💽 Backends

Backends are the outputs of the backup process. Each location needs at least one.

Note: names of backends MUST be lower case!

version: 2
 
backends:
  name-of-backend:
    type: local
    path: /data/my/backups

Types

We restic supports multiple types of backends. See the full list for details.

Avoid Generating Keys

By default, autorestic will generate a key for every backend if none is defined. This is done by updating your config file with the key.

In cases where you want to provide the key yourself, you can ensure that autorestic doesn't accidentally generate one for you by setting requireKey: true.

Example:

version: 2
 
backends:
  foo:
    type: local
    path: /data/my/backups
    # Alternatively, you can set the key through the `AUTORESTIC_FOO_RESTIC_PASSWORD` environment variable.
    key: ... your key here ...
    requireKey: true

With this setting, if a key is missing, autorestic will crash instead of generating a new key and updating your config file.