add better remote repo support

tasks/main.yml

@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@
         state: "{{ item }}"
 
 - name: handle common restic based setup tasks
-  when: backup_backend == 'restic'
+  when:
+    - backup_backend == 'restic'
+    - backup_executor
   block:
   - name: install backend tools (restic)
     apt:
@@ -202,11 +204,9 @@
       group: root
       mode: 0700
   - name: create repo for restic
-    when: backups.backends.restic.repo_type == 'local'
-    shell: 'source /etc/backup-client/restic.env; restic init'
+    shell: 'source /etc/backup-client/restic.env; restic snapshots > /dev/null || restic init'
     args:
       executable: /bin/bash
-      creates: "{{ backups.backends.restic.url }}/config"
 
 - name: handle hypervisor mode
   when: backups.mode == 'hypervisor-restic'