| with-atime | true / false | false | store the atime for all files and directories |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.cache
This section configures restic command cache .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “cache” command allows listing and cleaning local cache directories.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleanup | true / false | false | remove old cache directories |
| max-age | integer | 30 | max age in days for cache directories to be considered old |
| no-size | true / false | false | do not output the size of the cache directories |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.cat
This section configures restic command cat .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “cat” command is used to print internal objects to stdout.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.check
This section configures restic command check .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “check” command tests the repository for errors and reports any errors it finds. It can also be used to read all data and therefore simulate a restore.
By default, the “check” command will always load all data directly from the repository and not use a local cache.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| schedule | one or more strings | Set the times at which the scheduled command is run (times are specified in systemd timer format). Examples: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, 10:00,14:00,18:00,22:00, Wed,Fri 17:48, *-*-15 02:45, Mon..Fri 00:30 | |
| schedule-after-network-online | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when the network is offline (supported in “systemd”) |
| schedule-capture-environment | one or more strings | RESTIC_* | Set names (or glob expressions) of environment variables to capture during schedule creation. The captured environment is applied prior to “profile.env” when running the schedule. Whether capturing is supported depends on the type of scheduler being used (supported in “systemd” and “launchd”) |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery-less-than | integer | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery, and the battery charge left is less than the value | |
| schedule-lock-mode | string | default | Specify how locks are used when running on schedule - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of default, fail, ignore |
| schedule-lock-wait | integer OR duration | Set the maximum time to wait for acquiring locks when running on schedule. Examples: 150s, 15m, 30m, 45m, 1h, 2h30m | |
| schedule-log | string | Redirect the output into a log file or to syslog when running on schedule. Examples: /resticprofile.log, tcp://localhost:514 | |
| schedule-permission | string | auto | Specify whether the schedule runs with system or user privileges - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of auto, system, user, user_logged_on |
| schedule-priority | string | background | Set the priority at which the schedule is run. Is one of background, standard |
| send-after | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after a successful restic command | |
| send-after-fail | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| send-before | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) before a restic command | |
| send-finally | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
true / false | false | find unused blobs. restic < 0.14.0 | |
| read-data | true / false | false | read all data blobs |
| read-data-subset | string | "" | read a subset of data packs, specified as ’n/t’ for specific part, or either ‘x%’ or ‘x.y%’ or a size in bytes with suffixes k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T for a random subset |
| with-cache | true / false | false | use existing cache, only read uncached data from repository |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.copy
This section configures restic command copy available since 0.10.0 .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “copy” command copies one or more snapshots from one repository to another.
NOTE: This process will have to both download (read) and upload (write) the entire snapshot(s) due to the different encryption keys used in the source and destination repositories. This /may incur higher bandwidth usage and costs/ than expected during normal backup runs.
NOTE: The copying process does not re-chunk files, which may break deduplication between the files copied and files already stored in the destination repository. This means that copied files, which existed in both the source and destination repository, /may occupy up to twice their space/ in the destination repository. This can be mitigated by the “–copy-chunker-params” option when initializing a new destination repository using the “init” command.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| initialize | true / false | false | Initialize the secondary repository if missing |
| initialize-copy-chunker-params | true / false | true | Copy chunker parameters when initializing the secondary repository |
| key-hint | string | Key ID of key to try decrypting the destination repository first | |
| password-command | string | Shell command to obtain the destination repository password from | |
| password-file | string | File to read the destination repository password from | |
| repository | string | Destination repository to copy snapshots to | |
| repository-file | string | File from which to read the destination repository location to copy snapshots to | |
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands | |
| schedule | one or more strings | Set the times at which the scheduled command is run (times are specified in systemd timer format). Examples: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, 10:00,14:00,18:00,22:00, Wed,Fri 17:48, *-*-15 02:45, Mon..Fri 00:30 | |
| schedule-after-network-online | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when the network is offline (supported in “systemd”) |
| schedule-capture-environment | one or more strings | RESTIC_* | Set names (or glob expressions) of environment variables to capture during schedule creation. The captured environment is applied prior to “profile.env” when running the schedule. Whether capturing is supported depends on the type of scheduler being used (supported in “systemd” and “launchd”) |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery-less-than | integer | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery, and the battery charge left is less than the value | |
