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1. NelsonMinar ◴[] No.41831950[source]
Try BackRest if you want a nice frontend to Restic. You can configure Restic from the command line but it's pretty awkward. BackRest has a nice simple web GUI and makes basic automation very easy. https://github.com/garethgeorge/backrest

I'm surprised no one is selling Restic hosting as a straight up service. BackBlaze works well with Restic but the configuration is a little manual and clumsy. A packaged solution would be a nice thing.

Restic is very very good. My only nervousness is the backup format is so opaque, you need a working copy of Restic to restore from it. The format is documented though and of course the code is open source, so I think it's probably fine in practice.

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2. confusedalex ◴[] No.41834855[source]
Despite the name Borgbase [0] offers Restic hosting, with actual documentation on how to set it up. Hetzner [1] also offers Restic

[0] https://www.borgbase.com/ [1] https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/

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3. crossroadsguy ◴[] No.41836878[source]
Huh. Interesting. Didn't know borgbase supports restic as well. I already have a plan there for vorta/borg. Thanks.
4. josephb ◴[] No.41842712[source]
Restic user and also a long time user of Borgbase, their offering is pretty neat!