borgmatic/README.md

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## It's your data. Keep it that way.

<img src="docs/static/borgmatic.png" alt="borgmatic logo" width="150px" style="float: right; padding-left: 1em;">

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 <a href="https://torsion.org/borgmatic">https://torsion.org/borgmatic</a>.

Here's an example configuration file:

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

    # Paths of local or remote repositories to backup to.
    repositories:
        - ssh://1234@usw-s001.rsync.net/./backups.borg
        - ssh://k8pDxu32@k8pDxu32.repo.borgbase.com/./repo
        - /var/lib/backups/local.borg

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 <a
href="https://asciinema.org/a/203761?autoplay=1" target="_blank">screencast</a>.

<a href="https://asciinema.org/a/203761?autoplay=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://asciinema.org/a/203761.png" width="480"></a>

borgmatic is powered by [Borg Backup](https://www.borgbackup.org/).

## Integrations

<a href="https://www.postgresql.org/"><img src="docs/static/postgresql.png" alt="PostgreSQL" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.mysql.com/"><img src="docs/static/mysql.png" alt="MySQL" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://mariadb.com/"><img src="docs/static/mariadb.png" alt="MariaDB" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.mongodb.com/"><img src="docs/static/mongodb.png" alt="MongoDB" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://sqlite.org/"><img src="docs/static/sqlite.png" alt="SQLite" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://healthchecks.io/"><img src="docs/static/healthchecks.png" alt="Healthchecks" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://cronitor.io/"><img src="docs/static/cronitor.png" alt="Cronitor" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://cronhub.io/"><img src="docs/static/cronhub.png" alt="Cronhub" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.pagerduty.com/"><img src="docs/static/pagerduty.png" alt="PagerDuty" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://ntfy.sh/"><img src="docs/static/ntfy.png" alt="ntfy" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.borgbase.com/?utm_source=borgmatic"><img src="docs/static/borgbase.png" alt="BorgBase" height="60px" style="margin-bottom:20px;"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;


## Getting started

Your first step is to [install and configure
borgmatic](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/set-up-backups/).

For additional documentation, check out the links above (left panel on wide screens)
for <a href="https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#documentation">borgmatic how-to and
reference guides</a>.


## 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 links to sign up. (These are
referral links, but without any tracking scripts or cookies.)

<ul>
 <li class="referral"><a href="https://www.borgbase.com/?utm_source=borgmatic">BorgBase</a>: Borg hosting service with support for monitoring, 2FA, and append-only repos</li>
</ul>

Additionally, [rsync.net](https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html) and
[Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box) have compatible storage
offerings, but do not currently 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](https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/issues).
In order to create a new issue or add a comment, you'll need to
[register](https://projects.torsion.org/user/sign_up?invite_code=borgmatic)
first. If you prefer to use an existing GitHub account, you can skip account
creation and [login directly](https://projects.torsion.org/user/login).

Also see the [security
policy](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/security-policy/) for any security
issues.


### Social

Check out the [Borg subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/BorgBackup/) for
general Borg and borgmatic discussion and support.

Also follow [borgmatic on Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@borgmatic).


### Chat

To chat with borgmatic developers or users, check out the `#borgmatic`
IRC channel on Libera Chat, either via <a
href="https://web.libera.chat/#borgmatic">web chat</a> or a native <a
href="ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697">IRC client</a>. 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](mailto:witten@torsion.org).


### Contributing

borgmatic [source code is
available](https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic) and is also mirrored
on [GitHub](https://github.com/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic) 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](https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/pulls) or
open an
[issue](https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/issues) to
discuss your idea. Note that you'll need to
[register](https://projects.torsion.org/user/sign_up?invite_code=borgmatic)
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](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/develop-on-borgmatic/) for
info on cloning source code, running tests, etc.

<a href="https://build.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic" alt="build status">![Build Status](https://build.torsion.org/api/badges/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/status.svg?ref=refs/heads/master)</a>