| schedule-lock-mode | string | default | Specify how locks are used when running on schedule - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of default, fail, ignore |
| schedule-lock-wait | integer OR duration | Set the maximum time to wait for acquiring locks when running on schedule. Examples: 150s, 15m, 30m, 45m, 1h, 2h30m | |
| schedule-log | string | Redirect the output into a log file or to syslog when running on schedule. Examples: /resticprofile.log, tcp://localhost:514 | |
| schedule-permission | string | auto | Specify whether the schedule runs with system or user privileges - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of auto, system, user, user_logged_on |
| schedule-priority | string | background | Set the priority at which the schedule is run. Is one of background, standard |
| send-after | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after a successful restic command | |
| send-after-fail | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| send-before | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) before a restic command | |
| send-finally | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| from-key-hint | string | "" | key ID of key to try decrypting the source repository first (default: $RESTIC_FROM_KEY_HINT). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| from-password-command | string | "" | shell command to obtain the source repository password from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_COMMAND). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| from-password-file | string | "" | file to read the source repository password from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_FILE). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| from-repo | string | "" | source repository to copy snapshots from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| from-repository-file | string | "" | file from which to read the source repository location to copy snapshots from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY_FILE). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" . restic >= 0.10.0 | |
string | "" | key ID of key to try decrypting the destination repository first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0 | |
string | "" | shell command to obtain the destination repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0 | |
string | "" | file to read the destination repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0 | |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" . restic >= 0.10.0 | |
string | "" | destination repository to copy snapshots to (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0 | |
string | "" | file from which to read the destination repository location to copy snapshots to (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE2). restic >= 0.13.0 < 0.14.0 | |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" . restic >= 0.10.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.diff
This section configures restic command diff .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “diff” command shows differences from the first to the second snapshot. The first characters in each line display what has happened to a particular file or directory:
- The item was added
- The item was removed U The metadata (access mode, timestamps, …) for the item was updated M The file’s content was modified T The type was changed, e.g. a file was made a symlink
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| metadata | true / false | false | print changes in metadata |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.dump
This section configures restic command dump .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “dump” command extracts files from a snapshot from the repository. If a single file is selected, it prints its contents to stdout. Folders are output as a tar (default) or zip file containing the contents of the specified folder. Pass “/” as file name to dump the whole snapshot as an archive file.
The special snapshot “latest” can be used to use the latest snapshot in the repository.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| archive | string | "tar" | set archive format as “tar” or “zip”. restic >= 0.12.0 |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host, when snapshot ID “latest” is given. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path, when snapshot ID “latest” is given. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" | |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…], when snapshot ID “latest” is given. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.find
This section configures restic command find .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “find” command searches for files or directories in snapshots stored in the repo. It can also be used to search for restic blobs or trees for troubleshooting.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| blob | true / false | false | pattern is a blob-ID |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
| human-readable | true / false | false | print sizes in human readable format. restic >= 0.16.0 |
| ignore-case | true / false | false | ignore case for pattern |
| long | true / false | false | use a long listing format showing size and mode |
| newest | string | "" | newest modification date/time |
| oldest | string | "" | oldest modification date/time |
| pack | true / false | false | pattern is a pack-ID |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" | |
| show-pack-id | true / false | false | display the pack-ID the blobs belong to (with –blob or –tree) |
| snapshot | one or more strings | snapshot id to search in | |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" | |
| tree | true / false | false | pattern is a tree-ID |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.forget
This section configures restic command forget .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “forget” command removes snapshots according to a policy. All snapshots are first divided into groups according to “–group-by”, and after that the policy specified by the “–keep-*” options is applied to each group individually.
Please note that this command really only deletes the snapshot object in the repository, which is a reference to data stored there. In order to remove the unreferenced data after “forget” was run successfully, see the “prune” command.
