Restic backups of OpenMediaVault disk

Simple backup with restic 

Restic backup

Login to OMV as root user

Run commands in terminal

apt install restic

restic self-update

restic -r /srv/TOdisk/WhereToStoreBackups init

enter password

enter password

save password in file /password.txt

echo Secret>/password.txt

Make first backup of OpenMediaVault system disk

restic -r /srv/TOdisk/WhereToStoreBackups backup / -x --compression max -p /password.txt

Backup Done

Automate backups

Go to System -> Scheduled Tasks

Create new task

User root

Command to execute

/usr/bin/restic -r /srv/TOdisk/WhereToStoreBackups backup / -x --compression max -p /password.txt

Backrest - WebUI for restic

You need installed and running plugins:

• openmediavault-compose
• openmediavault-sharerootfs

Go to Services -> Compose -> Files

Click + select Add

version: "3.2"
services:
  backrest:
    image: garethgeorge/backrest
    container_name: backrest 
    volumes:
      - /backrest/data:/data
      - /backrest/config:/config
      - /backrest/cache:/cache
      - /:/userdata # mount your directories to backup somewhere in the filesystem
    environment:
      - BACKREST_DATA=/data # path for backrest data. restic binary and the database are placed here.
      - BACKREST_CONFIG=/config/config.json # path for the backrest config file.
      - XDG_CACHE_HOME=/cache # path for the restic cache which greatly improves performance.
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 9898:9898

Paste above code in window

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Click 1.

and wait to docker download and setup container to show

UP in 2.

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Go to your web browser and open http://YouOMVipAddress:9898/ (YouOMVipAddress change to your LOCAL NETWORK ADRESS of OpenMediaValut server)

Setting up Backrest GUI

On first run it will ask you to create Instance name and to create login and password to access.

Add restic repository

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Click 1. Add Repo

In Repository URI: paste /userdata/srv/TOdisk/WhereToStoreBackups

This is form example from above post

In your configuration you can Browse file system by typing /userdata/srv/ press right key on keyboard (->) it will expand your filesystem

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In Password: Secret

from example above

More information about Backrest configuration

Getting Started

This guide will walk you through the basic steps to setup a new Backrest instance.

garethgeorge.github.io

Backrest Github page: https://github.com/garethgeorge/backrest