init

Section profile.init

This section configures restic command init . Information on command and flags is copied from the restic manual pages.

The “init” command initializes a new repository.

Flags passed to the restic command line:
NameTypeDefaultNotes
copy-chunker-paramstrue / falsefalsecopy chunker parameters from the secondary repository (useful with the copy command). restic >= 0.10.0
from-insecure-no-passwordtrue / falsefalseuse an empty password for the source repository, must be passed to every restic command (insecure). restic >= 0.17.0
from-key-hintstring""key ID of key to try decrypting the source repository first (default: $RESTIC_FROM_KEY_HINT). restic >= 0.14.0
from-password-commandstring""shell command to obtain the source repository password from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_COMMAND). restic >= 0.14.0
from-password-filestring""file to read the source repository password from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_FILE). restic >= 0.14.0
from-repositorystring""source repository to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY). restic >= 0.14.0
from-repository-filestring""file from which to read the source repository location to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY_FILE). restic >= 0.14.0
key-hint2string""key ID of key to try decrypting the secondary repository first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0
password-command2string""shell command to obtain the secondary repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0
password-file2string""file to read the secondary repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0
repo2string""secondary repository to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY2). restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.14.0
repository-file2string""file from which to read the secondary repository location to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE2). restic >= 0.13.0 < 0.14.0
repository-versionstring"stable"repository format version to use, allowed values are a format version, ’latest’ and ‘stable’. restic >= 0.14.0
Tip

Flags declared for the restic command line in section profile can be overridden in this section.