Backup using Restic

I used to rely on my own shell scripts to back up different directories and files scattered around my system. They worked, but I was always tweaking them whenever something new came up. A while back, I discovered a tool called Restic and ran it in testing for about a year. It’s worked really well, so I’m writing down my setup here. Restic does basically the same job my scripts did, but better ad more. My scripts kept a list of files and directories, and crontab would use that list to run the backups. Restic has features like remote server support, encryption, snapshots, and more.

Flow / Design

Two crontab steps with separate schedules:


### 1. run restic backup with file list

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    A[Crontab Trigger] --> B

    subgraph B[Restic Backup Script]
        C[Restic Backup Uses Files List]
        D[Restic repository on backup server\nusing a VeraCrypt-encrypted disk]
        C --> D
    end


```

### 2. run cloud backup

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    A[Crontab Trigger] --> B

    subgraph B[Cloud Backup Script]
        C[Unmount VeraCrypt Images]
        D[Rclone Copy VeraCrypt Images to Cloud]
        E[Remount VeraCrypt Images]
        C --> D --> E
    end


```