borgmatic

Configuration reference

Configuration file

Below is a sample borgmatic configuration file including all available options for the most recent version of borgmatic. This file is also available for download.

If you're using an older version of borgmatic, some of these options may not work, and you should instead generate a sample configuration file specific to your borgmatic version.

# Constants to use in the configuration file. Within option values,
# all occurrences of the constant name in curly braces will be
# replaced with the constant value. For example, if you have a
# constant named "app_name" with the value "myapp", then the string
# "{app_name}" will be replaced with "myapp" in the configuration
# file.
# constants:
    # app_name: myapp
    # user: myuser

# List of source directories and files to back up. Globs and tildes
# are expanded. Do not backslash spaces in path names.
source_directories:
    - /home
    - /etc
    - /var/log/syslog*
    - /home/user/path with spaces

# A required list of local or remote repositories with paths and
# optional labels (which can be used with the --repository flag to
# select a repository). Tildes are expanded. Multiple repositories are
# backed up to in sequence. Borg placeholders can be used. See the
# output of "borg help placeholders" for details. See ssh_command for
# SSH options like identity file or port. If systemd service is used,
# then add local repository paths in the systemd service file to the
# ReadWritePaths list. Prior to borgmatic 1.7.10, repositories was a
# list of plain path strings.
repositories:
    - path: ssh://user@backupserver/./sourcehostname.borg
      label: backupserver
    - path: /mnt/backup
      label: local

# Working directory for the "borg create" command. Tildes are
# expanded. Useful for backing up using relative paths. See
# http://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/create.html for
# details. Defaults to not set.
# working_directory: /path/to/working/directory

# Stay in same file system; do not cross mount points beyond the given
# source directories. Defaults to false. But when a database hook is
# used, the setting here is ignored and one_file_system is considered
# true.
# one_file_system: true

# Only store/extract numeric user and group identifiers. Defaults to
# false.
# numeric_ids: true

# Store atime into archive. Defaults to true in Borg < 1.2, false in
# Borg 1.2+.
# atime: false

# Store ctime into archive. Defaults to true.
# ctime: false

# Store birthtime (creation date) into archive. Defaults to true.
# birthtime: false

# Use Borg's --read-special flag to allow backup of block and other
# special devices. Use with caution, as it will lead to problems if
# used when backing up special devices such as /dev/zero. Defaults to
# false. But when a database hook is used, the setting here is ignored
# and read_special is considered true.
# read_special: false

# Record filesystem flags (e.g. NODUMP, IMMUTABLE) in archive.
# Defaults to true.
# flags: true

# Mode in which to operate the files cache. See
# http://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/create.html for
# details. Defaults to "ctime,size,inode".
# files_cache: ctime,size,inode

# Alternate Borg local executable. Defaults to "borg".
# local_path: borg1

# Alternate Borg remote executable. Defaults to "borg".
# remote_path: borg1

# Any paths matching these patterns are included/excluded from
# backups. Globs are expanded. (Tildes are not.) See the output of
# "borg help patterns" for more details. Quote any value if it
# contains leading punctuation, so it parses correctly. Note that only
# one of "patterns" and "source_directories" may be used.
# patterns:
    # - R /
    # - '- /home/*/.cache'
    # - + /home/susan
    # - '- /home/*'

# Read include/exclude patterns from one or more separate named files,
# one pattern per line. Note that Borg considers this option
# experimental. See the output of "borg help patterns" for more
# details.
# patterns_from:
    # - /etc/borgmatic/patterns

# Any paths matching these patterns are excluded from backups. Globs
# and tildes are expanded. Note that a glob pattern must either start
# with a glob or be an absolute path. Do not backslash spaces in path
# names. See the output of "borg help patterns" for more details.
# exclude_patterns:
    # - '*.pyc'
    # - /home/*/.cache
    # - '*/.vim*.tmp'
    # - /etc/ssl
    # - /home/user/path with spaces

# Read exclude patterns from one or more separate named files, one
# pattern per line. See the output of "borg help patterns" for more
# details.
# exclude_from:
    # - /etc/borgmatic/excludes

# Exclude directories that contain a CACHEDIR.TAG file. See
# http://www.brynosaurus.com/cachedir/spec.html for details. Defaults
# to false.
# exclude_caches: true

