# 🚀 Quickstart
## Installation
```bash
wget -qO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CupCakeArmy/autorestic/master/install.sh | bash
```
See [installation ](/installation ) for alternative options.
## Write a simple config file
```bash
vim ~/.autorestic.yml
```
For a quick overview:
- `locations` can be seen as the inputs and `backends` the output where the data is stored and backed up.
- One `location` can have one or multiple `backends` for redundancy.
- One `backend` can also be the target for multiple `locations` .
> **⚠️ WARNING ⚠️**
>
> Note that the data is automatically encrypted on the server. The key will be generated and added to your config file. Every backend will have a separate key. **You should keep a copy of the keys or config file somewhere in case your server dies**. Otherwise DATA IS LOST!
```yaml | .autorestic.yml
locations:
home:
from: /home/me
to: remote
important:
from: /path/to/important/stuff
to:
- remote
- hdd
backends:
remote:
type: s3
path: 's3.amazonaws.com/bucket_name'
key: some-random-password-198rc79r8y1029c8yfewj8f1u0ef87yh198uoieufy
env:
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: account_id
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: account_key
hdd:
type: local
path: /mnt/my_external_storage
key: 'if not key is set it will be generated for you'
```
## Check
```bash
autorestic check
```
This checks if the config file has any issues. If this is the first time this can take longer as autorestic will setup the backends.
Now is good time to **backup the config** . After you run autorestic at least once we will add the generated encryption keys to the config.
## Backup
```bash
autorestic backup -a
```
This will do a backup of all locations.
## Restore
```bash
autorestic restore -l home --from hdd --to /path/where/to/restore
```
This will restore the location `home` from the backend `hdd` to the given path.
> :ToCPrevNext
