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Borgmatic

Topics: Borg backup

borgmatic is simple, configuration-driven backup software for servers and workstations.

Setup

Generate configuration:

sudo borgmatic config generate

borgmatic prior to version 1.7.15:

sudo generate-borgmatic-config

Edit configuration. The most important settings are:

source_directories:
  - ...
repositories:
  - user@host:backupname.borg
encryption_passphrase: "s0methings3cr3t"
ssh_command: ssh -p23 -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_borg

Validate the modified configuration:

sudo borgmatic config validate

Set up an SSH key:

ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_borg

Install it on storagebox (from workstation):

echo "public_key" | ssh -p23 storagebox install-ssh-key

Initialize the repo:

sudo borgmatic init --encryption repokey-aes-ocb

Do a test backup:

sudo borgmatic create --verbosity 1 --list --stats

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