borgmatic

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It's your data. Keep it that way.

borgmatic is simple, configuration-driven backup software for servers and workstations. Protect your files with client-side encryption. Backup your databases too. Monitor it all with integrated third-party services.

The canonical home of borgmatic is at https://torsion.org/borgmatic/

Here's an example configuration file:

location:
    # List of source directories to backup.
    source_directories:
        - /home
        - /etc

    # Paths of local or remote repositories to backup to.
    repositories:
        - path: ssh://k8pDxu32@k8pDxu32.repo.borgbase.com/./repo
          label: borgbase
        - path: /var/lib/backups/local.borg
          label: local

retention:
    # Retention policy for how many backups to keep.
    keep_daily: 7
    keep_weekly: 4
    keep_monthly: 6

consistency:
    # List of checks to run to validate your backups.
    checks:
        - name: repository
        - name: archives
          frequency: 2 weeks

hooks:
    # Custom preparation scripts to run.
    before_backup:
        - prepare-for-backup.sh

    # Databases to dump and include in backups.
    postgresql_databases:
        - name: users

    # Third-party services to notify you if backups aren't happening.
    healthchecks: https://hc-ping.com/be067061-cf96-4412-8eae-62b0c50d6a8c

Want to see borgmatic in action? Check out the screencast.

borgmatic is powered by Borg Backup.

Integrations

                                                                 

Getting started

Your first step is to install and configure borgmatic.

For additional documentation, check out the links above (left panel on wide screens) for borgmatic how-to and reference guides.

Hosting providers

Need somewhere to store your encrypted off-site backups? The following hosting providers include specific support for Borg/borgmatic—and fund borgmatic development and hosting when you use these referral links to sign up:

• BorgBase: Borg hosting service with support for monitoring, 2FA, and append-only repos
• Hetzner: A "storage box" that includes support for Borg

Additionally, rsync.net has a compatible storage offering, but does not fund borgmatic development or hosting.

Support and contributing

Issues

Are you experiencing an issue with borgmatic? Or do you have an idea for a feature enhancement? Head on over to our issue tracker. In order to create a new issue or add a comment, you'll need to register first. If you prefer to use an existing GitHub account, you can skip account creation and login directly.

Also see the security policy for any security issues.

Social

Follow borgmatic on Mastodon.

Chat

To chat with borgmatic developers or users, check out the #borgmatic IRC channel on Libera Chat, either via web chat or a native IRC client. If you don't get a response right away, please hang around a while—or file a ticket instead.

Other

Other questions or comments? Contact witten@torsion.org.

Contributing

borgmatic source code is available and is also mirrored on GitHub for convenience.

borgmatic is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or any later version.

If you'd like to contribute to borgmatic development, please feel free to submit a Pull Request or open an issue to discuss your idea. Note that you'll need to register first. We also accept Pull Requests on GitHub, if that's more your thing. In general, contributions are very welcome. We don't bite!

Also, please check out the borgmatic development how-to for info on cloning source code, running tests, etc.