backrest-mcp

MCP server for Backrest that provides read-only and gated write access to backup configuration, snapshots, and operations, with layered safety controls to protect backup data.

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// key findings

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.

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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: BACKREST_PASSWORD, INFLUXDB_TOKEN

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configBACKREST_URL— "": "http://localhost:9898",

configBACKREST_USERNAME— Basic Auth username (optional)

🔐 secretBACKREST_PASSWORD— Basic Auth password

configLOG_LEVEL— INFO Logging verbosity

configLOG_FILE— stderr Log file path

configINFLUXDB_URL— Optional InfluxDB metrics

🔐 secretINFLUXDB_TOKEN— Auth token

configINFLUXDB_BUCKET— Bucket (default: backrest)

configNATS_URL

configNATS_SUBJECT_PREFIX

configBACKREST_READONLY— trigger_backup Trigger a backup plan (dry_run supported) =false

configBACKREST_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE— forget_snapshot Permanently forget a snapshot (confirm token required) =true

configBACKREST_AUDIT_LOG— Set =/path/to/audit.jsonl to log all write operations. Credential values are never included.

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commit: a156acf198ef5d1e02ea66f8407cb5c651a3f1ae

code hash: 96c65b56ad8d4a7f9e3710e6ba8807a6a4113ebfa1e7e51df1a22184bdc9e9cd

verified: 6/24/2026, 10:16:04 AM

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