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2018-06-16T18:20:28+01:00 | rclone serve restic | rclone_serve_restic | /commands/rclone_serve_restic/ |
rclone serve restic
Serve the remote for restic's REST API.
Synopsis
rclone serve restic implements restic's REST backend API over HTTP. This allows restic to use rclone as a data storage mechanism for cloud providers that restic does not support directly.
Restic is a command line program for doing backups.
The server will log errors. Use -v to see access logs.
--bwlimit will be respected for file transfers. Use --stats to control the stats printing.
Setting up rclone for use by restic
First set up a remote for your chosen cloud provider.
Once you have set up the remote, check it is working with, for example "rclone lsd remote:". You may have called the remote something other than "remote:" - just substitute whatever you called it in the following instructions.
Now start the rclone restic server
rclone serve restic -v remote:backup
Where you can replace "backup" in the above by whatever path in the remote you wish to use.
By default this will serve on "localhost:8080" you can change this with use of the "--addr" flag.
You might wish to start this server on boot.
Setting up restic to use rclone
Now you can follow the restic instructions on setting up restic.
Note that you will need restic 0.8.2 or later to interoperate with rclone.
For the example above you will want to use "http://localhost:8080/" as the URL for the REST server.
For example:
$ export RESTIC_REPOSITORY=rest:http://localhost:8080/
$ export RESTIC_PASSWORD=yourpassword
$ restic init
created restic backend 8b1a4b56ae at rest:http://localhost:8080/
Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access
the repository. Losing your password means that your data is
irrecoverably lost.
$ restic backup /path/to/files/to/backup
scan [/path/to/files/to/backup]
scanned 189 directories, 312 files in 0:00
[0:00] 100.00% 38.128 MiB / 38.128 MiB 501 / 501 items 0 errors ETA 0:00
duration: 0:00
snapshot 45c8fdd8 saved
Multiple repositories
Note that you can use the endpoint to host multiple repositories. Do this by adding a directory name or path after the URL. Note that these must end with /. Eg
$ export RESTIC_REPOSITORY=rest:http://localhost:8080/user1repo/
# backup user1 stuff
$ export RESTIC_REPOSITORY=rest:http://localhost:8080/user2repo/
# backup user2 stuff
Server options
Use --addr to specify which IP address and port the server should listen on, eg --addr 1.2.3.4:8000 or --addr :8080 to listen to all IPs. By default it only listens on localhost. You can use port :0 to let the OS choose an available port.
If you set --addr to listen on a public or LAN accessible IP address then using Authentication is advised - see the next section for info.
--server-read-timeout and --server-write-timeout can be used to control the timeouts on the server. Note that this is the total time for a transfer.
--max-header-bytes controls the maximum number of bytes the server will accept in the HTTP header.
Authentication
By default this will serve files without needing a login.
You can either use an htpasswd file which can take lots of users, or set a single username and password with the --user and --pass flags.
Use --htpasswd /path/to/htpasswd to provide an htpasswd file. This is in standard apache format and supports MD5, SHA1 and BCrypt for basic authentication. Bcrypt is recommended.
To create an htpasswd file:
touch htpasswd
htpasswd -B htpasswd user
htpasswd -B htpasswd anotherUser
The password file can be updated while rclone is running.
Use --realm to set the authentication realm.
SSL/TLS
By default this will serve over http. If you want you can serve over https. You will need to supply the --cert and --key flags. If you wish to do client side certificate validation then you will need to supply --client-ca also.
--cert should be a either a PEM encoded certificate or a concatenation of that with the CA certificate. --key should be the PEM encoded private key and --client-ca should be the PEM encoded client certificate authority certificate.
rclone serve restic remote:path [flags]
Options
--addr string IPaddress:Port or :Port to bind server to. (default "localhost:8080")
--append-only disallow deletion of repository data
--cert string SSL PEM key (concatenation of certificate and CA certificate)
--client-ca string Client certificate authority to verify clients with
-h, --help help for restic
--htpasswd string htpasswd file - if not provided no authentication is done
--key string SSL PEM Private key
--max-header-bytes int Maximum size of request header (default 4096)
--pass string Password for authentication.
--realm string realm for authentication (default "rclone")
--server-read-timeout duration Timeout for server reading data (default 1h0m0s)
--server-write-timeout duration Timeout for server writing data (default 1h0m0s)
--stdio run an HTTP2 server on stdin/stdout
--user string User name for authentication.
