Backrest: a cross platform backup orchestrator and WebUI for restic

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Firstly, thanks Gareth for the key piece of software that’s got me to actually get automated backups set up for both me and other family members - it’s greatly appreciated!

Secondly… where would I find the backrest config file on MacOS?
I may have inadvertently set an authentication password that I can’t repeat.
On Windows it’s under %appdata%/backrest/config.json - it took me all of 30 seconds to figure out where that is.

On MacOS however, I am very lost - it’s my partner’s laptop that I don’t often use.
I got as far as using Activity Monitor to see that it’s using a bunch of files in .local/share/backrest/

I can’t figure out how to browse to that location with terminal, and a cursory read of the filesystem hierarchy standard isn’t shedding much light on where else the file might be.

Thanks!
Edit: (I installed Backrest using homebrew)

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I can now (rather embarrassingly) report that the config.json file is stored here:
$HOME/.config/backrest/config.json

Why rather embarrassingly, you ask?
Because it’s very well documented in the readme.

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Any specific reason for rclone (in the container) = v1.66.0-DEV?

Thanks btw! Probably moving from Duplicati to Backrest.

Edit: I can see files added to backup-runs but can I see what files got added/updated in some log or something?

rustic integration looks very interesting. I really like the lock free philosophy. :slight_smile:
I use rustic to interact with the repo from command line if needed.

Can’t add minutes when setting cron schedule for check and prune. Just full hours.
Like I want to run prune 6:00 and check 6:30 same day once a week.

Backrest need some nice favicon.ico. No nice look in the bookmark shelf. :wink:

Thanks!