Backup using Restic

Prerequisites

• python3
• restic

Create Restic Repository

Create a restic repository as described in their documentation.
The script uses SFTP so in my case the command looks like this:
             restic -r sftp:<myserver>:/srv/restic-repo init

Credentials

For my credentials i use a separate file 'credentials.py' located in the same directory as the backup-script.
The file contains the following variables:

• RESTIC_REPOSITORY
• RESTIC_PASSWORD
• ATHQ_SECRET_TOKEN (optional for awesome monitoring created by FAUSheppy
• ATHQ_SERVICE

Run

For example as crontab entry:
             0 3 * * * /PATH/TO/backup.py --backup