🎛 Config File

Path

By default autorestic searches for a .autorestic.yml file in the current directory, your home folder and your XDG config folder (~/.config/ by default):

• ./.autorestic.yml
• ~/.autorestic.yml
• ~/.config/autorestic/.autorestic.yml

You can also specify a custom file with the -c path/to/some/config.yml

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️

Note that the data is automatically encrypted on the server. The key will be generated and added to your config file. Every backend will have a separate key. You should keep a copy of the keys or config file somewhere in case your server dies. Otherwise DATA IS LOST!

Example configuration

version: 2
 
locations:
  home:
    from: /home/me
    to: remote
 
  important:
    from: /path/to/important/stuff
    to:
      - remote
      - hdd
 
backends:
  remote:
    type: b2
    path: 'myBucket:backup/home'
    env:
      B2_ACCOUNT_ID: account_id
      B2_ACCOUNT_KEY: account_key
 
  hdd:
    type: local
    path: /mnt/my_external_storage

Aliases

A handy tool for more advanced configurations is to use yaml aliases. These must be specified under the global extras key in the .autorestic.yml config file. Aliases allow to reuse snippets of config throughout the same file.

The following example shows how the locations a and b share the same hooks and forget policies.

version: 2
 
extras:
  hooks: &foo
    prevalidate:
      - echo "Wake up!"
    before:
      - echo "Hello"
    after:
      - echo "kthxbye"
  policies: &bar
    keep-daily: 14
    keep-weekly: 52
 
backends:
  # ...
locations:
  a:
    from: /data/a
    to: some
    hooks:
      <<: *foo
    options:
      forget:
        <<: *bar
  b:
    from: data/b
    to: some
    hooks:
      <<: *foo
    options:
      forget:
        <<: *bar