Autorestic

autorestic Plugin

Config wrapper for restic backup. Configure, run, and forget backup tasks with a simple YAML configuration file.

Commands

Backup Operations

• autorestic backup run — Run configured backups
• autorestic backup check — Check backup status and integrity

Utility

• autorestic _ _ — Passthrough to autorestic CLI

Usage Examples

• "Run backups"
• "Check backup status"
• "Configure restic backup"
• "Automate backups"

Installation

brew install autorestic

Requires restic to be installed separately.

Examples

# Run all configured backups
autorestic backup run

# Backup specific location
autorestic backup run --location my-documents

# Dry run
autorestic backup run --dry-run

# Check backups
autorestic backup check

# Any autorestic command with passthrough
autorestic _ _ backup
autorestic _ _ check
autorestic _ _ restore

Key Features

• YAML config - Simple configuration
• Multiple - Multiple locations
• Backends - Multiple backends
• Cron - Cron integration
• Hooks - Pre/post hooks
• Check - Integrity checking
• Forget - Automatic pruning
• Restore - Easy restore
• Restic - Restic wrapper
• Automation - Backup automation

Notes

• Requires restic installed
• Configure via .autorestic.yaml
• Supports multiple locations
• Great for automated backups