linkHooks

If you want to perform some commands before and/or after a backup, you can use hooks.

They consist of a list of commands that will be executed in the same directory as the target from.

The following hooks groups are supported, none are required:

• before
• after
• failure
• success

.autorestic.yml
1linklocations:

2link  my-location:

3link    from: /data

4link    to: my-backend

5link    hooks:

6link      before:

7link        - echo "One"

8link        - echo "Two"

9link        - echo "Three"

10link      after:

11link        - echo "Byte"

12link      failure:

13link        - echo "Something went wrong"

14link      success:

15link        - echo "Well done!"

linkFlowchart

1. before hook
2. Run backup
3. after hook
4. • success hook if no errors were found
   • failure hook if at least error was encountered

If the before hook encounters errors the backup and after hooks will be skipped and only the failed hooks will run.