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title: How to Install and Use the restic CLI
slug: install-10x/how-to-install-and-use-the-restic-cli
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createdAt: 2025-12-09T15:03:58.535Z
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Sometimes access to restic restore objects is needed to troubleshoot why an SPI instance snapshot failed to restore. To manipulate restic restore objects, it is necessary to install the restic CLI into the Swimlane Tools pod.

1. Download the current restic CLI

   1. Download restic 0.10.0 from Github (the version will change as time passes). In a browser, navigate to 

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   https\://github.com/restic/restic/releases/v0.10.0 and download restic\_0.10.0\_linux\_amd64.bz2.
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   2. Use bzip2 to uncompress restic:

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   bzip2 -d restic\_0.10.0\_linux\_amd64.bz2
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2. Copy the restic CLI binary into the Swimlane Tools pod:

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kubectl cp restic\_0.10.0\_linux\_amd64 swimlane-tools-0:/tmp
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3. Get the values for environment variables that must be created in the Swimlane Tools pod (AWS\_ACCESS\_KEY\_ID, AWS\_SECRET\_ACCESS\_KEY and RESTIC\_PASSWORD)

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**NOTE: If you are unsure how to get the secrets please reach out to Support**
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4.  Exec into the Swimlane Tools pod and set the AWS environment variables:

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kubect exec -it swimlane-tools-0 -- bash
export AWS\_ACCESS\_KEY\_ID=\<value above>
export AWS\_SECRET\_ACCESS\_KEY=\<value above>
export RESTIC\_PASSWORD=\<value above>
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5. Execute restic commands (still in the Swimlane Tools pod):

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/tmp/restic\_0.14.0\_linux\_amd64 list snapshots -r 's3\:http\://kotsadm-fs-minio.default:9000/velero/restic/default'&#x20;
repository 15049d8e opened (repository version 2) successfully, password is correct
created new cache in /root/.cache/restic
6b98083019de01590d6fa12ba46ed4bb46c7c7ee8bcc3192128041c851667d70
768e57bdfb53c7e5a3e3c282f68bf9cab83159bb051f47c492053903f6b7ae19
80d918b1f28835eba6e1c955286c19c19b81a28f33a72eb0e0d4b49447c68833
8189de2cfb080be3063b4a52966099526ed143fbda1d03a6092f2c732703dad6
825bfd64bddd769645485662dff836999bf7bd86a7f20da8994e38cb573e8e01
d4035bcfff85355fdb0f16fc32ea8ad38d1bbe4a87fe2ef6e8b172e9f9650368
...
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