backup-with-borg

Backup tool to create easily archives with borgbackup.

Usage

backup do-create

Create a new archive with your current configuration.

backup do-prune

Prune your archives according to KEEP_* variables in the configuration file.

backup (do)
backup

Create a new archive and then prune the repository archives. (Wraps do-create and do-prune)

Wrapper

You also can use native borg commands like list or mount. These will respect the exported BORG_* variables. So a plain backup list will list all of your current archives in the configured repository.

Installation

You need to have borgbackup prior to your first run. See borg's installations instructions for details.

# install scripts
git clone https://github.com/bebehei/backup-with-borg
cd backup-with-borg
make install
cp /etc/backup/{example,default}.env

# edit default.env to match backup data
$EDITOR /etc/backup/default.env

# initialize everything
backup init -e <preferred_encryption_technique>

# add cronjob (for hourly backup)
{ crontab -l ; echo "0 * * * * backup"; } | crontab -

Hint: Depending on your configuration, you may need sudo for some commands.