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Erik Westrup
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### TL;DR Setup
1. Create B2 credentials as instructed [below](#1-create-backblaze-b2-account)
1. Install config and scripts:
*
```console
$ sudo make install-systemd
```
☝ **Note**: `sudo` is required here, as some files are installed into system directories (`/etc/`
* ☝ **Note**: `sudo` is required here, as some files are installed into system directories (`/etc/`
and `/usr/bin`). Have a look to the `Makefile` to know more.
* <img height="16" width="16" src="https://unpkg.com/simple-icons@v6/icons/archlinux.svg" /> Arch Linux users: use the [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/restic-automatic-backup-scheduler).
1. Fill out configuration values (edit with sudo):
* `/etc/restic/pw.txt` - Contains the password (single line) to be used by restic to encrypt the repository files. Should be different than your B2 password!
* `/etc/restic/_global.env.sh` - Global environment variables.
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#### 8. Email notification on failure
#### 8. Optional: Email notification on failure
We want to be aware when the automatic backup fails, so we can fix it. Since my laptop does not run a mail server, I went for a solution to set up my laptop to be able to send emails with [postfix via my Gmail](https://easyengine.io/tutorials/linux/ubuntu-postfix-gmail-smtp/). Follow the instructions over there.
Put this file in `/bin`: