This is a project to create a GUI for the restic backup system based on the Django Framework.
Features:
- Inspect Backups (Navigate through backup tree)
- Restore Backups or parts of it (to default or to selectable location)
- Instant Backup
This project was created for personal use, so it's not perfect by now.
Feel free to fork and change things, if i'm lucky, you will add improvements via pull requests.
- Error handling (runs quite optimistic by now)
- logging
- Add missing features from restic commands
- Encryption of backups
- Remote backups
- Compare or check backups
- ...
- Tests
[Optional] Install virtual environment:
$ python -m virtualenv env[Optional] Activate virtual environment:
On macOS and Linux:
$ source env/bin/activateOn Windows:
$ .\env\Scripts\activateInstall dependencies:
$ pip install -r requirements.txtYou will need to add a localsettings.py configuration file to the project directory (right beneath the settings.py) to configure all your local environment setings.
The deploy directory contains a template for that.
You can run the application from the command line with manage.py. Go to the root folder of the application.
Run migrations:
$ python manage.py migrateRun server on port 8000:
$ python manage.py runserver 8000Add an admin user to manage the site. Run the following command:
$ python manage.py createsuperuserEnter your desired username and press enter.
Username: admin_usernameYou will then be prompted for your desired email address:
Email address: [email protected]The final step is to enter your password. You will be asked to enter your password twice, the second time as a confirmation of the first.
Password: **********
Password (again): *********
Superuser created successfully.Go to the web browser and visit http://localhost:8000/admin to create
your first restic repository. The repository must exist, since the app is
not able to create one at this time. See restic docs
for details.