# How to make a full backup

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-make-a-full-backup/89743>\
**Category:** 🏷️ General\
**Tags:** not\_nc\_related\
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-make-a-full-backup/89743 "2020-08-15T11:34:43Z")\
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> [@Nextcloud Backup and Restore](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-backup-and-restore/51589/6):
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> install restic as root sudo -i wget https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/download/v0.9.4/restic\_0.9.4\_linux\_amd64.bz2 bunzip2 restic\_0.9.4\_linux\_amd64.bz2 mv restic\_0.9.4\_linux\_amd64 /usr/local/bin/restic chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/restic mount the backup directory to /mnt/nc-backup set two environment variables export RESTIC\_REPOSITORY="/var/nc-backup" export RESTIC\_PASSWORD="oJSesetLzRgphy9UwmWxi50oE0dkYa16" initialize restic restic init create a backup script /usr/local/bin/backup\_…

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