Please also read the documentation for “forget” to learn about some important security considerations.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| schedule | one or more strings | Set the times at which the scheduled command is run (times are specified in systemd timer format). Examples: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, 10:00,14:00,18:00,22:00, Wed,Fri 17:48, *-*-15 02:45, Mon..Fri 00:30 | |
| schedule-after-network-online | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when the network is offline (supported in “systemd”) |
| schedule-capture-environment | one or more strings | RESTIC_* | Set names (or glob expressions) of environment variables to capture during schedule creation. The captured environment is applied prior to “profile.env” when running the schedule. Whether capturing is supported depends on the type of scheduler being used (supported in “systemd” and “launchd”) |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery-less-than | integer | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery, and the battery charge left is less than the value | |
| schedule-lock-mode | string | default | Specify how locks are used when running on schedule - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of default, fail, ignore |
| schedule-lock-wait | integer OR duration | Set the maximum time to wait for acquiring locks when running on schedule. Examples: 150s, 15m, 30m, 45m, 1h, 2h30m | |
| schedule-log | string | Redirect the output into a log file or to syslog when running on schedule. Examples: /resticprofile.log, tcp://localhost:514 | |
| schedule-permission | string | auto | Specify whether the schedule runs with system or user privileges - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of auto, system, user, user_logged_on |
| schedule-priority | string | background | Set the priority at which the schedule is run. Is one of background, standard |
| send-after | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after a successful restic command | |
| send-after-fail | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| send-before | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) before a restic command | |
| send-finally | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| compact | true / false | false | use compact output format |
| dry-run | true / false | false | do not delete anything, just print what would be done |
| group-by | string | host,paths | group snapshots by host, paths and/or tags, separated by comma (disable grouping with ‘’) |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
| keep-daily | integer | 0 | keep the last n daily snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all daily snapshots) |
| keep-hourly | integer | 0 | keep the last n hourly snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all hourly snapshots) |
| keep-last | integer | 0 | keep the last n snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all snapshots) |
| keep-monthly | integer | 0 | keep the last n monthly snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all monthly snapshots) |
| keep-tag | one or more strings | keep snapshots with this taglist | |
| keep-weekly | integer | 0 | keep the last n weekly snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all weekly snapshots) |
| keep-within | string | keep snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot | |
| keep-within-daily | string | keep daily snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-within-hourly | string | keep hourly snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-within-monthly | string | keep monthly snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-within-weekly | string | keep weekly snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-within-yearly | string | keep yearly snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-yearly | integer | 0 | keep the last n yearly snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all yearly snapshots) |
| max-repack-size | string | "" | maximum size to repack (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T). restic >= 0.12.0 |
| max-unused | string | "5%" | tolerate given limit of unused data (absolute value in bytes with suffixes k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T, a value in % or the word ‘unlimited’). restic >= 0.12.0 |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" | |
| prune | true / false | false | automatically run the ‘prune’ command if snapshots have been removed |
| repack-cacheable-only | true / false | false | only repack packs which are cacheable. restic >= 0.12.0 |
| repack-small | true / false | false | repack pack files below 80% of target pack size. restic >= 0.14.0 |
| repack-uncompressed | true / false | false | repack all uncompressed data. restic >= 0.14.0 |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.init
This section configures restic command init .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “init” command initializes a new repository.
