Hi,
I'm trying to set up automated backups on my machine using a combination of restic, a wrapper script, and a launchd agent, but I think I'm hitting a problem with the local network privacy dialogue.
Basically, the script sets up the environment variables for Restic, which then tries to backup to a local REST server. Problem is, when trying to do that, I get the following error:
Fatal: unable to open config file: Head "https://X:X@X.X.X.network:8000/X/X.X.X.network/config": dial tcp 192.168.50.229:8000: connect: no route to host
So it resolves DNS just fine, but can't connect to the local server. I tried a couple of things, tools such as ping work and can ping the local server, but nothing I do fixes the issue with restic itself. After reading about the network privacy feature, which I loved by the way, I believe it's the culprit here.
This is the .plist file I'm using, which lives in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.james.local-backup.plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.james.local-backup</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/james/.local/bin/replicator</string>
<string>--backup</string>
<string>rest:https://X.X.X.network:8000/X/X.X.X.network</string>
</array>
<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>PATH</key>
<string>/opt/homebrew/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin</string>
<key>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</key>
<string>/Users/james/.config</string>
</dict>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>13</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/tmp/com.user.backup.err</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/tmp/com.user.backup.out</string>
<key>ProcessType</key>
<string>Background</string>
</dict>
</plist>
The local network dialogue never shows up, so I can't give the wrapper script or restic access to the local network, which I assume is why it can't connect to the local server.
Any way I can solve this? I could build a proper Swift CLI that calls restic, but I assume I'd hit the same issue. Plus, it seems overkill for my needs.
As a workaround …
That’s probably your best option here.
As I mentioned above, the system has hard time tracking the identity of a script. Most ‘real’ developers don’t care about because the user’s entry point to their product is their app. In your case, however, the script is everything; you don’t have a product that can become the responsible code for your script.
This workaround creates such a product by wrapping your script, and that’s a pretty reasonable way to get yourself out of this bind.
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