Erich Blume 72f9f21d46 Remove iCloud Photos from borgmatic backup (#100 )

## Summary
- Remove ~/Pictures from borgmatic source directories
- Update borgmatic and backup policy documentation
- Add Sifaka-Native Data section to clarify that photos (via Immich), music (via Navidrome), and video (via Jellyfin) are stored directly on Sifaka

## Deployment and Testing
- [ ] Run `mise run provision-indri -- --tags borgmatic --check --diff` to preview changes
- [ ] Run `mise run provision-indri -- --tags borgmatic` to apply
- [ ] Verify borgmatic config no longer includes ~/Pictures

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Reviewed-on: https://forge.ops.eblu.me/eblume/blumeops/pulls/100

2026-02-04 07:09:28 -08:00

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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	Critical
`/opt/homebrew/var/forgejo`	Git repositories	Critical
`~/.config/borgmatic`	Backup config	High
`~/Documents`	Personal documents	High

Databases

Database	Host	Method
miniflux	[[postgresql	pg.ops.eblu.me]]
teslamate	[[postgresql	pg.ops.eblu.me]]

Sifaka-Native Data

Some data lives directly on sifaka rather than being backed up to it (photos via immich, 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	Re-fetchable from PyPI

Retention Policy

Period	Retention
Daily	7 backups
Monthly	12 backups
Yearly	1000 backups

Backup Target

Repository: /Volumes/backups/borg/ on sifaka

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

borgmatic - Backup system details
sifaka - Backup storage
postgresql - Database backups

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