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| copy-chunker-params | true / false | false | copy chunker parameters from the secondary repository (useful with the copy command). restic >= 0.10.0 |
| from-key-hint | string | "" | key ID of key to try decrypting the source repository first (default: $RESTIC_FROM_KEY_HINT). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| from-password-command | string | "" | shell command to obtain the source repository password from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_COMMAND). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| from-password-file | string | "" | file to read the source repository password from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_FILE). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| from-repository | string | "" | source repository to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY). restic >= 0.14.0 |
| from-repository-file | string | "" | file from which to read the source repository location to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY_FILE). restic >= 0.14.0 |
string | "" | key ID of key to try decrypting the secondary repository first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0 | |
string | "" | shell command to obtain the secondary repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0 | |
string | "" | file to read the secondary repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0 | |
string | "" | secondary repository to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0 | |
string | "" | file from which to read the secondary repository location to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE2). restic >= 0.13.0 < 0.14.0 | |
| repository-version | string | "stable" | repository format version to use, allowed values are a format version, ’latest’ and ‘stable’. restic >= 0.14.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.key
This section configures restic command key .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “key” command manages keys (passwords) for accessing the repository.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| host | true / false OR hostname | "" | the hostname for new keys. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" . restic >= 0.10.0 |
| new-password-file | string | "" | file from which to read the new password |
| user | string | "" | the username for new keys. restic >= 0.10.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.list
This section configures restic command list .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “list” command allows listing objects in the repository based on type.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.ls
This section configures restic command ls .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “ls” command lists files and directories in a snapshot.
The special snapshot ID “latest” can be used to list files and directories of the latest snapshot in the repository. The –host flag can be used in conjunction to select the latest snapshot originating from a certain host only.
File listings can optionally be filtered by directories. Any positional arguments after the snapshot ID are interpreted as absolute directory paths, and only files inside those directories will be listed. If the –recursive flag is used, then the filter will allow traversing into matching directories’ subfolders. Any directory paths specified must be absolute (starting with a path separator); paths use the forward slash ‘/’ as separator.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host, when snapshot ID “latest” is given. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
| human-readable | true / false | false | print sizes in human readable format. restic >= 0.16.0 |
| long | true / false | false | use a long listing format showing size and mode |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path, when snapshot ID “latest” is given. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" | |
| recursive | true / false | false | include files in subfolders of the listed directories |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…], when snapshot ID “latest” is given. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.migrate
This section configures restic command migrate .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “migrate” command checks which migrations can be applied for a repository and prints a list with available migration names. If one or more migration names are specified, these migrations are applied.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| force | true / false | false | apply a migration a second time |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.mount
This section configures restic command mount .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “mount” command mounts the repository via fuse to a directory. This is a read-only mount.
If you need a different template for directories that contain snapshots, you can pass a time template via –time-template and path templates via –path-template.
Example time template without colons:
–time-template “2006-01-02_15-04-05”
You need to specify a sample format for exactly the following timestamp:
Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006
For details please see the documentation for time.Format() at: https://godoc.org/time#Time.Format
For path templates, you can use the following patterns which will be replaced: %i by short snapshot ID %I by long snapshot ID %u by username %h by hostname %t by tags %T by timestamp as specified by –time-template
The default path templates are: “ids/%i” “snapshots/%T” “hosts/%h/%T” “tags/%t/%T”
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| allow-other | true / false | false | allow other users to access the data in the mounted directory |
true / false | false | allow root user to access the data in the mounted directory. restic < 0.10.0 | |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
| no-default-permissions | true / false | false | for ‘allow-other’, ignore Unix permissions and allow users to read all snapshot files |
| owner-root | true / false | false | use ‘root’ as the owner of files and dirs |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" | |
| path-template | one or more strings | set template for path names. restic >= 0.14.0 | |
string | "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" | set template to use for snapshot dirs. restic < 0.14.0 | |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" | |
| time-template | string | "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" | set template to use for times. restic >= 0.14.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.prune
This section configures restic command prune .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “prune” command checks the repository and removes data that is not referenced and therefore not needed any more.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| schedule | one or more strings | Set the times at which the scheduled command is run (times are specified in systemd timer format). Examples: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, 10:00,14:00,18:00,22:00, Wed,Fri 17:48, *-*-15 02:45, Mon..Fri 00:30 | |
