restic-backup-wrapper

This is a wrapper script written in Python for Restic backup app. It can be used to easily backup things manually, automatize backups and get notified by Signal messenger about the execution. As of now, it only support local backups.

Prerequisites :

• Linux OS (tested on Fedora 40 and Debian 12 on WSL2)

• Restic v0.16+

• (for service auto install) Systemd

• (for Signal notifications) Java runtime v21+

• (for Signal notifications) signal-cli

Setup

• Clone this repo anywhere git clone https://github.com/hotrooibos/restic-backup-wrapper.git
• Edit settings.py file to suit your needs
• (optional) Run deploy_signal.py to set Signal notifications up python3 ./resticbak.py backup

Run manually

• Data backup / create a snapshot : python3 ./resticbak.py backup
• Check backup repository and datas : resticbak.py check
• Forget old snapshots + and prune (destroy) datas according to settings : resticbak.py forget

Systemd jobs

This script allows you to easily install systemd units (service + timer) for each above actions to run automatically, as a job. It uses unit files templates from the systemd-units directory and dynamically edit some of its parameters to suit your system configuration and your settings.

• Install systemd jobs according to settings : resticbak.py install
• Uninstall : resticbak.py uninstall