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@ -97,18 +97,7 @@ WantedBy=timers.target
`~/.config/systemd/user/minecraft-backup.service`
```systemd
[Unit]
Description=Run Minecraft backup hourly
[Timer]
OnCalendar=hourly
Persistent=false
Unit=minecraft-backup@.service
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
[nicolas@monad user]$ cat minecraft-backup\@.service
[Unit]
Description=Perfrom Minecraft Backup
Description=Perform Minecraft backup
[Service]
Type=oneshot
@ -118,7 +107,21 @@ ExecStart=/path/to/minecraft-backup/backup.sh -c -s minecraft -i /path/to/world
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
Then you can run the following to enable the timer:
```bash
# enable the timer right now only
systemd --user start minecraft-backup.timer
# start the timer on reboot
systemd --user enable minecraft-backup.timer
# see status of timers
systemd --user list-timers
```
#### Advanced example (with restic and multiple servers)
If you have multiple servers, you can use `@` to create timers on-demand for each server. This assumes the server directories are named the same as the screen name.
`~/.config/systemd/user/minecraft-backup.timer`
```systemd
[Unit]
@ -135,18 +138,7 @@ WantedBy=timers.target
`~/.config/systemd/user/minecraft-backup@.service`
```systemd
[Unit]
Description=Run Minecraft backup hourly
[Timer]
OnCalendar=hourly
Persistent=false
Unit=minecraft-backup@.service
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
[nicolas@monad user]$ cat minecraft-backup\@.service
[Unit]
Description=Perfrom Minecraft Backup
Description=Perform Minecraft backup
[Service]
Type=oneshot
@ -157,6 +149,12 @@ ExecStart=/path/to/minecraft-backup/backup-restic.sh -c -s %i -i /path/to/server
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
To enable:
```bash
systemd --user enable minecraft-backup@your_server_name_here
```
## Retrieving Backups
Always test your backups! Backups are in the `tar` format and compressed depending on the option you choose. To restore, first decompress if necessary and then extract using `tar`. You may be able to do this in one command if `tar` supports your compression option, as is the case with `gzip`: