piframe/docs/restic.md

Backups via restic

The below commands will setup a local backup of your photo frame using restic.

Important Considerations

• restic can use a bit of memory, you'll want at least 2Gb of ram on your Raspberry Pi to use this setup
• This setup does NOT include photos as part of the backup to keep backup sizes down
• This seutp assumes you have cron setup and runs the backup at 0700 every day

Setup

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# restic backups
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pacman -S restic
btrfs subvolume create /tank/backup
restic init -r /tank/backup
cat > /root/restic_backup.sh <<EOF
#!/bin/bash

MACHINE=picture-frame
ZONE=root

export RESTIC_REPOSITORY=/tank/backup/
export RESTIC_PASSWORD=testing1234

/usr/bin/restic backup -v -q \
    --tag $MACHINE --tag $ZONE \
    / \
    --exclude /run \
    --exclude /snapshots \
    --exclude /tank \
    --exclude /scratch \
    --exclude /proc \
    --exclude /sys \
    --exclude /var/lib/schroot/mount \
    --exclude /var/lib/docker \
    --exclude /var/lib/lxcfs \
    --exclude /mnt \
    --exclude /root/.cache \

/usr/bin/restic forget -v \
    --tag $MACHINE --tag $ZONE \
    --keep-daily=7 \
    --keep-weekly=4 \
    --keep-monthly=12 \
    --keep-yearly 1

# This can take a very, very long time
/usr/bin/restic prune && /usr/bin/restic check
EOF
chmod a+x /root/restic_backup.sh
crontab -e
0 7 * * * /root/restic_backup.sh