Backrest

Backrest is a web-accessible backup solution built on top of restic. Backrest provides a WebUI which wraps the restic CLI and makes it easy to create repos, browse snapshots, and restore files. Additionally, Backrest can run in the background and take an opinionated approach to scheduling snapshots and orchestrating repo health operations.

Port	9898
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/backrest
Source	https://github.com/garethgeorge/backrest
Website	https://garethgeorge.github.io/backrest

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users — recommended.
pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  backrest:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/backrest:latest"
    container_name: backrest
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - BACKREST_PORT=  # Address and port to bind to (default: 0.0.0.0:9898)
      - BACKREST_CONFIG=  # Path to configuration file (default: /config/config.json)
      - BACKREST_DATA=  # Path to internal data directory (default: /config/data)
    volumes:
      - "/containers/backrest:/config"
      - "/containers/backrest/data:/data"
    ports:
      - "9898:9898"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=backrest
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
BACKREST_PORT=
BACKREST_CONFIG=
BACKREST_DATA=

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  backrest:
    name: backrest
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
      - expose: '9898:9898 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - BACKREST_PORT: !ENV '${BACKREST_PORT}'
        - BACKREST_CONFIG: !ENV '${BACKREST_CONFIG}'
        - BACKREST_DATA: !ENV '${BACKREST_DATA}'
    volumes:
      - backrest: /config
      - backrest_data: /data
volumes:
  backrest:
    device: '/containers/backrest'
  backrest_data:
    device: '/containers/backrest/data'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/backrest:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Warning

Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

To avoid exposing ports, just remove the expose option in your appjail-director.yml or from your command-line arguments.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

services:
  backrest:
    name: backrest
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/backrest:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - BACKREST_PORT=
      - BACKREST_CONFIG=
      - BACKREST_DATA=
    volumes:
      - "/containers/backrest:/config"
      - "/containers/backrest/data:/data"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

Access at: http://localhost:9898

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
BACKREST_PORT	``	Address and port to bind to (default: 0.0.0.0:9898)
BACKREST_CONFIG	``	Path to configuration file (default: /config/config.json)
BACKREST_DATA	``	Path to internal data directory (default: /config/data)

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration directory (config.json, cache, and state)
/data	Files to back up, or a local repository; mounted as-is, never re-owned

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
9898	TCP	Web UI

Architectures: amd64, aarch64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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