zfsbackrest: Experimental Encrypted Backup Tool for ZFS Filesystems
By
sphericalkat
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
zfsbackrest is an experimental open-source tool that provides pgbackrest-style encrypted backups for ZFS filesystems. The project is currently in early development stage, created over a weekend, and explicitly warns users not to rely on it as their only backup solution. It requires age for encryption key generation and uses TOML configuration files, with encryption being mandatory rather than optional.
Key quotes
· 3 pulled⚠️ Experimental: Do not use it as your only way for backups. This is something I wrote over a weekend.
Encryption is NOT optional.
zfsbackrest does not support changing the list of datasets after a repository is initialized YET.
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