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Preparing a new repository
##########################
The place where your backups will be saved is called a "repository".
The place where your backups will be saved is called a "repository". This is
simply a directory containing a set of subdirectories and files created by
restic to store your backups, some corresponding metadata and encryption keys.
To access the repository, a password (also called a key) must be specified. A
repository can hold multiple keys that can all be used to access the repository.
This chapter explains how to create ("init") such a repository. The repository
can be stored locally, or on some remote server or service. We'll first cover
using a local repository; the remaining sections of this chapter cover all the
other options. You can skip to the next chapter once you've read the relevant
section here.
For automated backups, restic accepts the repository location in the
For automated backups, restic supports specifying the repository location in the
environment variable ``RESTIC_REPOSITORY``. Restic can also read the repository
location from a file specified via the ``--repository-file`` option or the
environment variable ``RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE``. For the password, several
options exist:
environment variable ``RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE``.
For automating the supply of the repository password to restic, several options
exist:
* Setting the environment variable ``RESTIC_PASSWORD``
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option ``--password-command`` or the environment variable
``RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND``
* The ``init`` command has an option called ``--repository-version`` which can
be used to explicitely set the version for the new repository. By default,
the current stable version is used. Have a look at the `design documentation
<https://github.com/restic/restic/blob/master/doc/design.rst>`__ for
details. The alias ``latest`` will always point to the latest repository version.
The below table shows which restic version is required to use a certain
repository version and shows new features introduced by the repository format.
The ``init`` command has an option called ``--repository-version`` which can
be used to explicitly set the version of the new repository. By default, the
current stable version is used (see table below). The alias ``latest`` will
always resolve to the latest repository version. Have a look at the `design
documentation <https://github.com/restic/restic/blob/master/doc/design.rst>`__
for more details.
+--------------------+------------------------+---------------------+
| Repository version | Minimum restic version | Major new features |
+====================+========================+=====================+
| ``1`` | any version | |
+--------------------+------------------------+---------------------+
| ``2`` | >= 0.14.0 | Compression support |
+--------------------+------------------------+---------------------+
The below table shows which restic version is required to use a certain
repository version, as well as notable features introduced in the various
versions.
+--------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+------------------+
| Repository version | Required restic version | Major new features | Comment |
+====================+=========================+=====================+==================+
| ``1`` | Any | | Current default |
+--------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+------------------+
| ``2`` | 0.14.0 or newer | Compression support | |
+--------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+------------------+
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