Adding a note about repository encryption.

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Dan Helfman 2014-12-20 10:56:03 -08:00
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To get up and running with Attic, follow the [Attic Quick
Start](https://attic-backup.org/quickstart.html) guide to create an Attic
repository on a local or remote host.
repository on a local or remote host. Note that if you plan to run atticmatic
on a schedule with cron, and you encrypt your attic repository with a
passphrase instead of a key file, you'll need to set the `ATTIC_PASSPHRASE`
environment variable. See [attic's repository encryption
documentation](https://attic-backup.org/quickstart.html#encrypted-repos) for
more info.
If the repository is on a remote host, make sure that your local root user has
key-based ssh access to the desired user account on the remote host.