Restic Backup Docker Container

A simple docker container to automate restic backups

Usage with docker-compose

• Clone this repo to your server: git clone https://github.com/trbhoang/restic-docker.git restic
• And change working directory: cd restic
• Rename .env.example to .env and edit your env config
• Run docker-compose up -d
• That's it!

Environment variables

• RESTIC_REPOSITORY - the location of the restic repository. Default /mnt/restic (for local repository)
• RESTIC_PASSWORD - the password for the restic repository. Will also be used for restic init during first start when the repository is not initialized.
• BACKUP_CRON - A cron expression to run the backup. Note: cron daemon uses UTC time zone. Default: 0 */6 * * * aka every 6 hours.
• RESTIC_FORGET_ARGS - Optional. Only if specified restic forget is run with the given arguments after each backup. Example value: -e "RESTIC_FORGET_ARGS=--prune --keep-last 10 --keep-hourly 24 --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 52 --keep-monthly 120 --keep-yearly 100"
• RESTIC_JOB_ARGS - Optional. Allows to specify extra arguments to the back up job such as limiting bandwith with --limit-upload or excluding file masks with --exclude.

Volumes

• /data - This is the data that gets backed up. Just mount it to wherever you want.