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Lands the operator → server → agent → restic → server roundtrip for
on-demand backups. The flow:
POST /api/hosts/{id}/jobs {kind:"backup",args:["/path"]}
→ server creates a queued Job row
→ server emits command.run over WS to the host's agent
→ agent dispatcher spawns runner.RunBackup in a goroutine
→ runner spawns `restic backup --json`, parses each line
→ forwards: job.started, log.stream (every line), job.progress
(throttled to 1/sec), job.finished (with summary stats blob)
→ server WS handler persists those into jobs / job_logs
P1-16 internal/restic: thin Locate + Env wrapper that runs `restic
backup --json`, scans stdout/stderr, parses BackupStatus +
BackupSummary, calls back into a LineHandler so the agent can fan
out to log.stream + job.progress. Treats exit code 3 as
"succeeded with issues" (matches restic's contract).
P1-18 store: jobs accessors (CreateJob, MarkJobStarted,
MarkJobFinished, AppendJobLog, GetJob).
P1-19 server: POST /api/hosts/{id}/jobs creates the Job row,
validates kind, dispatches via Hub.Send, audit-logs the action.
P1-20 agent runner: wraps restic.RunBackup with throttled progress
emission. Sender abstraction was added to wsclient.Handler so
background goroutines can keep replying after dispatch returns.
P1-21 server WS: dispatchAgentMessage now persists job.started,
job.finished, log.stream into the database. Browser fan-out for
live tailing lands with the UI work.
Agent gets repo_url + repo_password from agent.yaml in plaintext
for now (mode 0600, owned by service user); spec.md §7.3's keyring
storage moves there in P2. config.update over WS overrides the
in-memory copy (does not persist).
Build clean; all tests pass. End-to-end with a real restic still
needs a host that has restic installed — wire shape verified by
the existing hello/heartbeat round-trip test.
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.