# Exclude directories that contain a file with the given filenames.
# Defaults to not set.
# exclude_if_present:
    # - .nobackup

# If true, the exclude_if_present filename is included in backups.
# Defaults to false, meaning that the exclude_if_present filename is
# omitted from backups.
# keep_exclude_tags: true

# Exclude files with the NODUMP flag. Defaults to false.
# exclude_nodump: true

# Path for additional source files used for temporary internal state
# like borgmatic database dumps. Note that changing this path prevents
# "borgmatic restore" from finding any database dumps created before
# the change. Defaults to ~/.borgmatic
# borgmatic_source_directory: /tmp/borgmatic

# Store configuration files used to create a backup in the backup
# itself. Defaults to true. Changing this to false prevents "borgmatic
# bootstrap" from extracting configuration files from the backup.
# store_config_files: false

# If true, then source directories must exist, otherwise an error is
# raised. Defaults to false.
# source_directories_must_exist: true

# The standard output of this command is used to unlock the encryption
# key. Only use on repositories that were initialized with
# passcommand/repokey/keyfile encryption. Note that if both
# encryption_passcommand and encryption_passphrase are set, then
# encryption_passphrase takes precedence. Defaults to not set.
# encryption_passcommand: secret-tool lookup borg-repository repo-name

# Passphrase to unlock the encryption key with. Only use on
# repositories that were initialized with passphrase/repokey/keyfile
# encryption. Quote the value if it contains punctuation, so it parses
# correctly. And backslash any quote or backslash literals as well.
# Defaults to not set.
# encryption_passphrase: "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~"

# Number of seconds between each checkpoint during a long-running
# backup. See https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html for
# details. Defaults to checkpoints every 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
# checkpoint_interval: 1800

# Number of backed up bytes between each checkpoint during a
# long-running backup. Only supported with Borg 2+. See
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html for details.
# Defaults to only time-based checkpointing (see
# "checkpoint_interval") instead of volume-based checkpointing.
# checkpoint_volume: 1048576

# Specify the parameters passed to the chunker (CHUNK_MIN_EXP,
# CHUNK_MAX_EXP, HASH_MASK_BITS, HASH_WINDOW_SIZE). See
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/internals.html for
# details. Defaults to "19,23,21,4095".
# chunker_params: 19,23,21,4095

# Type of compression to use when creating archives. See
# http://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/create.html for
# details. Defaults to "lz4".
# compression: lz4

# Remote network upload rate limit in kiBytes/second. Defaults to
# unlimited.
# upload_rate_limit: 100

# Number of times to retry a failing backup before giving up. Defaults
# to 0 (i.e., does not attempt retry).
# retries: 3

# Wait time between retries (in seconds) to allow transient issues
# to pass. Increases after each retry by that same wait time as a
# form of backoff. Defaults to 0 (no wait).
# retry_wait: 10

# Directory where temporary Borg files are stored. Defaults to
# $TMPDIR. See "Resource Usage" at
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/general.html for
# details.
# temporary_directory: /path/to/tmpdir

# Command to use instead of "ssh". This can be used to specify ssh
# options. Defaults to not set.
# ssh_command: ssh -i /path/to/private/key

# Base path used for various Borg directories. Defaults to $HOME,
# ~$USER, or ~.
# borg_base_directory: /path/to/base

# Path for Borg configuration files. Defaults to
# $borg_base_directory/.config/borg
# borg_config_directory: /path/to/base/config

# Path for Borg cache files. Defaults to
# $borg_base_directory/.cache/borg
# borg_cache_directory: /path/to/base/cache

# Maximum time to live (ttl) for entries in the Borg files cache.
# borg_files_cache_ttl: 20

# Path for Borg security and encryption nonce files. Defaults to
# $borg_base_directory/.config/borg/security
# borg_security_directory: /path/to/base/config/security

# Path for Borg encryption key files. Defaults to
# $borg_base_directory/.config/borg/keys
# borg_keys_directory: /path/to/base/config/keys

# A list of Borg exit codes that should be elevated to errors or
# squashed to warnings as indicated. By default, Borg error exit codes
# (2 to 99) are treated as errors while warning exit codes (1 and
# 100+) are treated as warnings. Exit codes other than 1 and 2 are
# only present in Borg 1.4.0+.
# borg_exit_codes:
    # - code: 13
      # treat_as: warning
    # - code: 100
      # treat_as: error

# Umask used for when executing Borg or calling hooks. Defaults to
# 0077 for Borg or the umask that borgmatic is run with for hooks.
# umask: 77

# Maximum seconds to wait for acquiring a repository/cache lock.
# Defaults to 1.
# lock_wait: 5

# Name of the archive. Borg placeholders can be used. See the output
# of "borg help placeholders" for details. Defaults to
# "{hostname}-{now:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f}". When running actions like
# rlist, info, or check, borgmatic automatically tries to match only
# archives created with this name format.
# archive_name_format: '{hostname}-documents-{now}'

# A Borg pattern for filtering down the archives used by borgmatic
# actions that operate on multiple archives. For Borg 1.x, use a shell
# pattern here and see the output of "borg help placeholders" for
# details. For Borg 2.x, see the output of "borg help match-archives".
# If match_archives is not specified, borgmatic defaults to deriving
# the match_archives value from archive_name_format.
# match_archives: sh:{hostname}-*

# Bypass Borg error about a repository that has been moved. Defaults
# to not bypassing.
# relocated_repo_access_is_ok: true

# Bypass Borg error about a previously unknown unencrypted repository.
# Defaults to not bypassing.
# unknown_unencrypted_repo_access_is_ok: true

# Bypass Borg confirmation about check with repair option. Defaults to
# an interactive prompt from Borg.
# check_i_know_what_i_am_doing: true

# Additional options to pass directly to particular Borg commands,
# handy for Borg options that borgmatic does not yet support natively.
# Note that borgmatic does not perform any validation on these
# options. Running borgmatic with "--verbosity 2" shows the exact Borg
# command-line invocation.
# extra_borg_options:
    # Extra command-line options to pass to "borg init".
    # init: --extra-option

    # Extra command-line options to pass to "borg create".
    # create: --extra-option

    # Extra command-line options to pass to "borg prune".
    # prune: --extra-option

    # Extra command-line options to pass to "borg compact".
    # compact: --extra-option

    # Extra command-line options to pass to "borg check".
    # check: --extra-option

# Keep all archives within this time interval. See "skip_actions" for
# disabling pruning altogether.
# keep_within: 3H

# Number of secondly archives to keep.
# keep_secondly: 60

# Number of minutely archives to keep.
# keep_minutely: 60

# Number of hourly archives to keep.
# keep_hourly: 24

# Number of daily archives to keep.
keep_daily: 7

# Number of weekly archives to keep.
# keep_weekly: 4

# Number of monthly archives to keep.
# keep_monthly: 6

# Number of yearly archives to keep.
# keep_yearly: 1

# Deprecated. When pruning or checking archives, only consider archive
# names starting with this prefix. Borg placeholders can be used. See
# the output of "borg help placeholders" for details. If a prefix is
# not specified, borgmatic defaults to matching archives based on the
# archive_name_format (see above).
# prefix: sourcehostname

# List of one or more consistency checks to run on a periodic basis
# (if "frequency" is set) or every time borgmatic runs checks (if
# "frequency" is omitted).
# checks:
    # Name of consistency check to run: "repository",
    # "archives", "data", "spot", and/or "extract".
    # "repository" checks the consistency of the
    # repository, "archives" checks all of the
    # archives, "data" verifies the integrity of the
    # data within the archives, "spot" checks that
    # some percentage of source files are found in the
    # most recent archive (with identical contents),
    # and "extract" does an extraction dry-run of the
    # most recent archive. Note that "data" implies
    # "archives". See "skip_actions" for disabling
    # checks altogether.
    # - name: spot

      # How frequently to run this type of consistency
      # check (as a best effort). The value is a number
      # followed by a unit of time. E.g., "2 weeks" to
      # run this consistency check no more than every
      # two weeks for a given repository or "1 month" to
      # run it no more than monthly. Defaults to
      # "always": running this check every time checks
      # are run.
      # frequency: 2 weeks

      # The percentage delta between the source
      # directories file count and the most recent backup
      # archive file count that is allowed before the
      # entire consistency check fails. This can catch
      # problems like incorrect excludes, inadvertent
      # deletes, etc. Only applies to the "spot" check.
      # count_tolerance_percentage: 10

      # The percentage of total files in the source
      # directories to randomly sample and compare to
      # their corresponding files in the most recent
      # backup archive. Only applies to the "spot" check.
      # data_sample_percentage: 1

