nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/backup/restic.nix
Elias Probst 27da11972d nixos/restic: correct location of cache directory
By default, restic determines the location of the cache based on the XDG
base dir specification, which is `~/.cache/restic` when the environment
variable `$XDG_CACHE_HOME` isn't set.
As restic is executed as root by default, this resulted in the cache being
written to `/root/.cache/restic`, which is not quite right for a system
service and also meant, multiple backup services would use the same cache
directory - potentially causing issues with locking, data corruption,
etc.

The goal was to ensure, restic uses the correct cache location for a
system service - one cache per backup specification, using `/var/cache`
as the base directory for it.

systemd sets the environment variable `$CACHE_DIRECTORY` once
`CacheDirectory=` is defined, but restic doesn't change its behavior
based on the presence of this environment variable.
Instead, the specifier [1] `%C` can be used to point restic explicitly
towards the correct cache location using the `--cache-dir` argument.

Furthermore, the `CacheDirectoryMode=` was set to `0700`, as the default
of `0755` is far too open in this case, as the cache might contain
sensitive data.

[1] https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html#Specifiers
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{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
let
# Type for a valid systemd unit option. Needed for correctly passing "timerConfig" to "systemd.timers"
unitOption = (import ../../system/boot/systemd-unit-options.nix { inherit config lib; }).unitOption;
in
{
options.services.restic.backups = mkOption {
description = ''
Periodic backups to create with Restic.
'';
type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule ({ name, ... }: {
options = {
passwordFile = mkOption {
type = types.str;
description = ''
Read the repository password from a file.
'';
example = "/etc/nixos/restic-password";
};
s3CredentialsFile = mkOption {
type = with types; nullOr str;
default = null;
description = ''
file containing the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
for an S3-hosted repository, in the format of an EnvironmentFile
as described by systemd.exec(5)
'';
};
rcloneOptions = mkOption {
type = with types; nullOr (attrsOf (oneOf [ str bool ]));
default = null;
description = ''
Options to pass to rclone to control its behavior.
See <link xlink:href="https://rclone.org/docs/#options"/> for
available options. When specifying option names, strip the
leading <literal>--</literal>. To set a flag such as
<literal>--drive-use-trash</literal>, which does not take a value,
set the value to the Boolean <literal>true</literal>.
'';
example = {
bwlimit = "10M";
drive-use-trash = "true";
};
};
rcloneConfig = mkOption {
type = with types; nullOr (attrsOf (oneOf [ str bool ]));
default = null;
description = ''
Configuration for the rclone remote being used for backup.
See the remote's specific options under rclone's docs at
<link xlink:href="https://rclone.org/docs/"/>. When specifying
option names, use the "config" name specified in the docs.
For example, to set <literal>--b2-hard-delete</literal> for a B2
remote, use <literal>hard_delete = true</literal> in the
attribute set.
Warning: Secrets set in here will be world-readable in the Nix
store! Consider using the <literal>rcloneConfigFile</literal>
option instead to specify secret values separately. Note that
options set here will override those set in the config file.
'';
example = {
type = "b2";
account = "xxx";
key = "xxx";
hard_delete = true;
};
};
rcloneConfigFile = mkOption {
type = with types; nullOr path;
default = null;
description = ''
Path to the file containing rclone configuration. This file
must contain configuration for the remote specified in this backup
set and also must be readable by root. Options set in
<literal>rcloneConfig</literal> will override those set in this
file.
'';
};
repository = mkOption {
type = types.str;
description = ''
repository to backup to.
'';
example = "sftp:backup@192.168.1.100:/backups/${name}";
};
paths = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [];
description = ''
Which paths to backup.
'';
example = [
"/var/lib/postgresql"
"/home/user/backup"
];
};
timerConfig = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf unitOption;
default = {
OnCalendar = "daily";
};
description = ''
When to run the backup. See man systemd.timer for details.
'';
example = {
OnCalendar = "00:05";
RandomizedDelaySec = "5h";
};
