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Big fan of restic! The only feature I found missing was the ability to browse historical snapshots like regular files. I wrote and now use the rsync-based, bro

Big fan of restic! The only feature I found missing was the ability to browse historical snapshots like regular files. I wrote and now use the rsync-based, browsable, incremental backup CLI: https://rincr.com/ https://rincr.com/

heinrichf 2y ago
Restic has a mount subcommand that exposes all backups through a FUSE filesystem, no?
demomode 2y ago
Isn't that the purpose of `restic mount`?
dmd 2y ago
What do you mean by that? "restic mount" has been part of restic since the very start.
- thekashifmalik 2y ago
  That command works well and accomplishes some of what rincr what built to solve. For example, when I mention browse-ability, I mean on the backup host without any dependencies so I can use standard file tools and browsers. I also needed both "pull" (backup remote files) and "push" (backup local files) backup features and if I'm not mistaken restic still only supports the "push" model. EDIT: Added more details
  - homebrewer 2y ago
    If you're doing pull to prevent remotes from destroying old backups (in case of malware takeover, etc), this can be solved by running rest-server with --append-only https://github.com/restic/rest-server https://github.com/restic/rest-server It 403's any attempt to overwrite or delete old data.
  - luoc 2y ago
    Browsing without dependencies is a bit tricky due to a) deduplication, b) encryption and c) compression of restic's backups.
  - rakoo 2y ago
    > I mean on the backup host without any dependencies so I can use standard file tools and browsers. This means the backups are not encrypted though, and is something you really have to think twice before requiring > "pull" (backup remote files) You can mount the server to backup on the backup host, or you can ssh from the backup host to the server to backup, call `tar cf - /folder`, and ingest that from stdin on the backup host. Both will retransmit the totality of the files to backup
tetris11 2y ago
Only feature missing for me was passwordless backups

heinrichf 2y ago

Restic has a mount subcommand that exposes all backups through a FUSE filesystem, no?

demomode 2y ago

Isn't that the purpose of `restic mount`?

dmd 2y ago

What do you mean by that? "restic mount" has been part of restic since the very start.

thekashifmalik 2y ago
That command works well and accomplishes some of what rincr what built to solve. For example, when I mention browse-ability, I mean on the backup host without any dependencies so I can use standard file tools and browsers. I also needed both "pull" (backup remote files) and "push" (backup local files) backup features and if I'm not mistaken restic still only supports the "push" model. EDIT: Added more details
- homebrewer 2y ago
  If you're doing pull to prevent remotes from destroying old backups (in case of malware takeover, etc), this can be solved by running rest-server with --append-only https://github.com/restic/rest-server https://github.com/restic/rest-server It 403's any attempt to overwrite or delete old data.
- luoc 2y ago
  Browsing without dependencies is a bit tricky due to a) deduplication, b) encryption and c) compression of restic's backups.
- rakoo 2y ago
  > I mean on the backup host without any dependencies so I can use standard file tools and browsers. This means the backups are not encrypted though, and is something you really have to think twice before requiring > "pull" (backup remote files) You can mount the server to backup on the backup host, or you can ssh from the backup host to the server to backup, call `tar cf - /folder`, and ingest that from stdin on the backup host. Both will retransmit the totality of the files to backup

tetris11 2y ago

Only feature missing for me was passwordless backups