| schedule-after-network-online | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when the network is offline (supported in “systemd”) |
| schedule-capture-environment | one or more strings | RESTIC_* | Set names (or glob expressions) of environment variables to capture during schedule creation. The captured environment is applied prior to “profile.env” when running the schedule. Whether capturing is supported depends on the type of scheduler being used (supported in “systemd” and “launchd”) |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery | true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery |
| schedule-ignore-on-battery-less-than | integer | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery, and the battery charge left is less than the value | |
| schedule-lock-mode | string | default | Specify how locks are used when running on schedule - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of default, fail, ignore |
| schedule-lock-wait | integer OR duration | Set the maximum time to wait for acquiring locks when running on schedule. Examples: 150s, 15m, 30m, 45m, 1h, 2h30m | |
| schedule-log | string | Redirect the output into a log file or to syslog when running on schedule. Examples: /resticprofile.log, tcp://localhost:514 | |
| schedule-permission | string | auto | Specify whether the schedule runs with system or user privileges - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of auto, system, user, user_logged_on |
| schedule-priority | string | background | Set the priority at which the schedule is run. Is one of background, standard |
| send-after | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after a successful restic command | |
| send-after-fail | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| send-before | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) before a restic command | |
| send-finally | one or more nested SendMonitoringSection | Send HTTP request(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| dry-run | true / false | false | do not modify the repository, just print what would be done. restic >= 0.12.0 |
| max-repack-size | string | "" | maximum size to repack (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T). restic >= 0.12.0 |
| max-unused | string | "5%" | tolerate given limit of unused data (absolute value in bytes with suffixes k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T, a value in % or the word ‘unlimited’). restic >= 0.12.0 |
| repack-cacheable-only | true / false | false | only repack packs which are cacheable. restic >= 0.12.0 |
| repack-small | true / false | false | repack pack files below 80% of target pack size. restic >= 0.14.0 |
| repack-uncompressed | true / false | false | repack all uncompressed data. restic >= 0.14.0 |
| unsafe-recover-no-free-space | string | "" | UNSAFE, READ THE DOCUMENTATION BEFORE USING! Try to recover a repository stuck with no free space. Do not use without trying out ‘prune –max-repack-size 0’ first. restic >= 0.14.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.rebuild-index
This section configures restic command rebuild-index removed in 0.16.0 .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “rebuild-index” command creates a new index based on the pack files in the repository.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| read-all-packs | true / false | false | read all pack files to generate new index from scratch. restic >= 0.12.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.recover
This section configures restic command recover .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “recover” command builds a new snapshot from all directories it can find in the raw data of the repository which are not referenced in an existing snapshot. It can be used if, for example, a snapshot has been removed by accident with “forget”.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.repair
This section configures restic command repair available since 0.16.0 .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
Repair the repository
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.repair-index
This section configures restic command repair-index available since 0.16.0 .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “repair index” command creates a new index based on the pack files in the repository.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| read-all-packs | true / false | false | read all pack files to generate new index from scratch. restic >= 0.16.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.repair-snapshots
This section configures restic command repair-snapshots available since 0.16.0 .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “repair snapshots” command repairs broken snapshots. It scans the given snapshots and generates new ones with damaged directories and file contents removed. If the broken snapshots are deleted, a prune run will be able to clean up the repository.
The command depends on a correct index, thus make sure to run “repair index” first!
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| dry-run | true / false | false | do not do anything, just print what would be done. restic >= 0.16.0 |
| forget | true / false | false | remove original snapshots after creating new ones. restic >= 0.16.0 |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" . restic >= 0.16.0 | |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" . restic >= 0.16.0 | |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" . restic >= 0.16.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.restore
This section configures restic command restore .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “restore” command extracts the data from a snapshot from the repository to a directory.
The special snapshot “latest” can be used to restore the latest snapshot in the repository.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| exclude | one or more strings | exclude a pattern | |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host, when snapshot ID “latest” is given. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
| iexclude | one or more strings | same as –exclude but ignores the casing of filenames. restic >= 0.10.0 | |
| iinclude | one or more strings | same as –include but ignores the casing of filenames. restic >= 0.10.0 | |
| include | one or more strings | include a pattern, exclude everything else | |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path, when snapshot ID “latest” is given. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" | |
| sparse | true / false | false | restore files as sparse. restic >= 0.15.0 |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…], when snapshot ID “latest” is given. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" | |
| target | string | "" | directory to extract data to |
| verify | true / false | false | verify restored files content |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.retention
This section configures restic command forget .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “forget” command removes snapshots according to a policy. All snapshots are first divided into groups according to “–group-by”, and after that the policy specified by the “–keep-*” options is applied to each group individually.
