# Restic backups

Download binary:
https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/latest

```sh
REPO=sftp:backup-user@example.com:repo

bunzip2 restic*.bz2
sudo cp restic* /usr/local/bin/restic

sudo cp restic-* /usr/local/bin
sudo sed -i s/REPO/$REPO/ /usr/local/bin/restic-repo

cat /dev/urandom | head -c 48 | base64 | sudo tee /etc/restic-key
sudo chmod 600 /etc/restic-key

sudo restic-repo init
```

## `sudo crontab -e`

```
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

48 *	* * *	restic-backup
18 2	* * *	restic-forget
```