Options inherited from parent commands
--acd-templink-threshold int Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. (default 9G)
--acd-upload-wait-per-gb duration Additional time per GB to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 3m0s)
--ask-password Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true)
--auto-confirm If enabled, do not request console confirmation.
--azureblob-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 4M)
--azureblob-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 256M)
--b2-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 96M)
--b2-hard-delete Permanently delete files on remote removal, otherwise hide files.
--b2-test-mode string A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header.
--b2-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 190.735M)
--b2-versions Include old versions in directory listings.
--backup-dir string Make backups into hierarchy based in DIR.
--bind string Local address to bind to for outgoing connections, IPv4, IPv6 or name.
--box-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to multipart upload (default 50M)
--buffer-size int Buffer size when copying files. (default 16M)
--bwlimit BwTimetable Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G or a full timetable.
--cache-chunk-clean-interval string Interval at which chunk cleanup runs (default "1m")
--cache-chunk-no-memory Disable the in-memory cache for storing chunks during streaming
--cache-chunk-path string Directory to cached chunk files (default "/home/ncw/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
--cache-chunk-size string The size of a chunk (default "5M")
--cache-db-path string Directory to cache DB (default "/home/ncw/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
--cache-db-purge Purge the cache DB before
--cache-db-wait-time duration How long to wait for the DB to be available - 0 is unlimited (default 1s)
--cache-dir string Directory rclone will use for caching. (default "/home/ncw/.cache/rclone")
--cache-info-age string How much time should object info be stored in cache (default "6h")
--cache-read-retries int How many times to retry a read from a cache storage (default 10)
--cache-rps int Limits the number of requests per second to the source FS. -1 disables the rate limiter (default -1)
--cache-tmp-upload-path string Directory to keep temporary files until they are uploaded to the cloud storage
--cache-tmp-wait-time string How long should files be stored in local cache before being uploaded (default "15m")
--cache-total-chunk-size string The total size which the chunks can take up from the disk (default "10G")
--cache-workers int How many workers should run in parallel to download chunks (default 4)
--cache-writes Will cache file data on writes through the FS
--checkers int Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8)
-c, --checksum Skip based on checksum & size, not mod-time & size
--config string Config file. (default "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf")
--contimeout duration Connect timeout (default 1m0s)
-L, --copy-links Follow symlinks and copy the pointed to item.
--cpuprofile string Write cpu profile to file
--crypt-show-mapping For all files listed show how the names encrypt.
--delete-after When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transfering
--delete-before When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transfering
--delete-during When synchronizing, delete files during transfer (default)
--delete-excluded Delete files on dest excluded from sync
--disable string Disable a comma separated list of features. Use help to see a list.
--drive-acknowledge-abuse Set to allow files which return cannotDownloadAbusiveFile to be downloaded.
--drive-alternate-export Use alternate export URLs for google documents export.
--drive-auth-owner-only Only consider files owned by the authenticated user.
--drive-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. (default 8M)
--drive-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg")
--drive-impersonate string Impersonate this user when using a service account.
--drive-list-chunk int Size of listing chunk 100-1000. 0 to disable. (default 1000)
--drive-shared-with-me Only show files that are shared with me
--drive-skip-gdocs Skip google documents in all listings.
--drive-trashed-only Only show files that are in the trash
--drive-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 8M)
--drive-use-created-date Use created date instead of modified date.
--drive-use-trash Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently. (default true)
--dropbox-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Max 150M. (default 48M)
-n, --dry-run Do a trial run with no permanent changes
--dump string List of items to dump from: headers,bodies,requests,responses,auth,filters,goroutines,openfiles
--dump-bodies Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info
--dump-headers Dump HTTP bodies - may contain sensitive info
--exclude stringArray Exclude files matching pattern
--exclude-from stringArray Read exclude patterns from file
--exclude-if-present string Exclude directories if filename is present
--fast-list Use recursive list if available. Uses more memory but fewer transactions.
--files-from stringArray Read list of source-file names from file
-f, --filter stringArray Add a file-filtering rule
--filter-from stringArray Read filtering patterns from a file
--gcs-location string Default location for buckets (us|eu|asia|us-central1|us-east1|us-east4|us-west1|asia-east1|asia-noetheast1|asia-southeast1|australia-southeast1|europe-west1|europe-west2).
