Advanced

Currently work in progress. These are only notes :D

Temp Notes

  • Quick setup guide from start to end
  • we group snapshots by path when forgetting
  • explain rcb commands
  • examples of using restic directly
  • Explain what happens during backup process
  • Explain the backup process container
  • cache directory
  • Not displaying passwords in logs

Inner workings

  • Each service in the compose setup is configured with a label to enable backup of volumes or databases
  • When backup starts a new instance of the container is created mapping in all the needed volumes. It will copy networks etc to ensure databases can be reached
  • Volumes are mounted to /volumes/<service_name>/<path> in the backup process container. /volumes is pushed into restic
  • Databases are backed up from stdin / dumps into restic using path /databases/<service_name>/dump.sql
  • Cron triggers backup at 2AM every day