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Restic Backups on Windows
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Installation

  1. Place the script resticbackup.cmd into C:\Windows
  2. Customize the script (S3 credentials, S3 endpoint, folders, ...)
  3. Create the file C:\Windows\resticbackup.password containing the restic repository password
  4. Install the restic binary at C:\Windows\restic.exe
  5. Create a task in Windows' task scheduler application that executes the C:\Windows\resticbackup.cmd script as an action on the desired schedule (e.g. nightly).
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resticbackup.cmd
@echo off
:The S3 access key
set "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="
:The S3 secret key
set "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="
restic --repo "s3:https://s3 host/bucket name/" --password-file C:\Windows\resticbackup.password backup --limit-upload 8000 <folders*>
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