restic-key - Man Page

restic key [flags] [list|add|remove|passwd] [ID]

The "key" command manages keys (passwords) for accessing the repository.

Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.

-h, --help[=false] help for key

--host="" the hostname for new keys

--new-password-file=""

file from which to read the new password

--user="" the username for new keys

--cacert=[]

file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)

--cache-dir="" set the cache

directory. (default: use system default cache directory)

--cleanup-cache[=false] auto remove old cache directories

--compression=auto compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max)

--insecure-tls[=false] skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure)

--json[=false] set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

--key-hint=""

key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

--limit-download=0 limits downloads to a maximum

rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

--limit-upload=0 limits uploads to a maximum

rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

--no-cache[=false] do not use a local cache

--no-lock[=false] do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories

-o,  --option=[] set extended option (

key=value, can be specified multiple times)

--pack-size=0 set target pack

size in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)

--password-command="" shell

command to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

-p,  --password-file=""

file to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

-q, --quiet[=false] do not output comprehensive progress report

-r,  --repo=""

repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

--repository-file=""

file to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

--tls-client-cert="" path to a

file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key

-v, --verbose[=0] be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2)

restic(1)

restic(1).