Backup to Proton Drive with restic and rclone

Install rclone

sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash This is needed because Debian 12 install rclone too old, without ProtonDrive support

Configure rclone

rclone config Chose ProtonDrive and add user and password

Install restic

sudo apt install restic

Inizialize restic repository

restic init -r rclone:[nameof remote rclone]:[dir in ProtonDrive]

Backup a folder

restic -r rclone:[nameof remote rclone]:[dir in ProtonDrive] backup [dir to backup] --compression auto --verbose --exclude-file=[file name] Where: * [nameof remote rclone] –> name of remote set in during rclone config * [dir in ProtonDrive] –> directory in ProtonDrive where to save the backup * [file name] –> a text filename with in the list of dir and files to exclude from backup