Please note that this command really only deletes the snapshot object in the repository, which is a reference to data stored there. In order to remove the unreferenced data after “forget” was run successfully, see the “prune” command.
Please also read the documentation for “forget” to learn about some important security considerations.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| after-backup | true / false | Apply retention after the backup command succeeded. Defaults to true in configuration format v2 if any “keep-*” flag is set and “before-backup” is unset | |
| before-backup | true / false | Apply retention before starting the backup command | |
one or more strings | Set the times at which the scheduled command is run (times are specified in systemd timer format). Examples: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, 10:00,14:00,18:00,22:00, Wed,Fri 17:48, *-*-15 02:45, Mon..Fri 00:30 | ||
true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when the network is offline (supported in “systemd”) | |
one or more strings | RESTIC_* | Set names (or glob expressions) of environment variables to capture during schedule creation. The captured environment is applied prior to “profile.env” when running the schedule. Whether capturing is supported depends on the type of scheduler being used (supported in “systemd” and “launchd”) | |
true / false | false | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery | |
integer | Don’t schedule the start of this profile when running on battery, and the battery charge left is less than the value | ||
string | default | Specify how locks are used when running on schedule - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of default, fail, ignore | |
integer OR duration | Set the maximum time to wait for acquiring locks when running on schedule. Examples: 150s, 15m, 30m, 45m, 1h, 2h30m | ||
string | Redirect the output into a log file or to syslog when running on schedule. Examples: /resticprofile.log, tcp://localhost:514 | ||
string | auto | Specify whether the schedule runs with system or user privileges - see schedules/configuration/. Is one of auto, system, user, user_logged_on | |
string | background | Set the priority at which the schedule is run. Is one of background, standard |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| compact | true / false | false | use compact output format |
| dry-run | true / false | false | do not delete anything, just print what would be done |
| group-by | string | host,paths | group snapshots by host, paths and/or tags, separated by comma (disable grouping with ‘’) |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname that applies in section “backup”. Defaults to true for config version 2 in “retention”. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
| keep-daily | integer | 0 | keep the last n daily snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all daily snapshots) |
| keep-hourly | integer | 0 | keep the last n hourly snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all hourly snapshots) |
| keep-last | integer | 0 | keep the last n snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all snapshots) |
| keep-monthly | integer | 0 | keep the last n monthly snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all monthly snapshots) |
| keep-tag | one or more strings | keep snapshots with this taglist | |
| keep-weekly | integer | 0 | keep the last n weekly snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all weekly snapshots) |
| keep-within | string | keep snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot | |
| keep-within-daily | string | keep daily snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-within-hourly | string | keep hourly snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-within-monthly | string | keep monthly snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-within-weekly | string | keep weekly snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-within-yearly | string | keep yearly snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot. restic >= 0.13.0 | |
| keep-yearly | integer | 0 | keep the last n yearly snapshots (use ‘unlimited’ to keep all yearly snapshots) |
| max-repack-size | string | "" | maximum size to repack (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T). restic >= 0.12.0 |
| max-unused | string | "5%" | tolerate given limit of unused data (absolute value in bytes with suffixes k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T, a value in % or the word ‘unlimited’). restic >= 0.12.0 |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Defaults to true in “retention”. Examples: true, false, "path" | |
| prune | true / false | false | automatically run the ‘prune’ command if snapshots have been removed |
| repack-cacheable-only | true / false | false | only repack packs which are cacheable. restic >= 0.12.0 |
| repack-small | true / false | false | repack pack files below 80% of target pack size. restic >= 0.14.0 |
| repack-uncompressed | true / false | false | repack all uncompressed data. restic >= 0.14.0 |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Defaults to true for config version 2 in “retention”. Examples: true, false, "tag" |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.rewrite
This section configures restic command rewrite available since 0.15.0 .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “rewrite” command excludes files from existing snapshots. It creates new snapshots containing the same data as the original ones, but without the files you specify to exclude. All metadata (time, host, tags) will be preserved.
