initial commit before setting up the remote

.gitignore

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+*.conf
+*~
+

run-restic.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# OER Foundation backup routine: Restic
+# 20190930 dave@oerfoundation.org
+#
+NICE='ionice -c2 nice -n19'
+CMD=/usr/bin/restic
+SCR=$0
+CONF=site.conf
+DIR=`dirname $SCR`
+SCRNAME=`basename $SCR`
+if [ -f $DIR/$CONF ] ; then 
+    source $DIR/$CONF
+else 
+    echo "You need to create a site.conf in the same directory as $SCRNAME, i.e. $DIR."
+    exit 1
+fi
+DST=sftp:try.oerfoundation.org:/backup/make
+PW=/root/restic.pw
+TAG="daily"
+LOG=/var/log/restic.log
+ARGS="-r $DST --password-file $PW backup --tag $TAG --exclude-file=/restic.excludes --files-from /restic.files"
+CLEAN="-r $DST --password-file $PW forget --tag $TAG --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 5 --keep-monthly 12 --keep-yearly 7"
+# create a snapshot
+DATE=`date`
+echo "running snapshot $DATE" >> $LOG
+$NICE $CMD $ARGS >> $LOG
+# remove old snapshots
+DATE=`date`
+echo "running cleanup $DATE" >> $LOG
+$NICE $CMD $CLEAN >> $LOG
+# leave extra spaces
+DATE=`date`
+echo "done $DATE" >> $LOG
+echo "" >> $LOG
+echo "" >> $LOG

site.conf-sample

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+#
+# this contains secrets for the site.
+#
+# The only required field
+#
+# local example
+# replace /backup/myserver with something appropriate for you.
+DST=/backup/myserver
+#
+# remote example
+# replace backup.server and /backup/myserver with something appropriate for you.
+# note, for this to work, you will need key-based SSH authentication to the backup.server
+DST=sftp:backup.server:/backup/myserver
+# 
+# Other overrides
+#
+# your backup repo password
+PW=/root/restic.pw
+# a tag for automated backups
+TAG="daily"
+# the log file on this machine for logging backups
+LOG=/var/log/restic.log