Borgmatic configuration for backup

Borgmatic configuration for backup

Borgmatic configuration file to backup files and folder inside /srv/git.localhost to remote or local repository.

# File: /srv/git.localhost/borgmatic/borgmatic.yaml
# Purpose: Backup /srv/git.localhost directory

location:
    source_directories:
        - /srv/git.localhost
    repositories:
        - "/path/to/backup/repo"

    exclude_patterns:
        - /srv/git.localhost/data

storage:
    archive_name_format: 'git.localhost-{now}'
    encryption_passphrase: ""
    ssh_command: ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa
    relocated_repo_access_is_ok: true

retention:
    keep_hourly: 1
    keep_daily: 7
    keep_weekly: 4
    keep_monthly: 6
    keep_yearly: 1
    prefix: 'git.localhost'

consistency:
    checks:
        - repository
        - archives

hooks:
    before_backup:
        - echo "Starting a git.localhost backup."

    after_backup:
        - echo "Created a git.localhost backup."
        - borg compact /path/to/backup/repo

    on_error:
        - echo "Error while creating a backup or running a backup hook."

To backup all services in /srv folder, Use the below shell script with crontab job to schedule backups.

# Filename: /usr/local/sbin/borg-all.sh
# Purpose: To backup all services in /srv & /opt folder

#!/bin/bash

BORGMATIC=/usr/local/bin/borgmatic

for srv_app in /srv/*; do
        if ([ -f ${srv_app}/borgmatic/app1/borgmatic.yaml ] && [ ! -d ${srv_app}/.nobackup ]); then
                 echo "${srv_app}";
                 ${BORGMATIC} -c ${srv_app}/borgmatic/app1/borgmatic.yaml;
        fi
done

if ([ -f /opt/borgmatic/app1/borgmatic.yaml ] && [ ! -d ${opt_app}/.nobackup ]); then
         ${BORGMATIC} -c /opt/borgmatic/app1/borgmatic.yaml;
fi

Add the following scripts in /etc/crontab file. The cron job is scheduled to run a script every day at 4:15 AM, executed with root privileges. The output (both standard output and standard error) of the script is appended to the log file /tmp/borg-backup.log.

# Run borgmatic backups
15 4 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/borg-all.sh >> /tmp/borg-backup.log 2>&1