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[https://restic.net/ Restic] is a fast and secure backup program. NixOS packages both <code>restic</code> client (program used to make backups) and <code>restic-rest-server</code> (one of the backends to store the backups remotely, " | [https://restic.net/ Restic] is a fast and secure backup program. NixOS packages both <code>restic</code> client (program used to make backups) and <code>restic-rest-server</code> (one of the backends to store the backups remotely, "repositories" in restic parlance). | ||
== Installing == | == Installing == | ||
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=== Restic === | === Restic === | ||
NixOS provides options to create a systemd timer and a service that will create the backups. See [https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=services.restic.backups services.restic.backups options]. | NixOS provides options to create a systemd timer and a service that will create the backups. See [https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=services.restic.backups services.restic.backups options] and "[https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/040_backup.html Backing up]" in the restic documentation. | ||
Note that NixOS includes an option to automatically create the repository by specifying <code>services.restic.backups.<name>.initialize = true</code>; | |||
=== Restic Rest Server === | === Restic Rest Server === | ||