key

Section profile.key

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

The “key” command allows you to set multiple access keys or passwords per repository.

Flags used by resticprofile only:
NameTypeDefaultNotes
run-afterone or more stringsRun shell command(s) after a successful restic command
run-after-failone or more stringsRun shell command(s) after failed restic or shell commands
run-beforeone or more stringsRun shell command(s) before a restic command
run-finallyone or more stringsRun shell command(s) always, after all other commands
Flags passed to the restic command line:
NameTypeDefaultNotes
hosttrue / false OR hostname""the hostname for new keys. Boolean true is replaced with the hostname of the system. Examples: true, false, "host" . restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.17.0
new-password-filestring""file from which to read the new password. restic < 0.17.0
userstring""the username for new keys. restic >= 0.10.0 < 0.17.0
Tip

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