codinandhaulin / idrive-docker

Run IDrive Linux Client in a docker container

idrive-docker

Run IDrive Linux Client in a docker container

GitHub: https://github.com/snorre-k/idrive-docker

Requirements

• Docker installed
• optional: docker-compose
• IDrive account

Build image

docker build -t idrive-docker:latest .

Image is tagged idrive-docker:latest. The image is also available on Dockerhub and GHCR

• snorre0815/idrive-docker:latest
• ghcr.io/snorre-k/idrive-docker:latest

Run container with docker

docker volume create idrive
docker run --rm -d --name idrive -v idrive:/IDriveForLinux/idriveIt -v /path/to/backup:/source/1:ro idrive-docker:latest

Data to be backuped should be located in /path/to/backup. It is mapped to /sources/1 inside the container. You can specify more mappings like this to backup different folders (e.g.: -v /path/to/anotherbackup:/source/2). In the IDrive backup configuration you then only have to specify /source as backup source.

Run with docker-compose - docker-compose.yml

docker-compose build idrive
docker-compose up -d idrive

Tasks after first start

You have to login to your IDrive account after first start.

docker exec -it idrive bash
./account_setting.pl

Now you login and specify the basic settings. For me this worked best:

• Create new Backup Location
• Enter your Backup Location - enter a name - do no keep empty
• Do you want to login as ...: y - otherwise you have to login again afterwords with ./login.pl or ./account_setting.pl

For more information have a look at the IDrive documentation. The login and settings are stored persistent in the volume.

Backup configuration

The configuration and operation of backup and restore can be done in the IDrive GUI. Help can be found on the IDrive FAQs for Linux.

Be advised, that the containers timezone is UTC and so are the backup times and the log entries. Maybe this will be altered and made configurable in a furure change.