Backup tools other than restic or borg
I'm in a pickle about backups. I use immich as an addon in Home Assistant OS (HAOS).
I know it's not the standard setup, but it made things way easier for me and I'd prob wouldn't be able to use it otherwise, as I don't have docker/container experience at all.
After all the server setup, library migration and all, I set up a rclone job as means of a library backup to my Google Workspace Shared Drive (the cloud storage I already pay for and has spare space). A daily copy job, and then a weekly sync job to clean-up deleted files. That works fine.
However, yesterday I found that the team here recommends other tools for backup, as rclone is not a proper backup tool. Said tools being restic and borg. Ok, fine, so I went and looked for addons for any of them in HAOS. Crap, there aren't any. I'm stuck now. I cannot just create a new container in HAOS, as that is forbidden. It needs to be an addon.
My options then become:
1. Create a restic addon myself (via AI - Kilo Code etc). No idea of the complexity or feasibility. Never done this before.
2. Set up Proxmox in my server, and Home Assistant OS as a VM. This way I can just install restic as a container (I think) and use it normally.
3. Find another backup tool where an addon exists for HAOS.
I have dived a bit into #2, founda few tutorials about setting up HAOS and then Immich as an LXC, and I shat myself at the complexity of this ordeal. Especially when I already have it all working nicely. Learning and redoing everything JUST for this silly backup tool... yikes. I'm really depressed. I know it's going to be an endless struggle to fix things without proper help and knowledge.
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So I'm back to explore other options, and that's the reason of this thread.
To start with #3: Can someone suggest other (proper) backup tools (easy to use) other than restic and borg? Backing up to a Google Shared Drive (restic seemed perfect... if I could run it)
I'd try and see if addons exist for them, and if so, that solves my odyssey easily.
My 2nd alternative is asking in the HAOS community if there's any other feasible way I could run restic without dynamiting my current setup.
And my 3rd option is to try and see if I'm able to create an addon myself (I don't think so).
But the Proxmox route really scares me way too much.
New development. I'm stupid and I thought restic was a container. It seems it's just a binary to install, and I can do it via SSH in HAOS. I have it now installed and can use it fine.
I'm down to set it up and learn how to use it. I feel stupid. As usual everything's much easier than it seems.