The snapshots to rewrite are specified using the –host, –tag and –path options, or by providing a list of snapshot IDs. Please note that specifying neither any of these options nor a snapshot ID will cause the command to rewrite all snapshots.
The special tag ‘rewrite’ will be added to the new snapshots to distinguish them from the original ones, unless –forget is used. If the –forget option is used, the original snapshots will instead be directly removed from the repository.
Please note that the –forget option only removes the snapshots and not the actual data stored in the repository. In order to delete the no longer referenced data, use the “prune” command.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| dry-run | true / false | false | do not do anything, just print what would be done. restic >= 0.15.0 |
| exclude | one or more strings | exclude a pattern. restic >= 0.15.0 | |
| exclude-file | one or more strings | read exclude patterns from a file. restic >= 0.15.0 | |
| forget | true / false | false | remove original snapshots after creating new ones. restic >= 0.15.0 |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" . restic >= 0.15.0 | |
| iexclude | one or more strings | same as –exclude pattern but ignores the casing of filenames. restic >= 0.15.0 | |
| iexclude-file | one or more strings | same as –exclude-file but ignores casing of filenames in patterns. restic >= 0.15.0 | |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" . restic >= 0.15.0 | |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" . restic >= 0.15.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.snapshots
This section configures restic command snapshots .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “snapshots” command lists all snapshots stored in the repository.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| compact | true / false | false | use compact output format |
| group-by | string | group snapshots by host, paths and/or tags, separated by comma. restic >= 0.10.0 | |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
true / false | false | only show the last snapshot for each host and path. restic < 0.13.0 | |
| latest | integer | 0 | only show the last n snapshots for each host and path. restic >= 0.13.0 |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" | |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.stats
This section configures restic command stats .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “stats” command walks one or multiple snapshots in a repository and accumulates statistics about the data stored therein. It reports on the number of unique files and their sizes, according to one of the counting modes as given by the –mode flag.
It operates on all snapshots matching the selection criteria or all snapshots if nothing is specified. The special snapshot ID “latest” is also supported. Some modes make more sense over just a single snapshot, while others are useful across all snapshots, depending on what you are trying to calculate.
The modes are:
restore-size: (default) Counts the size of the restored files. files-by-contents: Counts total size of files, where a file is considered unique if it has unique contents. raw-data: Counts the size of blobs in the repository, regardless of how many files reference them. blobs-per-file: A combination of files-by-contents and raw-data.
Refer to the online manual for more details about each mode.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
| mode | string | "restore-size" | counting mode: restore-size (default), files-by-contents, blobs-per-file or raw-data |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" . restic >= 0.10.0 | |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" . restic >= 0.10.0 |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.tag
This section configures restic command tag .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “tag” command allows you to modify tags on exiting snapshots.
You can either set/replace the entire set of tags on a snapshot, or add tags to/remove tags from the existing set.
When no snapshot-ID is given, all snapshots matching the host, tag and path filter criteria are modified.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| add | one or more strings | tags which will be added to the existing tags in the format tag[,tag,…] | |
| host | true / false OR one or more hostnames | only consider snapshots for this host. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" | |
| path | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path. Boolean true is replaced with the paths from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "path" | |
| remove | one or more strings | tags which will be removed from the existing tags in the format tag[,tag,…] | |
| set | one or more strings | tags which will replace the existing tags in the format tag[,tag,…] | |
| tag | true / false OR one or more strings | only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,…]. Boolean true is replaced with the tags from section “backup”. Examples: true, false, "tag" |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Section profile.unlock
This section configures restic command unlock .
Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.
The “unlock” command removes stale locks that have been created by other restic processes.
Flags used by resticprofile only:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-after | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after a successful restic command | |
| run-after-fail | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands | |
| run-before | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) before a restic command | |
| run-finally | one or more strings | Run shell command(s) always, after all other commands |
Flags passed to the restic command line:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| remove-all | true / false | false | remove all locks, even non-stale ones |
Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.
