Restic Backup Script

#!/usr/bin/env bash

#set backblaze b2 accout credentials
export B2_ACCOUNT_ID="b2AccountID"
export B2_ACCOUNT_KEY="b2AccountKey"
export RESTIC_PASSWORD="resticRepoPassword"

#set restic bucket repo
export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="b2:resticRepo"

#backup Home directory excluding any unwanted directories
#script will not backup Downloads
#script backs all home directory
restic backup --exclude=~/Downloads ~


#check data is correctly in repo
#
restic check >> /file/to/write/log.txt
restic snapshots >> /file/to/write/log.txt

#Remove old repos based on backup strategy
restic forget       \
--keep-hourly 4     \
--keep-daily 7      \
--keep-weekly 4     \
--keep-monthly 6    \
>> /file/to/write/log.txt

#Delete removed snapshots
restic prune >> /file/to/write/log.txt


#Route the normal process logging to journalctl
2>&1

#reset b2 credentials
export B2_ACCOUNT_ID =""
export B2_ACCOUNT_KEY=""
export RESTIC_PASSWORD=""

exit 0