restic - Man Page

Backup and restore files

Examples (TL;DR)

Initialize a backup repository in the specified local directory: restic init --repo path/to/repository
Backup a directory to the repository: restic --repo path/to/repository backup path/to/directory
Show backup snapshots currently stored in the repository: restic --repo path/to/repository snapshots
Restore a specific backup snapshot to a target directory: restic --repo path/to/repository restore latest|snapshot_id --target path/to/target
Restore a specific path from a specific backup to a target directory: restic --repo path/to/repository restore snapshot_id --target path/to/target --include path/to/restore
Clean up the repository and keep only the most recent snapshot of each unique backup: restic forget --keep-last 1 --prune

restic [flags]

restic is a backup program which allows saving multiple revisions of files and directories in an encrypted repository stored on different backends.

The full documentation can be found at https://restic.readthedocs.io/ .

--cacert=[] file: to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)
--cache-dir="" set the cache directory: . (default: use system default cache directory)

--cleanup-cache[=false] auto remove old cache directories

--compression=auto compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)

-h, --help[=false] help for restic

--http-user-agent="" set a http user agent for outgoing http requests

--insecure-no-password[=false] use an empty password for the repository, must be passed to every restic command (insecure)

--insecure-tls[=false] skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure)

--json[=false] set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

--key-hint="" key: ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)
--limit-download=0 limits downloads to a maximum rate: in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)
--limit-upload=0 limits uploads to a maximum rate: in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

--no-cache[=false] do not use a local cache

--no-extra-verify[=false] skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation)

--no-lock[=false] do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories

-o, --option=[] set extended option (key=value: , can be specified multiple times)
--pack-size=0 set target pack size: in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)
--password-command="" shell command: to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)
-p, --password-file="" file: to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

-q, --quiet[=false] do not output comprehensive progress report

-r, --repo="" repository: to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)
--repository-file="" file: to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

--retry-lock=0s retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries)

--stuck-request-timeout=5m0s duration: after which to retry stuck requests
--tls-client-cert="" path to a file: containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)

-v, --verbose[=0] be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2)