      # The percentage of total files in the source
      # directories that can fail a spot check comparison
      # without failing the entire consistency check. This
      # can catch problems like source files that have
      # been bulk-changed by malware, backups that have
      # been tampered with, etc. The value must be lower
      # than or equal to the "contents_sample_percentage".
      # Only applies to the "spot" check.
      # data_tolerance_percentage: 0.5

      # Command to use instead of "xxh64sum" to hash
      # source files, usually found in an OS package named
      # "xxhash". Do not substitute with a different hash
      # type (SHA, MD5, etc.) or the check will never
      # succeed. Only applies to the "spot" check.
      # xxh64sum_command: /usr/local/bin/xxh64sum

# Paths or labels for a subset of the configured "repositories" (see
# above) on which to run consistency checks. Handy in case some of
# your repositories are very large, and so running consistency checks
# on them would take too long. Defaults to running consistency checks
# on all configured repositories.
# check_repositories:
    # - user@backupserver:sourcehostname.borg

# Restrict the number of checked archives to the last n. Applies only
# to the "archives" check. Defaults to checking all archives.
# check_last: 3

# Apply color to console output. Can be overridden with --no-color
# command-line flag. Defaults to true.
# color: false

# List of one or more actions to skip running for this configuration
# file, even if specified on the command-line (explicitly or
# implicitly). This is handy for append-only configurations where you
# never want to run "compact" or checkless configuration where you
# want to skip "check". Defaults to not skipping any actions.
# skip_actions:
    # - compact

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute before all
# the actions for each repository.
# before_actions:
    # - echo Starting actions.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute before
# creating a backup, run once per repository.
# before_backup:
    # - echo Starting a backup.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute before
# pruning, run once per repository.
# before_prune:
    # - echo Starting pruning.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute before
# compaction, run once per repository.
# before_compact:
    # - echo Starting compaction.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute before
# consistency checks, run once per repository.
# before_check:
    # - echo Starting checks.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute before
# extracting a backup, run once per repository.
# before_extract:
    # - echo Starting extracting.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute after
# creating a backup, run once per repository.
# after_backup:
    # - echo Finished a backup.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute after
# compaction, run once per repository.
# after_compact:
    # - echo Finished compaction.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute after
# pruning, run once per repository.
# after_prune:
    # - echo Finished pruning.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute after
# consistency checks, run once per repository.
# after_check:
    # - echo Finished checks.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute after
# extracting a backup, run once per repository.
# after_extract:
    # - echo Finished extracting.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute after all
# actions for each repository.
# after_actions:
    # - echo Finished actions.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute when an
# exception occurs during a "create", "prune", "compact", or "check"
# action or an associated before/after hook.
# on_error:
    # - echo Error during create/prune/compact/check.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute before
# running all actions (if one of them is "create"). These are
# collected from all configuration files and then run once before all
# of them (prior to all actions).
# before_everything:
    # - echo Starting actions.

# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute after
# running all actions (if one of them is "create"). These are
# collected from all configuration files and then run once after all
# of them (after any action).
# after_everything:
    # - echo Completed actions.

# List of one or more PostgreSQL databases to dump before creating a
# backup, run once per configuration file. The database dumps are
# added to your source directories at runtime and streamed directly
# to Borg. Requires pg_dump/pg_dumpall/pg_restore commands. See
# https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html and
# https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-ssl.html for
# details.
# postgresql_databases:
    # Database name (required if using this hook). Or "all" to
    # dump all databases on the host. (Also set the "format"
    # to dump each database to a separate file instead of one
    # combined file.) Note that using this database hook
    # implicitly enables both read_special and one_file_system
    # (see above) to support dump and restore streaming.
    # - name: users

      # Database hostname to connect to. Defaults to connecting
      # via local Unix socket.
      # hostname: database.example.org

      # Database hostname to restore to. Defaults to the
      # "hostname" option.
      # restore_hostname: database.example.org

      # Port to connect to. Defaults to 5432.
      # port: 5433

      # Port to restore to. Defaults to the "port" option.
      # restore_port: 5433

      # Username with which to connect to the database. Defaults
      # to the username of the current user. You probably want
      # to specify the "postgres" superuser here when the
      # database name is "all".
      # username: dbuser

