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Two fixes that close the loop on dashboard run-now and harden the
agent's restic invocation.
Default paths (interim until P2-01 schedules):
- 0003 migration adds default_paths TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '[]'
to hosts and to enrollment_tokens.
- Operator types paths in the Add-host form (textarea, one per
line). They ride on the enrol_token row alongside the
encrypted creds (paths aren't secret — plain JSON column).
- On consume, ConsumeEnrollmentToken still just burns the token;
the new GetEnrollmentTokenAttachments returns both the
re-bindable creds and the path list in one round trip, the
handler transfers them onto the new host row inside CreateHost.
- The dashboard's Run-now and host-detail's "Run backup now"
button now read Host.DefaultPaths and pass them to dispatchJob.
A host with no default paths returns 400 with a friendly
"no paths set" message instead of dispatching a doomed
`restic backup` with no positional args.
- Doc comments explicitly call this out as a Phase 1 interim —
schedules supersede.
Restic env hygiene:
- envSlice() previously omitted HOME / XDG_CACHE_HOME, which
bit the smoke runs whenever the agent was launched outside
systemd (restic refused to start: "neither $XDG_CACHE_HOME
nor $HOME are defined"). Now both are set explicitly: prefer
Env.ExtraEnv overrides, fall back to the agent process's own
HOME, and finally to /var/lib/restic-manager.
- Comment makes the env policy explicit: parent's RESTIC_* /
AWS_* / B2_* env is filtered out by design — control-plane
is the unambiguous source of truth.
JS bug fix in the live log page:
- {{$job.ID | printf "%q"}} produced a literal-quoted JS string,
which then went into the WS URL as ".../jobs/"<ID>"/stream"
→ 404. Switched to '{{$job.ID}}' inside the literal so
html/template's auto-escape does the right thing. Verified
end-to-end: dashboard "Run now" → live progress + log lines
arrive over the WS → succeeded pill renders.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
restic-manager
Self-hosted, browser-based, single-pane-of-glass for managing restic backups across a fleet of Linux and Windows endpoints.
Status: pre-alpha. Phase 0 (project bootstrap) complete; Phase 1 (MVP) in progress. See
spec.mdfor the design andtasks.mdfor the roadmap.
What it does (target)
- Central visibility into backup state for every endpoint
- Trigger any restic operation remotely (
backup,forget,prune,check,unlock,snapshots,stats,diff,restore) - Manage per-host backup schedules from the UI
- Live job progress streamed back to the UI
- Restore wizard (browse snapshots, pick paths, restore to original or alternate host)
- Repo health surfacing (size, dedup ratio, last check, lock state)
- Alerting on failure or staleness
- Cross-platform agent (Linux + Windows)
- Ransomware-resistant repo access via append-only credentials
Architecture (one-line summary)
A small Go control-plane on the Proxmox host, lightweight Go agents on each
endpoint that hold an outbound WebSocket to the control-plane, and a
restic/rest-server on Unraid that holds the actual backup data. The
control-plane never touches backup bytes.
Full architecture diagram and component breakdown:
spec.md §3.
Repository layout
cmd/server/ control-plane binary
cmd/agent/ endpoint agent binary
internal/api shared API types (REST + WS envelopes)
internal/server/ HTTP, WS, UI handlers
internal/agent/ service integration, restic runner, local scheduler
internal/restic restic CLI wrapper
internal/store SQLite persistence
internal/crypto secret encryption
internal/auth passwords, sessions, agent tokens
web/ server-rendered templates + static assets
deploy/ Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml, install scripts
design/ UI wireframes (Phase 0 design pass)
Local development
Requires Go 1.25+ (built and tested on 1.26). The floor is set by
modernc.org/sqlite v1.50.
make build # builds cmd/server and cmd/agent into ./bin
make test # runs go test ./...
make lint # runs golangci-lint
make run-server # runs the server (dev defaults)
License
PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 — see LICENSE. Free for personal,
hobby, research, educational, governmental, and other noncommercial use.
Commercial use requires a separate license.