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Splits Phase 3 into three independently-shippable sub-phases (Restore, Alerts, Audit UI) so they can land in separate PRs with their own brainstorm → spec → plan cycles. The Restore sub-phase is up first. The brainstorm ran on 2026-05-04 and locked the following decisions: - Single-host restore only this phase. P3-04 (cross-host restore) is moved to a new 'Future / unscheduled' section. Disaster recovery is already covered by re-enrolling a replacement host with the same repo creds; the remaining 'pull a file from host A onto host C' use case is genuinely different (file sharing / migration, not DR) and has no confirmed need. - Default target is /var/restic-restore/<job-id>/ with --no-ownership; in-place restore preserves uid/gid/mode and is gated by typed-confirmation of the host name (mirroring the repo re-init danger zone). - Tree browser is the path picker, lazy-loaded via a synchronous WS RPC (tree.list) over the existing correlation-ID infrastructure with a per-wizard-session in-memory cache (~30 min TTL). - Single-page wizard with progressively-enabled sections; entry is a top-level Restore button on host detail (or per-snapshot Restore action for direct deep-link). - Snapshot diff (P3-09) is a JobDiff JobKind, dispatched like every other agent operation; output streams to the standard live job log page. - Restore-specific live job page variant with files-restored / bytes-restored / current-file widget. - Single-flight per host across all kinds, plus a real cancel-job feature (command.cancel WS envelope, agent kills the restic subprocess via context cancel + SIGTERM/SIGKILL grace) so the operator can pre-empt a long-running backup if they need to restore urgently. Wires the existing job_detail Cancel button (which was a UI stub). - Audit row host.restore on every dispatch + a recent-restores panel on host detail. Role gate deferred to P4-03 RBAC. Wireframe at _diag/p3-restore-wizard/wireframe.html (gitignored — transient design artefact); screenshot reviewed and approved 2026-05-04.
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.