autorestic/docs/markdown/backend/overview.md

# 💽 Backends

Backends are the outputs of the backup process. Each location needs at least one.

Note: names of backends MUST be lower case!

```yaml | .autorestic.yml
version: 2

backends:
  name-of-backend:
    type: local
    path: /data/my/backups
```

## Types

We restic supports multiple types of backends. See the [full list](/backend/available) for details.

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			```yaml \| .autorestic.yml
docs 3 years ago			`version: 2`

finished docs 5 years ago			`backends:`
			`name-of-backend:`
			`type: local`
			`path: /data/my/backups`
			```

			`## Types`

			`We restic supports multiple types of backends. See the [full list](/backend/available) for details.`

			`> :ToCPrevNext`