From 789b8c8b4926e5e9b406fb2c270d99da88c9db77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: koolhead17 Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 16:07:53 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Added minor modification to the doc as suggested by the author. --- doc/Manual.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/Manual.md b/doc/Manual.md index 5e5d495c7..da9fbf94d 100644 --- a/doc/Manual.md +++ b/doc/Manual.md @@ -357,6 +357,29 @@ You can then easily initialize a repository that uses your Amazon S3 as a backen For an S3-compatible repository without TLS available, use the alternative URI protocol `s3:http://server:port/bucket_name`. +## Create a Minio Server repository + +[Minio](https://www.minio.io) is an Open Source Object Storage, written in Go and compatible with AWS S3 API. + +### Pre-Requisites + +* Download and Install [Minio Server](https://minio.io/download/). +* You can also refer to [https://docs.minio.io](https://docs.minio.io) for step by step guidance on installation and getting started on Minio CLient and Minio Server. + +You must first setup the following environment variables with the credentials of your running Minio Server. + + $ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID= + $ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY= + +Now you can easily initialize restic to use Minio server as backend with this command. + + $ ./restic -r s3:http://localhost:9000/restic init + enter password for new backend: + enter password again: + created restic backend 6ad29560f5 at s3:http://localhost:9000/restic1 + Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access + the repository. Losing your password means that your data is irrecoverably lost. + # Debugging restic The program can be built with debug support like this: