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[Feature Request] Changing duply to restic
Is there any plan to add/change the backup solution from duplicity to restic?
PS. I really enjoyed Webinoly! Backing up files with restic is much more convenient and secure with snapshots system.
I never heard about "Restic".
- Why is more convenient or maybe, more convenient for whom?
- Why is more secure?
- What is wrong with duplicity?
Why is more convenient or maybe, more convenient for whom? Convenient for anyone, since it does implement deduplication instead of incremental backup. Incremental backup tend to become problematic when there's one corrupt/unreadable incremental backup that led to failure when one wants to restore a full backup. Restic deduplicate that "incremental" backup to one full backup and snapshot them, so you can compare its differences before deciding to do a restore without worrying about the failure.
Also, Restic support many backup service out of the box (Google Cloud, Backblaze, etc) without additional modification like Duplicity.
Why is more secure? Secure, it encrypts the backup out of the box and has a password system of the local backup. Also, in event that off-site backup fail to restore, Restic has a spare local backup stored that can be restored easily.
What is wrong with duplicity? There's nothing wrong when you asked that instead of its incremental backup strategy.
Just for future reference: Restic looks promising, however, it does use symmetrical cryptography to secure your data and it does store the password on the server when scripted. I do consider this a security risk for corporate data. It can not beat, yet, the way how duplicity encrypts your stored data with asymmetrical cryptography (pgp).