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+### Installation
+See https://restic.github.io
+
+On mac: `brew install restic`
+
+### Configuration
+Set these environment variables. The key values do not matter.
+```
+export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=any-key-id
+export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=any-access-key
+```
+
+### Execute commands
+```
+# create the bucket
+$ s3cmd mb s3://resticbucket
+$ restic -r s3:http://localhost:8333/resticbucket init
+
+$ restic -r s3:http://localhost:8333/resticbucket backup /Users/chris/dev/gopath/bin/
+open repository
+enter password for repository:
+repository 47edd0a2 opened successfully, password is correct
+created new cache in /Users/chris/Library/Caches/restic
+
+Files:          71 new,     0 changed,     0 unmodified
+Dirs:            4 new,     0 changed,     0 unmodified
+Added to the repo: 805.611 MiB
+
+processed 71 files, 807.721 MiB in 0:05
+snapshot 7436ec41 saved
+
+```
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