linuxserver/rsnapshot ¶

Rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility based on rsync. rsnapshot makes it easy to make periodic snapshots of local machines, and remote machines over ssh. The code makes extensive use of hard links whenever possible, to greatly reduce the disk space required.

Supported Architectures¶

We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.

Simply pulling lscr.io/linuxserver/rsnapshot:latest should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.

The architectures supported by this image are:

Architecture	Available	Tag
x86-64	✅	amd64-<version tag>
arm64	✅	arm64v8-<version tag>
armhf	❌

Application Setup¶

IMPORTANT NOTES:¶

After starting the container you will need to edit /config/rsnapshot.conf.

SNAPSHOT ROOT DIRECTORY¶

rsnapshot is configured to backup data to the /.snapshots volume by default. This can be changed in the config, but be sure you mount a volume to the container to match.

BACKUP LEVELS / INTERVALS¶

rsnapshot retains backups based on configurations in this section. Please see the rsnapshot readme for more information.

BACKUP POINTS¶

rsnapshot is configured to backup data from the /data volume by default. This can be changed in the config, but be sure you mount a volume to the container to match.

cron¶

You will then need to edit /config/crontabs/root to set cron jobs to run rsnapshot. By default no cron jobs are enabled. Examples are includes based on information from the rsnapshot readme.

Usage¶

To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.

Info

Unless a parameter is flaged as 'optional', it is mandatory and a value must be provided.

docker-compose (recommended, click here for more info)¶

---
services:
  rsnapshot:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/rsnapshot:latest
    container_name: rsnapshot
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - /path/to/rsnapshot/config:/config
      - /path/to/snapshots:/.snapshots #optional
      - /path/to/data:/data #optional
    restart: unless-stopped

docker cli (click here for more info)¶

docker run -d \
  --name=rsnapshot \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Etc/UTC \
  -v /path/to/rsnapshot/config:/config \
  -v /path/to/snapshots:/.snapshots `#optional` \
  -v /path/to/data:/data `#optional` \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/rsnapshot:latest

Parameters¶

Containers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <external>:<internal> respectively. For example, -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 outside the container.

Ports (`-p`)¶

Parameter	Function

Environment Variables (`-e`)¶

Env	Function
`PUID=1000`	for UserID - see below for explanation
`PGID=1000`	for GroupID - see below for explanation
`TZ=Etc/UTC`	specify a timezone to use, see this list.

Volume Mappings (`-v`)¶

Volume	Function
`/config`	Persistent config files
`/.snapshots`	Storage location for all snapshots.
`/data`	Storage location for data to be backed up.

Miscellaneous Options¶

Parameter	Function

Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)¶

You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend FILE__.

As an example:

-e FILE__MYVAR=/run/secrets/mysecretvariable

Will set the environment variable MYVAR based on the contents of the /run/secrets/mysecretvariable file.

Umask for running applications¶

For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional -e UMASK=022 setting. Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up here before asking for support.

User / Group Identifiers¶

When using volumes (-v flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID.

Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.

In this instance PUID=1000 and PGID=1000, to find yours use id your_user as below:

id your_user

Example output:

uid=1000(your_user) gid=1000(your_user) groups=1000(your_user)

Docker Mods¶

We publish various Docker Mods to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.

Support Info¶

Shell access whilst the container is running:
```
docker exec -it rsnapshot /bin/bash
```
To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:
```
docker logs -f rsnapshot
```

Container version number:

docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' rsnapshot

Image version number:

docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' lscr.io/linuxserver/rsnapshot:latest

Updating Info¶

Most of our images are static, versioned, and require an image update and container recreation to update the app inside. With some exceptions (noted in the relevant readme.md), we do not recommend or support updating apps inside the container. Please consult the Application Setup section above to see if it is recommended for the image.

Below are the instructions for updating containers:

Via Docker Compose¶

Update images:

All images:
```
docker-compose pull
```
Single image:
```
docker-compose pull rsnapshot
```

Update containers:

All containers:
```
docker-compose up -d
```
Single container:
```
docker-compose up -d rsnapshot
```

You can also remove the old dangling images:
```
docker image prune
```

Via Docker Run¶

Update the image:

docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/rsnapshot:latest

Stop the running container:
```
docker stop rsnapshot
```
Delete the container:
```
docker rm rsnapshot
```
Recreate a new container with the same docker run parameters as instructed above (if mapped correctly to a host folder, your /config folder and settings will be preserved)
You can also remove the old dangling images:
```
docker image prune
```

Image Update Notifications - Diun (Docker Image Update Notifier)¶

Tip

We recommend Diun for update notifications. Other tools that automatically update containers unattended are not recommended or supported.

Building locally¶

If you want to make local modifications to these images for development purposes or just to customize the logic:

git clone https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-rsnapshot.git
cd docker-rsnapshot
docker build \
  --no-cache \
  --pull \
  -t lscr.io/linuxserver/rsnapshot:latest .

The ARM variants can be built on x86_64 hardware and vice versa using lscr.io/linuxserver/qemu-static

docker run --rm --privileged lscr.io/linuxserver/qemu-static --reset

Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with -f Dockerfile.aarch64.

To help with development, we generate this dependency graph.

Init dependency graph

Versions¶

01.02.25: - Rebase to Alpine 3.21.
06.03.24: - Rebase to Alpine 3.20.
23.12.23: - Rebase to Alpine 3.19, add root periodic crontabs for logrotate.
25.05.23: - Rebase to Alpine 3.18, deprecate armhf.
02.03.23: - Split cron into separate init step and set crontab permissions.
15.12.22: - Rebase to alpine 3.17.
11.10.22: - Rebase to alpine 3.16, migrate to s6v3.
10.10.21: - Rebase to alpine 3.14.
20.08.20: - Initial Release.

linuxserver/rsnapshot¶