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🚀 AutoBackup Pro — Encrypted Backup & Restore Toolkit

AutoBackup Pro is a secure, automated Bash-based backup and restore utility with optional email alerts, retention control, encryption using GPG, and an intuitive terminal-based menu powered by whiptail.

🔒 Features

• Encrypted Backups (.tar.gz.gpg) using GPG symmetric encryption.
• Interactive TUI Menu with options to Backup, Restore, or View Logs.
• Auto Logging of backup/restore operations.
• Email Notifications on success/failure.
• Retention Policy: Auto-deletes oldest backups beyond the max allowed.
• One-Command Installer: Easily install as a global command (autobackup).
• Restore Interface: Browse and decrypt backups safely.

✅ Prerequisites

• Linux/macOS or WSL
• bash, gpg, tar, whiptail, mailutils, and optionally rclone for cloud
• SMTP configured (ssmtp or msmtp) for email alerts

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/glenjaysondmello/Automated-Backup-Script.git
   cd Automated-Backup-Script

2. Make all scripts executable:

   chmod +x *.sh

3. Configure your .env file:

   cp .env.example .env
   # Edit .env with your values

4. Install globally:

   ./install.sh

   ✅ Now you can run it from anywhere using:

   autobackup

To uninstall:

./uninstall.sh

🛠 .env Configuration Example

SOURCE_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/AutoBackups/backups"
LOG_FILE="$HOME/AutoBackups/backup.log"
MAX_BACKUPS=5
ENCRYPTION_PASSPHRASE="MyStrongPassword123!"
EMAIL="youremail@example.com"

📂 Usage

📁 Backup

autobackup
# Or directly:
./autoBackup.sh

Creates encrypted .tar.gz.gpg backup of $SOURCE_DIR, logs the result, and emails you.

🔄 Restore

./restore.sh

• Choose an encrypted .gpg file
• Specify (or accept default) restore location
• Decrypts and extracts

📜 View Logs

From menu:

autobackup → View Backup Log

Or directly:

cat "$LOG_FILE"

📑 Sample Scripts

🔐 autoBackup.sh (Encrypted Backup with Retention)

tar -czvf - -C "$SOURCE_DIR" . | \
gpg --symmetric --batch --passphrase "$ENCRYPTION_PASSPHRASE" -o "$BACKUP_DIR/$ENCRYPTED_FILE"

• Sends success/failure emails
• Prunes old backups based on MAX_BACKUPS

🔓 restore.sh

gpg --batch --yes --passphrase "$ENCRYPTION_PASSPHRASE" -d "$BACKUP_DIR/$ENCRYPTED_FILE" | \
tar -xzv -C "$RESTORE_DIR"

📋 menu.sh

whiptail GUI lets you:

• Backup
• Restore
• View logs
• Exit

☁️ Optional Cloud Support

You can use rclone to upload backups to:

• Google Drive
• Dropbox
• OneDrive
• S3, etc.

Example command:

rclone copy "$BACKUP_DIR/$ENCRYPTED_FILE" remote:backups --log-file="$LOG_FILE"

⚠️ If distributing this script to others, avoid hardcoding sensitive client_id or secrets. Guide users to configure their own remotes using rclone config.

⏰ Automation with cron

Schedule a daily backup:

crontab -e

Add:

0 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/autobackup

🧪 Example Structure

Before Backup

~/Documents/
├── file1.txt
└── Notes/
    └── note.md

After Backup

~/AutoBackups/backups/
└── backup_2025-07-31_22-45-00.tar.gz.gpg

After Restore

~/RestoredFiles/
├── file1.txt
└── Notes/
    └── note.md

🙌 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Ideas:

• GUI version (Zenity)
• Incremental backups
• Cloud sync options
• Password prompts with confirmation

📜 License

MIT License

👤 Author

Glen Jayson D'Mello GitHub: glenjaysondmello

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