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--- backup [2026/06/19 09:07] – [If you need to restore a snapshot] usera
+++ backup [2026/06/19 09:14] (current) – usera
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 <code> restic -r /path/to/your/backup/folder ls snapshot_id </code>
+which will give the following output:
+<pre>restic -r testdir ls 9e4398a4
+enter password for repository:
+repository 7d767fa4 opened (repository version 2) successfully, password is correct
+snapshot 9e4398a4 of [/path/to/the/folder/you/backuped] filtered by [] at 2026-06-19 10:15:59.284838644 +0200 CEST):
+/testdir2
+/testdir2/hi</pre>
+if you would like to restore the whole snapshot to a specific directory, enter:
+<code>restic -r /srv/restic-repo restore 9e4398a4 --target /path-to-the/place/you/want/to/restore/to </code>
+<pre>enter password for repository:
+restoring snapshot of [/home/user/work] at 2015-05-08 21:40:19.884408621 +0200 CEST to /tmp/restore</pre>
-==== If you need to restore a snapshot ====
+It is possible to restore only a folder or file by changing ''snapshot_id'' to ''snapshot_id:/path/to/folder/or/file'' in the above expression
-Once this is done, you can do another backup of your /home, which contains all your regular files. For this you can use the software backintime. You can install it with:
-<code>
-sudo apt install backintime-qt
-</code>
-Before launching it, we need to decrypt the encrypted disk, and mount the logical volume we intend to use:
-<code>
-sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb2 cryptsetup
-sudo vgchange -ay
-sudo mount /dev/mapper/vgbackup-home /mnt
-</code>
-now everything written on /mnt on your computer will be written on your disk.
-You can then launch backintime with:
-<code>
-sudo backintime-qt
-</code>
-you can then configure it to save things in /mnt:
-{{ ::backintime_1.png?600 |}}
-{{ ::backintime_2.png?600 |}}
-{{ ::backintime_3.png?600 |}}
-And then click on "Take snapshot" and wait for it to finish:
-{{ ::backintime_4.png?600 |}}
-you can then unmount and remove your backup disk:
-<code>
-sudo umount /mnt
-sudo vgchange -an vgbackup
-sudo cryptsetup luksClose cryptodisk
-</code>