NAME

plakar — effortless backups

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

plakar is a tool to create distributed, versioned backups with compression, encryption, and data deduplication.

By default, plakar operates on the Kloset store at ~/.plakar. This can be changed either by using the at option.

The following options are available:

-config dir

Specify an alternate configuration directory. Defaults to ~/.config/plakar.

-cpu number

Limit the number of parallel workers plakar uses to number. By default it's the number of online CPUs.

-keyfile path

Read the passphrase from the key file at path instead of prompting. Overrides the PLAKAR_PASSPHRASE environment variable.

-no-agent

Run without attempting to connect to the agent.

-quiet

Disable all output except for errors.

-trace subsystems

Display trace logs. subsystems is a comma-separated series of keywords to enable the trace logs for different subsystems: all, trace, repository, snapshot and server.

at kloset

Operates on the given kloset store. It could be a path, an URI, or a label in the form “@name” to reference a configuration created with plakar-store(1).

The following commands are available:

agent

Run the plakar agent and configure scheduled tasks, documented in plakar-agent(1).

archive

Create an archive from a Kloset snapshot, documented in plakar-archive(1).

backup

Create a new Kloset snapshot, documented in plakar-backup(1).

cat

Display file contents from a Kloset snapshot, documented in plakar-cat(1).

check

Check data integrity in a Kloset store, documented in plakar-check(1).

clone

Clone a Kloset store to a new location, documented in plakar-clone(1).

create

Create a new Kloset store, documented in plakar-create(1).

destination

Manage configurations for the destination connectors, documented in plakar-destination(1).

diff

Show differences between files in a Kloset snapshot, documented in plakar-diff(1).

digest

Compute digests for files in a Kloset snapshot, documented in plakar-digest(1).

help

Show this manpage and the ones for the subcommands.

info

Display detailed information about internal structures, documented in plakar-info(1).

locate

Find filenames in a Kloset snapshot, documented in plakar-locate(1).

ls

List snapshots and their contents in a Kloset store, documented in plakar-ls(1).

maintenance

Remove unused data from a Kloset store, documented in plakar-maintenance(1).

mount

Mount Kloset snapshots as a read-only filesystem, documented in plakar-mount(1).

ptar

Create a .ptar archive, documented in plakar-ptar(1).

pkg show

List installed plugins, documented in plakar-pkg-show(1).

pkg add

Install a plugin, documented in plakar-pkg-add(1).

pkg build

Build a plugin from source, documented in plakar-pkg-build(1).

pkg create

Package a plugin, documented in plakar-pkg-create(1).

pkg rm

Uninstall a plugin, documented in plakar-pkg-rm(1).

restore

Restore files from a Kloset snapshot, documented in plakar-restore(1).

rm

Remove snapshots from a Kloset store, documented in plakar-rm(1).

server

Start a Plakar server, documented in plakar-server(1).

source

Manage configurations for the source connectors, documented in plakar-source(1).

store

Manage configurations for storage connectors, documented in plakar-store(1).

sync

Synchronize snapshots between Kloset stores, documented in plakar-sync(1).

ui

Serve the Plakar web user interface, documented in plakar-ui(1).

version

Display the current Plakar version, documented in plakar-version(1).

ENVIRONMENT

PLAKAR_PASSPHRASE

Passphrase to unlock the Kloset store; overrides the one from the configuration. If set, plakar won't prompt to unlock. The option keyfile overrides this environment variable.

PLAKAR_REPOSITORY

Reference to the Kloset store.

FILES

~/.cache/plakar and ~/.cache/plakar-agentless

Plakar cache directories.

~/.config/plakar/destinations.yml

Restore destinations configuration.

~/.config/plakar/sources.yml

Backup sources configuration.

~/.config/plakar/stores.yml

Kloset stores configuration.

~/.plakar

Default Kloset store location.

EXAMPLES

Create an encrypted Kloset store at the default location:

$ plakar create

Create an encrypted Kloset store on AWS S3:

$ plakar store add mys3bucket \
    location=s3://s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/backups \
    access_key="access_key" \
    secret_access_key="secret_key"
$ plakar at @mys3bucket create

Create a snapshot of the current directory on the @mys3bucket Kloset store:

$ plakar at @mys3bucket backup

List the snapshots of the default Kloset store:

$ plakar ls

Restore the file “notes.md” in the current directory from the snapshot with id “abcd”:

$ plakar restore -to . abcd:notes.md

Remove snapshots older than 30 days:

$ plakar rm -before 30d