restic
Ansible Role: restic
Description
Deploy restic - fast, secure, efficient backup program.
Requirements
- Ansible > 2.2
- bzip2 installed on deployer machine (same one where ansible is installed)
Role Variables
All variables which can be overridden are stored in defaults/main.yml file as well as in table below.
| Name | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
restic_version |
0.8.1 | restic package version |
restic_user |
"root" | system user to run restic |
restic_group |
"root" | system group to run restic |
restic_install_path |
"/usr/local/bin" | directory where restic binary will be installed |
restic_repos |
[] | restic repositories and cron jobs configuration. More in defaults/main.yml |
Security
To ensure high security this role can allow restic to be run as different user than root and still allowing read-only access to files. This is implemented by following PR#1483 from restic repository.
Playbook
Use it in a playbook as follows:
- hosts: all
become: yes
roles:
- kibatic.restic
Contributing
License
This project is licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE for more details.