      # Username with which to restore the database. Defaults to
      # the "username" option.
      # restore_username: dbuser

      # Password with which to connect to the database. Omitting
      # a password will only work if PostgreSQL is configured to
      # trust the configured username without a password or you
      # create a ~/.pgpass file.
      # password: trustsome1

      # Password with which to connect to the restore database.
      # Defaults to the "password" option.
      # restore_password: trustsome1

      # Do not output commands to set ownership of objects to
      # match the original database. By default, pg_dump and
      # pg_restore issue ALTER OWNER or SET SESSION
      # AUTHORIZATION statements to set ownership of created
      # schema elements. These statements will fail unless the
      # initial connection to the database is made by a
      # superuser.
      # no_owner: true

      # Database dump output format. One of "plain", "custom",
      # "directory", or "tar". Defaults to "custom" (unlike raw
      # pg_dump) for a single database. Or, when database name
      # is "all" and format is blank, dumps all databases to a
      # single file. But if a format is specified with an "all"
      # database name, dumps each database to a separate file of
      # that format, allowing more convenient restores of
      # individual databases. See the pg_dump documentation for
      # more about formats.
      # format: directory

      # SSL mode to use to connect to the database server. One
      # of "disable", "allow", "prefer", "require", "verify-ca"
      # or "verify-full". Defaults to "disable".
      # ssl_mode: require

      # Path to a client certificate.
      # ssl_cert: /root/.postgresql/postgresql.crt

      # Path to a private client key.
      # ssl_key: /root/.postgresql/postgresql.key

      # Path to a root certificate containing a list of trusted
      # certificate authorities.
      # ssl_root_cert: /root/.postgresql/root.crt

      # Path to a certificate revocation list.
      # ssl_crl: /root/.postgresql/root.crl

      # Command to use instead of "pg_dump" or "pg_dumpall".
      # This can be used to run a specific pg_dump version
      # (e.g., one inside a running container). Defaults to
      # "pg_dump" for single database dump or "pg_dumpall" to
      # dump all databases.
      # pg_dump_command: docker exec my_pg_container pg_dump

      # Command to use instead of "pg_restore". This can be used
      # to run a specific pg_restore version (e.g., one inside a
      # running container). Defaults to "pg_restore".
      # pg_restore_command: docker exec my_pg_container pg_restore

      # Command to use instead of "psql". This can be used to
      # run a specific psql version (e.g., one inside a running
      # container). Defaults to "psql".
      # psql_command: docker exec my_pg_container psql

      # Additional pg_dump/pg_dumpall options to pass directly
      # to the dump command, without performing any validation
      # on them. See pg_dump documentation for details.
      # options: --role=someone

      # Additional psql options to pass directly to the psql
      # command that lists available databases, without
      # performing any validation on them. See psql
      # documentation for details.
      # list_options: --role=someone

      # Additional pg_restore/psql options to pass directly to
      # the restore command, without performing any validation
      # on them. See pg_restore/psql documentation for details.
      # restore_options: --role=someone

      # Additional psql options to pass directly to the analyze
      # command run after a restore, without performing any
      # validation on them. See psql documentation for details.
      # analyze_options: --role=someone

# List of one or more MariaDB databases to dump before creating a
# backup, run once per configuration file. The database dumps are
# added to your source directories at runtime and streamed directly
# to Borg. Requires mariadb-dump/mariadb commands. See
# https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mysqldump/ for details.
# mariadb_databases:
    # Database name (required if using this hook). Or "all" to
    # dump all databases on the host. Note that using this
    # database hook implicitly enables both read_special and
    # one_file_system (see above) to support dump and restore
    # streaming.
    # - name: users

      # Database hostname to connect to. Defaults to connecting
      # via local Unix socket.
      # hostname: database.example.org

      # Database hostname to restore to. Defaults to the
      # "hostname" option.
      # restore_hostname: database.example.org

      # Port to connect to. Defaults to 3306.
      # port: 3307

      # Port to restore to. Defaults to the "port" option.
      # restore_port: 5433

      # Username with which to connect to the database. Defaults
      # to the username of the current user.
      # username: dbuser

      # Username with which to restore the database. Defaults to
      # the "username" option.
      # restore_username: dbuser

      # Password with which to connect to the database. Omitting
      # a password will only work if MariaDB is configured to
      # trust the configured username without a password.
      # password: trustsome1

