Configuration file ¶
Here is a full sample borgmatic configuration file including all available options:
# Where to look for files to backup, and where to store those backups. See
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quickstart.html and
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage.html#borg-create for details.
location:
# List of source directories to backup (required). Globs and tildes are expanded.
source_directories:
- /home
- /etc
- /var/log/syslog*
# Paths to local or remote repositories (required). Tildes are expanded. Multiple
# repositories are backed up to in sequence. See ssh_command for SSH options like
# identity file or port.
repositories:
- user@backupserver:sourcehostname.borg
# Stay in same file system (do not cross mount points). Defaults to false.
#one_file_system: true
# Only store/extract numeric user and group identifiers. Defaults to false.
#numeric_owner: true
# Store atime into archive. Defaults to true.
#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.
#read_special: false
# Record bsdflags (e.g. NODUMP, IMMUTABLE) in archive. Defaults to true.
#bsd_flags: true
# Mode in which to operate the files cache. See
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/create.html#description 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.) Note that Borg considers this option experimental.
# See the output of "borg help patterns" for more details. Quote any value if it
# contains leading punctuation, so it parses correctly.
#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. See the output of "borg help patterns" for more details.
#exclude_patterns:
# - '*.pyc'
# - ~/*/.cache
# - /etc/ssl
# 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 filename. Defaults to not
# set.
#exclude_if_present: .nobackup
# Repository storage options. See
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage.html#borg-create and
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/general.html#environment-variables for
# details.
#storage:
# The standard output of this command is used to unlock the encryption key. Only
# use on repositories that were initialized with passcommand/repokey 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 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#if-a-backup-stops-mid-way-does-the-already-backed-up-data-stay-there
# for details. Defaults to checkpoints every 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
#checkpoint_interval: 1800
# Specify the parameters passed to then 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
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/en/stable/usage.html#borg-create for details.
# Defaults to "lz4".
#compression: lz4
# Remote network upload rate limit in kiBytes/second. Defaults to unlimited.
#remote_rate_limit: 100
# 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 ~.
# See https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/general.html#environment-variables for details.
#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
# 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
# Umask to be used for borg create. Defaults to 0077.
#umask: 0077
# 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}". If you specify this option, you must
# also specify a prefix in the retention section to avoid accidental pruning of
# archives with a different archive name format. And you should also specify a
# prefix in the consistency section as well.
#archive_name_format: '{hostname}-documents-{now}'
# Retention policy for how many backups to keep in each category. See
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/en/stable/usage.html#borg-prune for details.
# At least one of the "keep" options is required for pruning to work. See
# https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/deal-with-very-large-backups/
# if you'd like to skip pruning entirely.
retention:
# Keep all archives within this time interval.
#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
# When pruning, only consider archive names starting with this prefix.
# Borg placeholders can be used. See the output of "borg help placeholders" for
# details. Defaults to "{hostname}-". Use an empty value to disable the default.
#prefix: sourcehostname
# Consistency checks to run after backups. See
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/en/stable/usage.html#borg-check and
# https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/en/stable/usage.html#borg-extract for details.
#consistency:
# List of one or more consistency checks to run: "repository", "archives", and/or
# "extract". Defaults to "repository" and "archives". Set to "disabled" to disable
# all consistency checks. "repository" checks the consistency of the repository,
# "archive" checks all of the archives, and "extract" does an extraction dry-run
# of the most recent archive.
#checks:
# - repository
# - archives
# Paths to a subset of the repositories in the location section 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 repositories configured in the location section.
#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
# When performing the "archives" check, only consider archive names starting with
# this prefix. Borg placeholders can be used. See the output of
# "borg help placeholders" for details. Defaults to "{hostname}-". Use an empty
# value to disable the default.
#prefix: sourcehostname
# Options for customizing borgmatic's own output and logging.
#output:
# Apply color to console output. Can be overridden with --no-color command-line
# flag. Defaults to true.
#color: false
# Shell commands or scripts to execute before and after a backup or if an error has occurred.
# IMPORTANT: All provided commands and scripts are executed with user permissions of borgmatic.
# Do not forget to set secure permissions on this file as well as on any script listed (chmod 0700) to
# prevent potential shell injection or privilege escalation.
#hooks:
# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute before creating a backup.
#before_backup:
# - echo "Starting a backup job."
# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute after creating a backup.
#after_backup:
# - echo "Backup created."
# List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute when an exception occurs
# during a backup or when running a hook.
#on_error:
# - echo "Error while creating a backup or running a hook."
# Umask used when executing hooks. Defaults to the umask that borgmatic is run with.
#umask: 0077
Note that you can also download this configuration file for use locally.