Autorestic could not read config from restic REST server - whom's't've to blame? Except me

[Kenya-West]

Restic

I setup a restic REST server with this docker-compose.yml:

---

services:
  restic_rest_server:
    image: restic/rest-server:latest
    container_name: restic_rest_server
    volumes:
      - ./data:/data
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:${PORT}:8000"
    networks:
      - somenetwork

networks:
  somenetwork:

and .env:

PASSWORD_FILE = "/data/.htpasswd"
PORT = 8010
OPTIONS = "--debug --log /data/log.txt"

The .htpasswd file is correct.

Autorestic

.autorestic.env

version: 2

locations:
  home_user:
    from: /home/user
    to:
    - somehost

backends:
  somehost:
    type: rest
    path: http://sub.example.tld:22002/
    rest:
      user: user
      password: password

After I launch check to initialize repository, it gets error:

 $kenyawest: ~ ❯ sudo ./backup-restic-node/autorestic/scripts/check.sh
Using config:    /home/user/backup-restic-node/autorestic/config/.autorestic.yaml
Using env:       /home/user/backup-restic-node/autorestic/config/.autorestic.env
1 error(s) decoding:

* 'locations[home_user]' has invalid keys: forgetoption
Could not parse config file!
Using lock:      /home/user/backup-restic-node/autorestic/config/.autorestic.lock.yml

And also config is being changed from original state to this:

Details

backends:
  somehost:
    type: rest
    path: http://sub.example.tld:22002/
    key: key
    requirekey: false
    env: {}
    rest:
      user: user
      password: password
    options: {}
locations:
  home_user:
    from:
    - /home/user
    type: ""
    to:
    - somehost
    hooks:
      dir: ""
      prevalidate: []
      before: []
      after: []
      success: []
      failure: []
    cron: ""
    options: {}
    forgetoption: ""
    copyoption: {}
version: 2

- but I guess it is OK.

I try to backup:

 $kenyawest: ~ ❯ sudo ./backup-restic-node/autorestic/scripts/update.sh
Using config:    /home/kenyawest/backup-restic-node/autorestic/config/.autorestic.yaml
Using env:       /home/kenyawest/backup-restic-node/autorestic/config/.autorestic.env
Using lock:      /home/kenyawest/backup-restic-node/autorestic/config/.autorestic.lock.yml


    Backing up location "home_user"

Backend: somehost
> Executing: /usr/local/bin/restic backup --tag ar:location:home_user /home/user
Fatal: repository does not exist: unable to open config file: <config/> does not exist
Is there a repository at the following location?
rest:http://user:***@sub.example.tld:22002/

home_user@somehost:
Fatal: repository does not exist: unable to open config file: <config/> does not exist
Is there a repository at the following location?
rest:http://user:***@sub.example.tld:22002/
exit status 10

Error: 1 errors were found

Others

The restic REST server log is:

172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:14:38:10 +0000] "HEAD /config HTTP/1.1" 404 10 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"
172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:15:46:42 +0000] "HEAD /config HTTP/1.1" 404 10 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"
172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:15:58:40 +0000] "HEAD /config HTTP/1.1" 404 10 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"
172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:15:58:41 +0000] "HEAD /config HTTP/1.1" 404 10 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"
172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:15:58:42 +0000] "POST /?create=true HTTP/1.1" 200 0 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"
172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:15:58:42 +0000] "HEAD /config HTTP/1.1" 404 10 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"
172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:15:58:42 +0000] "GET /keys/ HTTP/1.1" 200 2 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"
172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:15:58:42 +0000] "GET /snapshots/ HTTP/1.1" 200 2 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"
172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:15:58:45 +0000] "POST /keys/key HTTP/1.1" 200 0 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"
172.18.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2025:15:58:46 +0000] "POST /config HTTP/1.1" 200 0 "" "Go-http-client/1.1"

Which tool to blame for autorestic errors? Which config is not OK or am I doing it wrong?

[Kenya-West]

Nevermind, solved.

Run:

yq eval 'del(.locations[].forgetoption | select(. == "")) | del(.locations[].copyoption | select(length == 0))' config/.autorestic.yaml > config/.autorestic.yaml.tmp && mv config/.autorestic.yaml.tmp config/.autorestic.yaml

- command to remove locations[your_location].forgetoption andlocations[your_location].copyoption props that are causing 'locations[home_user]' has invalid keys: forgetoption error.

This code line uses yq package that should be installed. And this line does not make any backup copy. Instead, it rewrites the .autorestic.yaml file, So change it accordingly if you need to keep original version of autorestic config file.

Track this issue on forgetoption error here: #315.