      # Command to use instead of "mariadb-dump". This can be
      # used to run a specific mariadb_dump version (e.g., one
      # inside a running container). Defaults to "mariadb-dump".
      # mariadb_dump_command: docker exec mariadb_container mariadb-dump

      # Command to run instead of "mariadb". This can be used to
      # run a specific mariadb version (e.g., one inside a
      # running container). Defaults to "mariadb".
      # mariadb_command: docker exec mariadb_container mariadb

      # Password with which to connect to the restore database.
      # Defaults to the "password" option.
      # restore_password: trustsome1

      # Database dump output format. Currently only "sql" is
      # supported. Defaults to "sql" for a single database. Or,
      # when database name is "all" and format is blank, dumps
      # all databases to a single file. But if a format is
      # specified with an "all" database name, dumps each
      # database to a separate file of that format, allowing
      # more convenient restores of individual databases.
      # format: directory

      # Use the "--add-drop-database" flag with mariadb-dump,
      # causing the database to be dropped right before restore.
      # Defaults to true.
      # add_drop_database: false

      # Additional mariadb-dump options to pass directly to the
      # dump command, without performing any validation on them.
      # See mariadb-dump documentation for details.
      # options: --skip-comments

      # Additional options to pass directly to the mariadb
      # command that lists available databases, without
      # performing any validation on them. See mariadb command
      # documentation for details.
      # list_options: --defaults-extra-file=mariadb.cnf

      # Additional options to pass directly to the mariadb
      # command that restores database dumps, without
      # performing any validation on them. See mariadb command
      # documentation for details.
      # restore_options: --defaults-extra-file=mariadb.cnf

# List of one or more MySQL databases to dump before creating a
# backup, run once per configuration file. The database dumps are
# added to your source directories at runtime and streamed directly
# to Borg. Requires mysqldump/mysql commands. See
# https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysqldump.html for
# details.
# mysql_databases:
    # Database name (required if using this hook). Or "all" to
    # dump all databases on the host. Note that using this
    # database hook implicitly enables both read_special and
    # one_file_system (see above) to support dump and restore
    # streaming.
    # - name: users

      # Database hostname to connect to. Defaults to connecting
      # via local Unix socket.
      # hostname: database.example.org

      # Database hostname to restore to. Defaults to the
      # "hostname" option.
      # restore_hostname: database.example.org

      # Port to connect to. Defaults to 3306.
      # port: 3307

      # Port to restore to. Defaults to the "port" option.
      # restore_port: 5433

      # Username with which to connect to the database. Defaults
      # to the username of the current user.
      # username: dbuser

      # Username with which to restore the database. Defaults to
      # the "username" option.
      # restore_username: dbuser

      # Password with which to connect to the database. Omitting
      # a password will only work if MySQL is configured to
      # trust the configured username without a password.
      # password: trustsome1

      # Password with which to connect to the restore database.
      # Defaults to the "password" option.
      # restore_password: trustsome1

      # Command to use instead of "mysqldump". This can be used
      # to run a specific mysql_dump version (e.g., one inside a
      # running container). Defaults to "mysqldump".
      # mysql_dump_command: docker exec mysql_container mysqldump

      # Command to run instead of "mysql". This can be used to
      # run a specific mysql version (e.g., one inside a running
      # container). Defaults to "mysql".
      # mysql_command: docker exec mysql_container mysql

      # Database dump output format. Currently only "sql" is
      # supported. Defaults to "sql" for a single database. Or,
      # when database name is "all" and format is blank, dumps
      # all databases to a single file. But if a format is
      # specified with an "all" database name, dumps each
      # database to a separate file of that format, allowing
      # more convenient restores of individual databases.
      # format: directory

      # Use the "--add-drop-database" flag with mysqldump,
      # causing the database to be dropped right before restore.
      # Defaults to true.
      # add_drop_database: false

      # Additional mysqldump options to pass directly to the
      # dump command, without performing any validation on them.
      # See mysqldump documentation for details.
      # options: --skip-comments

      # Additional options to pass directly to the mysql
      # command that lists available databases, without
      # performing any validation on them. See mysql command
      # documentation for details.
      # list_options: --defaults-extra-file=my.cnf

      # Additional options to pass directly to the mysql
      # command that restores database dumps, without
      # performing any validation on them. See mysql command
      # documentation for details.
      # restore_options: --defaults-extra-file=my.cnf