};
user = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "root";
description = ''
As which user the backup should run.
'';
example = "postgresql";
};
extraBackupArgs = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [];
description = ''
Extra arguments passed to restic backup.
'';
example = [
"--exclude-file=/etc/nixos/restic-ignore"
];
};
extraOptions = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [];
description = ''
Extra extended options to be passed to the restic --option flag.
'';
example = [
"sftp.command='ssh backup@192.168.1.100 -i /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa -s sftp'"
];
};
initialize = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Create the repository if it doesn't exist.
'';
};
pruneOpts = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [];
description = ''
A list of options (--keep-* et al.) for 'restic forget
--prune', to automatically prune old snapshots. The
'forget' command is run *after* the 'backup' command, so
keep that in mind when constructing the --keep-* options.
'';
example = [
"--keep-daily 7"
"--keep-weekly 5"
"--keep-monthly 12"
"--keep-yearly 75"
];
};
dynamicFilesFrom = mkOption {
type = with types; nullOr str;
default = null;
description = ''
A script that produces a list of files to back up. The
results of this command are given to the '--files-from'
option.
'';
example = "find /home/matt/git -type d -name .git";
};
};
}));
default = {};
example = {
localbackup = {
paths = [ "/home" ];
repository = "/mnt/backup-hdd";
passwordFile = "/etc/nixos/secrets/restic-password";
initialize = true;
};
remotebackup = {
paths = [ "/home" ];
repository = "sftp:backup@host:/backups/home";
passwordFile = "/etc/nixos/secrets/restic-password";
extraOptions = [
"sftp.command='ssh backup@host -i /etc/nixos/secrets/backup-private-key -s sftp'"
];
timerConfig = {
OnCalendar = "00:05";
RandomizedDelaySec = "5h";
};
};
};
};
config = {
systemd.services =
mapAttrs' (name: backup:
let
extraOptions = concatMapStrings (arg: " -o ${arg}") backup.extraOptions;
resticCmd = "${pkgs.restic}/bin/restic${extraOptions}";
filesFromTmpFile = "/run/restic-backups-${name}/includes";
backupPaths = if (backup.dynamicFilesFrom == null)
then concatStringsSep " " backup.paths
else "--files-from ${filesFromTmpFile}";
pruneCmd = optionals (builtins.length backup.pruneOpts > 0) [
( resticCmd + " forget --prune " + (concatStringsSep " " backup.pruneOpts) )
( resticCmd + " check" )
];
# Helper functions for rclone remotes
rcloneRemoteName = builtins.elemAt (splitString ":" backup.repository) 1;
rcloneAttrToOpt = v: "RCLONE_" + toUpper (builtins.replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ "_" ] v);
rcloneAttrToConf = v: "RCLONE_CONFIG_" + toUpper (rcloneRemoteName + "_" + v);
toRcloneVal = v: if lib.isBool v then lib.boolToString v else v;
in nameValuePair "restic-backups-${name}" ({
environment = {
RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE = backup.passwordFile;
RESTIC_REPOSITORY = backup.repository;
} // optionalAttrs (backup.rcloneOptions != null) (mapAttrs' (name: value:
nameValuePair (rcloneAttrToOpt name) (toRcloneVal value)
) backup.rcloneOptions) // optionalAttrs (backup.rcloneConfigFile != null) {
RCLONE_CONFIG = backup.rcloneConfigFile;
} // optionalAttrs (backup.rcloneConfig != null) (mapAttrs' (name: value:
nameValuePair (rcloneAttrToConf name) (toRcloneVal value)
) backup.rcloneConfig);
path = [ pkgs.openssh ];
restartIfChanged = false;
serviceConfig = {
Type = "oneshot";
ExecStart = [ "${resticCmd} backup --cache-dir=%C/restic-backups-${name} ${concatStringsSep " " backup.extraBackupArgs} ${backupPaths}" ] ++ pruneCmd;
User = backup.user;
RuntimeDirectory = "restic-backups-${name}";
CacheDirectory = "restic-backups-${name}";
CacheDirectoryMode = "0700";
} // optionalAttrs (backup.s3CredentialsFile != null) {
EnvironmentFile = backup.s3CredentialsFile;
};
} // optionalAttrs (backup.initialize || backup.dynamicFilesFrom != null) {
preStart = ''
${optionalString (backup.initialize) ''
${resticCmd} snapshots || ${resticCmd} init
''}
${optionalString (backup.dynamicFilesFrom != null) ''
${pkgs.writeScript "dynamicFilesFromScript" backup.dynamicFilesFrom} > ${filesFromTmpFile}
''}
'';
} // optionalAttrs (backup.dynamicFilesFrom != null) {
postStart = ''
rm ${filesFromTmpFile}
'';
})
) config.services.restic.backups;
systemd.timers =
mapAttrs' (name: backup: nameValuePair "restic-backups-${name}" {
wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
timerConfig = backup.timerConfig;
}) config.services.restic.backups;
};
}