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`restic` is a fast, efficient and secure backup tool. It is an open source project available under ``BSD 2-Clause License``.

In this recipe we will learn how to use `restic` to backup data into Minio Server.

## 1. Prerequisites

Install Minio Server from [here](http://docs.minio.io/docs/minio).

## 2. Installation

Install restic from [https://restic.github.io](https://restic.github.io).

## 3. Configuration

Set Minio credentials in the environment variables as shown below.

```sh

$ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<YOUR-ACCESS-KEY-ID>
$ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY= <YOUR-SECRET-ACCESS-KEY>

```

## 4. Commands

Start `restic` and point it to the bucket where the backup data will reside.

```sh

$ ./restic -r s3:http://localhost:9000/resticbucket init

```

Copy backups from the local machine to the bucket on Minio server.  

```sh

$  ./restic -r s3:http://localhost:9000/resticbucket backup /home/minio/workdir/Docs/
enter password for repository:
scan [/home/minio/workdir/Docs]
scanned 2 directories, 6 files in 0:00
[0:00] 100.00%  0B/s  8.045 KiB / 8.045 KiB  6 / 8 items  0 errors  ETA 0:00
duration: 0:00, 0.06MiB/s
snapshot 85a9731a saved

```