# sqlite_databases:
    # This is used to tag the database dump file with a name.
    # It is not the path to the database file itself. The name
    # "all" has no special meaning for SQLite databases.
    # - name: users

      # Path to the SQLite database file to dump. If relative,
      # it is relative to the current working directory. Note
      # that using this database hook implicitly enables both
      # read_special and one_file_system (see above) to support
      # dump and restore streaming.
      # path: /var/lib/sqlite/users.db

      # Path to the SQLite database file to restore to. Defaults
      # to the "path" option.
      # restore_path: /var/lib/sqlite/users.db

# List of one or more MongoDB databases to dump before creating a
# backup, run once per configuration file. The database dumps are
# added to your source directories at runtime and streamed directly
# to Borg. Requires mongodump/mongorestore commands. See
# https://docs.mongodb.com/database-tools/mongodump/ and
# https://docs.mongodb.com/database-tools/mongorestore/ for details.
# mongodb_databases:
    # Database name (required if using this hook). Or "all" to
    # dump all databases on the host. Note that using this
    # database hook implicitly enables both read_special and
    # one_file_system (see above) to support dump and restore
    # streaming.
    # - name: users

      # Database hostname to connect to. Defaults to connecting
      # to localhost.
      # hostname: database.example.org

      # Database hostname to restore to. Defaults to the
      # "hostname" option.
      # restore_hostname: database.example.org

      # Port to connect to. Defaults to 27017.
      # port: 27018

      # Port to restore to. Defaults to the "port" option.
      # restore_port: 5433

      # Username with which to connect to the database. Skip it
      # if no authentication is needed.
      # username: dbuser

      # Username with which to restore the database. Defaults to
      # the "username" option.
      # restore_username: dbuser

      # Password with which to connect to the database. Skip it
      # if no authentication is needed.
      # password: trustsome1

      # Password with which to connect to the restore database.
      # Defaults to the "password" option.
      # restore_password: trustsome1

      # Authentication database where the specified username
      # exists. If no authentication database is specified, the
      # database provided in "name" is used. If "name" is "all",
      # the "admin" database is used.
      # authentication_database: admin

      # Database dump output format. One of "archive", or
      # "directory". Defaults to "archive". See mongodump
      # documentation for details. Note that format is ignored
      # when the database name is "all".
      # format: directory

      # Additional mongodump options to pass directly to the
      # dump command, without performing any validation on them.
      # See mongodump documentation for details.
      # options: --dumpDbUsersAndRoles

      # Additional mongorestore options to pass directly to the
      # dump command, without performing any validation on them.
      # See mongorestore documentation for details.
      # restore_options: --restoreDbUsersAndRoles

# ntfy:
    # The topic to publish to. See https://ntfy.sh/docs/publish/
    # for details.
    # topic: topic

    # The address of your self-hosted ntfy.sh instance.
    # server: https://ntfy.your-domain.com

    # The username used for authentication.
    # username: testuser

    # The password used for authentication.
    # password: fakepassword

    # An ntfy access token to authenticate with instead of
    # username/password.
    # access_token: tk_AgQdq7mVBoFD37zQVN29RhuMzNIz2

    # start:
        # The title of the message.
        # title: Ping!

        # The message body to publish.
        # message: Your backups have failed.

        # The priority to set.
        # priority: urgent

        # Tags to attach to the message.
        # tags: incoming_envelope

    # finish:
        # The title of the message.
        # title: Ping!

        # The message body to publish.
        # message: Your backups have failed.

        # The priority to set.
        # priority: urgent

        # Tags to attach to the message.
        # tags: incoming_envelope

    # fail:
        # The title of the message.
        # title: Ping!

        # The message body to publish.
        # message: Your backups have failed.

        # The priority to set.
        # priority: urgent

        # Tags to attach to the message.
        # tags: incoming_envelope

    # List of one or more monitoring states to ping for: "start",
    # "finish", and/or "fail". Defaults to pinging for failure
    # only.
    # states:
        # - start
        # - finish

# apprise:
    # A list of Apprise services to publish to with URLs and
    # labels. The labels are used for logging. A full list of
    # services and their configuration can be found at
    # https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki.
    # services:
        # - url: kodi://user@hostname
          # label: kodi
        # - url: line://Token@User
          # label: line

