Frederik Ring

> Would you be open to generalize the code a bit? Definitely. I attempted to do this [this branch](https://github.com/offen/docker-volume-backup/tree/storage-interface) already, but never really finished it. The idea was to make...

> Would you be open to generalize the code a bit? This refactoring is now on `main`, so it's probably a bit easier to implement this feature now.

It's definitely possible to implement a more sophisticated mechanism, however I don't think I will work on it myself for the following reasons: - I don't need it for my...

> As a workaround you could execute multiple instances of this tool with different backup-filenames / prefixes. This is a great suggestion, thank you very much. Also note that you...

I added a section on this to the README: https://github.com/offen/docker-volume-backup#define-different-retention-schedules

`BACKUP_FROM_SNAPSHOT` is supposed to be used in the following situation: 1. you cannot stop your containers while taking the backup (this should always be the preferred option) 2. you are...

> But how can i send this curl request from your docker_backup solution before start backuping? Right now you can't, see #45 > Also i have many containers such as...

I created an upstream issue here https://github.com/otiai10/copy/issues/72

Not fixing the underlying issue, but running pre/post commands for preparing backups is now supported as of [v2.13.0](https://github.com/offen/docker-volume-backup/releases/tag/v2.13.0)

> When using GPG_PASSPHRASE the result of the tar command could (probably) directly be piped to gpg Since this is not a bash script, it's not that easy, but it...