Nested profile sections
Nested sections describe configuration structure that is assigned to flags within the configuration, see HTTP Hooks as an example.
Nested SendMonitoringHeader
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | Name of the HTTP header. Examples: "Authorization", "Cache-Control", "Content-Disposition", "Content-Type" | |
| value | string | Value of the header. Examples: "Bearer ...", "Basic ...", "no-cache", "attachment; filename=stats.txt", "application/json", "text/plain", "text/xml" |
Nested SendMonitoringSection
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | string | Request body, overrides “body-template” | |
| body-template | string | Path to a file containing the request body (go template). See configuration/http_hooks/#body-template | |
| headers | one or more nested SendMonitoringHeader | Additional HTTP headers to send with the request | |
| method | string | GET | HTTP method of the request. Is one of GET, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS, PATCH, POST, PUT, TRACE |
| skip-tls-verification | true / false | false | Enables insecure TLS (without verification), see also “global.ca-certificates” |
| url | uri | URL of the target to send to |
Nested StreamErrorSection
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| max-runs | integer | 0 | Maximum amount of times that “run” is started ; 0 for no limit. Must be >= 0 |
| min-matches | integer | 0 | Minimum amount of times the “pattern” must match before “run” is started ; 0 for no limit. Must be >= 0 |
| pattern | regex | A regular expression pattern that is tested against stderr of a running restic command | |
| run | string | The shell command to run when the pattern matches |
Section groups
Config file format v1 uses a simplified groups section. Every named item below groups
maps to one or more profile names (list of strings).
From file format v2, every named item in the groups section is configuration structure following the format described below (see Configuration v2 for details):
| Name | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| continue-on-error | true / false | auto | Continue with the next profile on a failure, overrides “global.group-continue-on-error” |
| description | string | Describe the group | |
| profiles | one or more strings | Names of the profiles belonging to this group |
Value types
- Type:
true/false - Is a boolean value to toggle a flag or specific behaviour that has to match the syntax for booleans in the used file format.
- Type:
numeric&integer - Is a numeric value (whole-number for
integer) that has to match the syntax for numbers in the used file format. - Type:
string - Is a sequence of UTF-8 characters that usually have to be placed in quotes and must match the syntax for strings in the used file format.
- Type:
duration - A duration
stringis a sequence of decimal numbers, each with optional fraction and a unit suffix, such as “300ms”, “-1.5h” or “2h45m”. Valid time units are “ns”, “us” (or “µs”), “ms”, “s”, “m”, “h”. - Type:
uri - An uri
stringmust be a valid URI or URL. - Type:
hostname - A hostname
stringmust be a valid hostname or FQDN. - Type: one or more
[type]s - Indicates that multiple values of
[type]can be specified as a list. The list syntax depends on the used file format. - Type: one or more nested
[type] - Is a value or a list of values that follow the configuration structure declared
in
[type]. - Type:
key=>[type] - Is a value that is configuration structure of
stringkeys and values of[type]. - Type:
key=>value - Is a value that is configuration structure of
stringkeys and values of any type.
JSON schema
resticprofile provides a JSON schema for v1 & v2 configuration files. The schema may be used to validate configuration files in JSON format (and possibly others), see JSON schema for details.
JSON schema URLs for any restic version:
- Config V1: https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-1.json
- Config V2: https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-2.json
JSON schema URLs for a specific restic version:
.../config-1-restic-{MAJOR}-{MINOR}.json.../config-2-restic-{MAJOR}-{MINOR}.json
Available URLs:
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-2-restic-0-16.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-1-restic-0-16.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-2-restic-0-15.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-1-restic-0-15.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-2-restic-0-14.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-1-restic-0-14.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-2-restic-0-13.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-1-restic-0-13.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-2-restic-0-12.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-1-restic-0-12.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-2-restic-0-11.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-1-restic-0-11.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-2-restic-0-10.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-1-restic-0-10.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-2-restic-0-9.json
- https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/jsonschema/config-1-restic-0-9.json