    # Send borgmatic logs to Apprise services as part the
    # "finish", "fail", and "log" states. Defaults to true.
    # send_logs: false

    # Number of bytes of borgmatic logs to send to Apprise
    # services. Set to 0 to send all logs and disable this
    # truncation. Defaults to 1500.
    # logs_size_limit: 100000

    # start:
        # Specify the message title. If left unspecified, no
        # title is sent.
        # title: Ping!

        # Specify the message body.
        # body: Starting backup process.

    # finish:
        # Specify the message title. If left unspecified, no
        # title is sent.
        # title: Ping!

        # Specify the message body.
        # body: Backups successfully made.

    # fail:
        # Specify the message title. If left unspecified, no
        # title is sent.
        # title: Ping!

        # Specify the message body.
        # body: Your backups have failed.

    # log:
        # Specify the message title. If left unspecified, no
        # title is sent.
        # title: Ping!

        # Specify the message body.
        # body: Here is some info about your backups.

    # List of one or more monitoring states to ping for:
    # "start", "finish", "fail", and/or "log". Defaults to
    # pinging for failure only. For each selected state,
    # corresponding configuration for the message title and body
    # should be given. If any is left unspecified, a generic
    # message is emitted instead.
    # states:
        # - start
        # - finish

# Configuration for a monitoring integration with Healthchecks. Create
# an account at https://healthchecks.io (or self-host Healthchecks) if
# you'd like to use this service. See borgmatic monitoring
# documentation for details.
# healthchecks:
    # Healthchecks ping URL or UUID to notify when a backup
    # begins, ends, errors, or to send only logs.
    # ping_url: https://hc-ping.com/your-uuid-here

    # Verify the TLS certificate of the ping URL host. Defaults to
    # true.
    # verify_tls: false

    # Send borgmatic logs to Healthchecks as part the "finish",
    # "fail", and "log" states. Defaults to true.
    # send_logs: false

    # Number of bytes of borgmatic logs to send to Healthchecks,
    # ideally the same as PING_BODY_LIMIT configured on the
    # Healthchecks server. Set to 0 to send all logs and disable
    # this truncation. Defaults to 100000.
    # ping_body_limit: 200000

    # List of one or more monitoring states to ping for: "start",
    # "finish", "fail", and/or "log". Defaults to pinging for all
    # states.
    # states:
        # - finish

    # Create the check if it does not exist. Only works with
    # the slug URL scheme (https://hc-ping.com/<ping-key>/<slug>
    # as opposed to https://hc-ping.com/<uuid>).
    # Defaults to false.
    # create_slug: true

# Configuration for a monitoring integration with Cronitor. Create an
# account at https://cronitor.io if you'd like to use this service.
# See borgmatic monitoring documentation for details.
# cronitor:
    # Cronitor ping URL to notify when a backup begins,
    # ends, or errors.
    # ping_url: https://cronitor.link/d3x0c1

# Configuration for a monitoring integration with PagerDuty. Create an
# account at https://www.pagerduty.com if you'd like to use this
# service. See borgmatic monitoring documentation for details.
# pagerduty:
    # PagerDuty integration key used to notify PagerDuty
    # when a backup errors.
    # integration_key: a177cad45bd374409f78906a810a3074

# Configuration for a monitoring integration with Cronhub. Create an
# account at https://cronhub.io if you'd like to use this service. See
# borgmatic monitoring documentation for details.
# cronhub:
    # Cronhub ping URL to notify when a backup begins,
    # ends, or errors.
    # ping_url: https://cronhub.io/ping/1f5e3410-254c-5587

# Configuration for a monitoring integration with Grafana loki. You
# can send the logs to a self-hosted instance or create an account at
# https://grafana.com/auth/sign-up/create-user. See borgmatic
# monitoring documentation for details.
# loki:
    # Grafana loki log URL to notify when a backup begins,
    # ends, or fails.
    # url: http://localhost:3100/loki/api/v1/push

    # Allows setting custom labels for the logging stream. At
    # least one label is required. "__hostname" gets replaced by
    # the machine hostname automatically. "__config" gets replaced
    # by just the name of the configuration file. "__config_path"
    # gets replaced by the full path of the configuration file.
    # labels:
        # app: borgmatic
        # config: __config
        # hostname: __hostname

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