--gcs-storage-class string Default storage class for buckets (MULTI_REGIONAL|REGIONAL|STANDARD|NEARLINE|COLDLINE|DURABLE_REDUCED_AVAILABILITY).
--ignore-checksum Skip post copy check of checksums.
--ignore-errors delete even if there are I/O errors
--ignore-existing Skip all files that exist on destination
--ignore-size Ignore size when skipping use mod-time or checksum.
-I, --ignore-times Don't skip files that match size and time - transfer all files
--immutable Do not modify files. Fail if existing files have been modified.
--include stringArray Include files matching pattern
--include-from stringArray Read include patterns from file
--local-no-check-updated Don't check to see if the files change during upload
--local-no-unicode-normalization Don't apply unicode normalization to paths and filenames
--log-file string Log everything to this file
--log-level string Log level DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "NOTICE")
--low-level-retries int Number of low level retries to do. (default 10)
--max-age duration Only transfer files younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
--max-delete int When synchronizing, limit the number of deletes (default -1)
--max-depth int If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1)
--max-size int Only transfer files smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
--max-transfer int Maximum size of data to transfer. (default off)
--mega-debug If set then output more debug from mega.
--memprofile string Write memory profile to file
--min-age duration Only transfer files older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
--min-size int Only transfer files bigger than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
--modify-window duration Max time diff to be considered the same (default 1ns)
--no-check-certificate Do not verify the server SSL certificate. Insecure.
--no-gzip-encoding Don't set Accept-Encoding: gzip.
--no-traverse Obsolete - does nothing.
--no-update-modtime Don't update destination mod-time if files identical.
-x, --one-file-system Don't cross filesystem boundaries.
--onedrive-chunk-size int Above this size files will be chunked - must be multiple of 320k. (default 10M)
-q, --quiet Print as little stuff as possible
--rc Enable the remote control server.
--rc-addr string IPaddress:Port or :Port to bind server to. (default "localhost:5572")
--rc-cert string SSL PEM key (concatenation of certificate and CA certificate)
--rc-client-ca string Client certificate authority to verify clients with
--rc-htpasswd string htpasswd file - if not provided no authentication is done
--rc-key string SSL PEM Private key
--rc-max-header-bytes int Maximum size of request header (default 4096)
--rc-pass string Password for authentication.
--rc-realm string realm for authentication (default "rclone")
--rc-server-read-timeout duration Timeout for server reading data (default 1h0m0s)
--rc-server-write-timeout duration Timeout for server writing data (default 1h0m0s)
--rc-user string User name for authentication.
--retries int Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3)
--retries-sleep duration Interval between retrying operations if they fail, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable)
--s3-acl string Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3
--s3-chunk-size int Chunk size to use for uploading (default 5M)
--s3-disable-checksum Don't store MD5 checksum with object metadata
--s3-storage-class string Storage class to use when uploading S3 objects (STANDARD|REDUCED_REDUNDANCY|STANDARD_IA|ONEZONE_IA)
--s3-upload-concurrency int Concurrency for multipart uploads (default 2)
--sftp-ask-password Allow asking for SFTP password when needed.
--size-only Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum
--skip-links Don't warn about skipped symlinks.
--ssh-path-override string Override path used by SSH connection.
--stats duration Interval between printing stats, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable) (default 1m0s)
--stats-file-name-length int Max file name length in stats. 0 for no limit (default 40)
--stats-log-level string Log level to show --stats output DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "INFO")
--stats-unit string Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes'/s (default "bytes")
--streaming-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload if file size is unknown. Upload starts after reaching cutoff or when file ends. (default 100k)
--suffix string Suffix for use with --backup-dir.
--swift-chunk-size int Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G)
--syslog Use Syslog for logging
--syslog-facility string Facility for syslog, eg KERN,USER,... (default "DAEMON")
--timeout duration IO idle timeout (default 5m0s)
--tpslimit float Limit HTTP transactions per second to this.
--tpslimit-burst int Max burst of transactions for --tpslimit. (default 1)
--track-renames When synchronizing, track file renames and do a server side move if possible
--transfers int Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4)
-u, --update Skip files that are newer on the destination.
--use-server-modtime Use server modified time instead of object metadata
--user-agent string Set the user-agent to a specified string. The default is rclone/ version (default "rclone/v1.42")
-v, --verbose count Print lots more stuff (repeat for more)
SEE ALSO
- rclone serve - Serve a remote over a protocol.