Incremental backup, how to restore files outside hestia

bakkar · February 25, 2025, 12:21pm

In the event of a total server failure, what are the steps to restore these “incremental backups” using a command line tool or such?

eris · February 25, 2025, 1:09pm

v-restore-user-full-restic user snapshot key

the key is found in /usr/local/hestia/data/users/{user}/restic.conf

bakkar · February 27, 2025, 9:09am

can I install v-restore-user-full-restic tool without fully installing hestia and it’s web interface?

eris · February 27, 2025, 9:11am

No you need to install Hestia first

It is only for the user data …

bakkar · February 27, 2025, 9:12am

That’s unfortunate, because I want to be able to download a copy of my website in my personal windows machine without using hestia I don’t think I can install hestia in windows without wsl at least

eris · February 27, 2025, 9:15am

You can use restic to download the full backup to your server

You can find the commands:

github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp

bin/v-restore-user-full-restic

main

#!/bin/bash
# info: restore user via Restic
# options: USER SNAPSHOT KEY
#
# example: v-restore-user-full-restic user snapshot key
#
# Full user restore from a non existing user

#----------------------------------------------------------#
#                Variables & Functions                     #
#----------------------------------------------------------#

# Argument definition
user=$1
snapshot=$2
key=${3}
notify=${4-no}

# Includes
# shellcheck source=/etc/hestiacp/hestia.conf

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bakkar · February 27, 2025, 3:04pm

Thank you for the quick reply, by looking at that script, I have managed to make a small script to pull the backup I’ve put it inside docker so that I can use it in windows if I want.

81b7727909654c58c820 · March 3, 2025, 1:15am

there is only 1 problem now, with a compromised origin server: where to find the snapshot’s name?

eris · March 3, 2025, 7:05am

restic --repo “$REPO$user” --password-file $USER_DATA/restic.conf snapshots