How to install Restic on OpenBSD

Introduction

Restic is an open-source backup tool that is popular among the community. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install and configure Restic on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• OpenBSD installed and running
• Access to the command line interface of OpenBSD
• sudo or root privileges

Installation

1. Open a terminal on your OpenBSD system.

2. Update your repositories with the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add -Uu

3. Install the dependencies:

$ sudo pkg_add fuse py3-cryptography py3-future

4. Download the Restic binary for OpenBSD:

$ sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/restic https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/download/v0.12.1/restic_0.12.1_openbsd_amd64.bz2 && sudo bunzip2 /usr/local/bin/restic

5. Set the correct permissions for the Restic binary:

$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/restic

6. Create a directory for your Restic repository:

$ sudo mkdir /path/to/repository

Usage

1. Initialize your repository with the following command:

$ sudo restic init -r /path/to/repository

2. Create a backup of a directory:

$ sudo restic backup /path/to/directory -r /path/to/repository

3. Restore a backup:

$ sudo restic restore latest -r /path/to/repository --target /path/to/restore/directory

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Restic on OpenBSD. Restic is a powerful and easy-to-use tool that can protect your data from loss and damage. Feel free to further explore the functionalities of Restic and customize your own backups.

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