Ansible Role: BorgBackup

Set up encrypted, compressed and deduplicated backups using BorgBackup and Borgmatic.

Works great with BorgBase.com - Simple and Secure Hosting for your Borg Repositories. To manage BorgBase repos via Ansible, also see Andy Hawkins' BorgBase Collection.

Main features

Install Borg and Borgmatic from Debian package repositories
Set up Borgmatic config and bash completition
Schedule regular backups using Cron
Export borg repo keys to localhost
Optional: Setup borgbase.com SSH key and repository via API

Example playbook with Cron timer and borgbase.com repository enabled

- hosts: all
  roles:
  - role: ansible-role-borgbackup
    borgbase: true
    borgbase_api_key: abcd1234
    borg_encryption_passphrase: CHANGEME
    borg_repository:
      - path: ssh://xxxxxx@xxxxxx.repo.borgbase.com/./repo
        label: borgbase
    borg_source_directories:
      - /var/www
    borgmatic_hooks:
      before_backup:
      - echo "`date` - Starting backup."
      postgresql_databases:
      - name: users
        hostname: database1.example.org
        port: 5433

Installation

Clone latest version from Git:

$ git clone https://git.systemausfall.org/senselab/ansible-role-borgbackup.git roles/ansible_role_borgbackup

Optional: Add Andy Hawkins' BorgBase Collection to your requirements.txt:
```
collections:
  - name: adhawkins.borgbase
```

Role Variables

Required Variables

borg_repository.path: Full path to repository.
borg_repository.label: A label for this repository.

Optional Variables

Borg Variables

borg_encryption_passcommand: The standard output of this command is used to unlock the encryption key.
borg_encryption_passphrase: Password to use for repokey or keyfile. Empty if repo is unencrypted.
borg_exclude_from: Read exclude patterns from one or more separate named files, one pattern per line.
borg_exclude_patterns: Paths or patterns to exclude from backup. See official documentation for more.
borg_key_export_path: Path to save borg key backups.
borg_lock_wait_time: Config maximum seconds to wait for acquiring a repository/cache lock. Defaults to 5 seconds.
borg_one_file_system: Don't cross file-system boundaries. Defaults to true
borg_remote_path: Path to the borg executable on the remote. It will default to borg.
borg_remote_rate_limit: Remote network upload rate limit in kiBytes/second.
borg_retention_policy: Retention policy for how many backups to keep in each category (daily, weekly, monthly, etc).
borg_source_directories: List of local folders to back up. Default is /etc/hostname to prevent an empty backup.
borg_ssh_key_name: Name of the SSH public and pivate key. Default id_ed25519
borg_ssh_key_file_path: SSH-key to be used. Default ~/.ssh/{{ borg_ssh_key_name }}
borg_ssh_key_type: The algorithm used to generate the SSH private key. Choose: rsa, dsa, rsa1, ecdsa, ed25519. Default: ed25519
borg_ssh_command: Command to use instead of just "ssh". This can be used to specify SSH options.

Borgbase Variables

borgbase_api_key: API key to interact with borgbase.com`
borgbase_ssh_key_name: How to name your SSH key at borgbase.com. Default to backup_{{ inventory_hostname }}.

Borgmatic variables

borgmatic_check_last: Number of archives to check. Defaults to 3
borgmatic_checks: List of consistency checks. Defaults to monthly checks. See docs for all options.
borgmatic_config_name: Name to use for the Borgmatic config file. Defaults to config.yaml
borgmatic_timer_hour: Hour when regular create and prune cron/systemd-timer job will run. Defaults to {{ 6 | random }}
borgmatic_timer_minute: Minute when regular create and prune cron/systemd-timer job will run. Defaults to {{ 59 | random }}
borgmatic_hooks: Hooks to monitor your backups e.g. with Healthchecks. See official documentation for more.
borgmatic_relocated_repo_access_is_ok: Bypass Borg error about a repository that has been moved. Defaults to false
borgmatic_store_atime: Store atime into archive. Defaults to true
borgmatic_store_ctime: Store ctime into archive. Defaults to true
borgmatic_version: Force a specific borgmatic version to be installed

Misc Variables

ssh_config_path: Path of you SSH config file. Defaults to /root/.ssh/config.

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