Automatically create binary backups and configuration exports of Mikrotik RouterOS devices via SSH.

It is recommended to use pipx for installing standalone applications:

pipx install git+https://github.com/ondras12345/mikrotik-ssh-backup.git

(However, pip should also work.)

Only public key SSH authentication is supported. Add an entry to your ~/.ssh/config file:

Host my_router
    User <username>
    Hostname <ip address>
    Port <port>
    # optional: use a different private key file.
    #IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

You should now be able to connect to the router using this command:

ssh my_router

Create a configuration file:

cd ~/directory_with_mikrotik_backups
cat << EOF > mikrotik.yaml
routers:
  my_router:
EOF

(see mikrotik-ssh-backup print_config for all options.)

Create a binary backup and an rsc export:

$ mikrotik-ssh-backup backup --export --backup my_router
exporting
export written to tracked/my_router_20240607T230237.rsc
copying to repo
making binary backup
Configuration backup saved
downloading
autobak.backup                                   100%  153KB   4.3MB/s   00:00
binary backup written to tracked/my_router_20240607T230237.backup size: 156213
done