Backup Restic Failed

[mrmarkuz (Markus Neuberger)]

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[SOLVED] Restic backup failing

NethServer Version: 7.9.2009 Module: Backup unable to create lock in backend: repository is already locked by PID 1295 on by root (UID 0, GID 0) lock was created at 2023-07-04 10:50:18 (45h16m41.090787584s ago) storage ID 1157dc11 the unlock command can be used to remove stale locks Cleanup failed Action ‘backup-data-restic backup’: FAIL Backup status: FAIL This is the second time I’ve spent a while looking around for this lock file to try to remove it. For me, my backup is in Backb…

Backup Nethserver

Restic is going to need a password to unlock a repo; you can find that password in /var/lib/nethserver/secrets/restic_<backup name>. What I end up doing to clear a lock is killall restic restic unlock -r /mnt/backup-<backup name> And then enter the password when requested.