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* You should extract to an empty folder since borg does not delete existing files in the target folder. | * You should extract to an empty folder since borg does not delete existing files in the target folder. | ||
== | ==Scheduling== | ||
===borgmatic=== | |||
See [https://torsion.org/borgmatic/ https://torsion.org/borgmatic/] | |||
===Bash Script=== | |||
Below is a bash script you can call from cron or systemd. | |||
{{hidden | backup.sh | | {{hidden | backup.sh | | ||
< | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
#!/bin/bash | |||
REPOSITORY="my_server:~/Backups/my_backup" | REPOSITORY="my_server:~/Backups/my_backup" | ||
ARCHIVE_NAME="{hostname}-{utcnow}" | ARCHIVE_NAME="{hostname}-{utcnow}" | ||
SOURCE_DIR=" | SOURCE_DIR="/home/david/" | ||
BACKUP_DIRS=( | BACKUP_DIRS=( | ||
"." | "." | ||
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export BORG_RELOCATED_REPO_ACCESS_IS_OK=yes | export BORG_RELOCATED_REPO_ACCESS_IS_OK=yes | ||
LOCKFILE=/tmp/backup_server.lockfile | LOCKFILE=/tmp/backup_server.lockfile | ||
LOGFILE=/home/david/Documents/server-backup-scripts/my_backup.log | |||
exec {lock_fd}>$LOCKFILE || exit 1 | exec {lock_fd}>$LOCKFILE || exit 1 | ||
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exit 1 | exit 1 | ||
} | } | ||
function send_fail_email { | |||
{ | |||
echo From: [email protected] | |||
echo To: [email protected] | |||
echo Subject: my_backup failed | |||
echo | |||
echo my_backup failed | |||
} | /usr/lib/sendmail -t | |||
exit | |||
} | |||
if [ -d "${SOURCE_DIR}" ] | if [ -d "${SOURCE_DIR}" ] | ||
then | then | ||
# shellcheck disable=SC2015 | |||
cd "${SOURCE_DIR}" && \ | cd "${SOURCE_DIR}" && \ | ||
$BORG_EXEC create "${BORG_CREATE_FLAGS[@]}" "${EXCLUSIONS[@]}" "${REPOSITORY}"::"${ARCHIVE_NAME}" "${BACKUP_DIRS[@]}" 2>&1 | tee "$LOGFILE" && | |||
$BORG_EXEC prune "${BORG_PRUNE_FLAGS[@]}" "${REPOSITORY}" | tee -a "$LOGFILE" || | |||
send_fail_email | |||
fi | fi | ||
</ | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Borg vs Restic== | |||
Restic is a very similar piece of software which supports backing up to S3-compatible (e.g. S3, Minio, Backblaze B2) storage. | |||
==Hosted Services== | |||
See https://www.borgbackup.org/support/commercial.html | |||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
* [https://practical-admin.com/blog/backups-using-borg/ practical-admin backups using borg] | * [https://practical-admin.com/blog/backups-using-borg/ practical-admin backups using borg] | ||