| title |
modified |
tags |
| Backups |
2026-03-27 |
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Backup Policy
Daily automated backups from indri to sifaka NAS.
Schedule
| Time |
Frequency |
System |
| 2:00 AM |
Daily |
borgmatic |
What Gets Backed Up
Directories
| Path |
Description |
Priority |
~/code/personal/zk |
Zettelkasten notes (migrating into heph docs) |
Critical |
/opt/homebrew/var/forgejo |
Git repositories |
Critical |
~/.config/borgmatic |
Backup config |
High |
~/Documents |
Personal documents (includes 1password encrypted export) |
High |
Databases
| Database |
Cluster |
Host |
Method |
| miniflux |
blumeops-pg |
[[postgresql |
pg.ops.eblu.me:5432]] |
| teslamate |
blumeops-pg |
[[postgresql |
pg.ops.eblu.me:5432]] |
| authentik |
blumeops-pg |
[[postgresql |
pg.ops.eblu.me:5432]] |
| immich |
immich-pg |
[[postgresql |
pg.ops.eblu.me:5433]] |
| mealie |
— (SQLite) |
k8s pod |
kubectl exec sqlite3 .backup |
Immich Photo Library (Offsite Only)
The immich photo library lives on sifaka at /volume1/photos (SMB-mounted on indri as /Volumes/photos). Since sifaka is already the local backup target, photos are backed up to BorgBase offsite only — not back to sifaka.
| Property |
Value |
| Config |
~/.config/borgmatic/photos.yaml |
| Schedule |
Daily at 4:00 AM (offset from main backup) |
| Source |
/Volumes/photos (sifaka SMB mount) |
| Target |
BorgBase borgbase-immich-photos repo |
| Size |
~128 GB |
Uses the same encryption passphrase and SSH key as the main borgmatic config.
Sifaka-Native Data
Other data lives directly on sifaka (music via navidrome, video via jellyfin). See sifaka for data protection details.
What Is NOT Backed Up
| Data |
Reason |
ZIM archives (~/transmission/) |
Re-downloadable via torrent |
| Prometheus metrics |
Ephemeral, in k8s PVC |
| Loki logs |
Ephemeral, in k8s PVC |
devpi cache (~/devpi/server-dir/ on indri) |
Re-fetchable from PyPI on first request |
Retention Policy
| Period |
Retention |
| Daily |
7 backups |
| Monthly |
12 backups |
| Yearly |
1000 backups |
Backup Targets
| Repository |
Location |
Label |
Backs up |
/Volumes/backups/borg/ |
sifaka (local NAS) |
sifaka-borg-backups |
indri data |
ssh://u3ugi1x1@...repo.borgbase.com/./repo |
BorgBase (offsite) |
borgbase-offsite |
indri data |
ssh://xcrtl5tg@...repo.borgbase.com/./repo |
BorgBase (offsite) |
borgbase-immich-photos |
immich photos |
Monitoring
Metrics exposed to prometheus:
borgmatic_up - Repository accessible
borgmatic_last_archive_timestamp - Last backup time
borgmatic_repo_deduplicated_size_bytes - Disk usage
Dashboard: "Borgmatic Backups" in grafana
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