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P1-14 deploy/install/restic-manager-agent.service: standard systemd
unit with the usual hardening switches (NoNewPrivileges, Protect*,
RestrictRealtime, MemoryDenyWriteExecute). Restart=always with a
5s backoff. Runs as a dedicated unprivileged restic-manager-agent
user; the install script creates it.
P1-29 deploy/install/install.sh: arch detection (amd64/arm64), pulls
the agent binary from /agent/binary, creates the service user
+ dirs (/etc/restic-manager, /var/lib/restic-manager), runs
enrollment via `agent -enroll-server -enroll-token`, lays down
the systemd unit, enables and starts it.
Honours the spec's "detect, don't auto-disable" rule for existing
schedulers: scans systemd timers, /etc/cron.d/*, /etc/cron.daily/*,
root crontab for restic-named entries and prints them with the
exact disable command — operator decides.
P1-31 server endpoints to ship the agent installation payload:
GET /agent/binary?os=linux&arch=amd64 → serves
<DataDir>/agent-binaries/restic-manager-agent-linux-amd64
GET /install/<file> → serves
<DataDir>/install/<file>
Both endpoints reject path traversal and return 404 if the file
isn't published. Operators drop the binaries + service unit into
these directories at release time. Signed-bundle verification is
deferred to Phase 5 OSS readiness.
All tests still pass.
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.