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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Borgmatic

Daily backup system using Borg backup, running on indri.

Quick Reference

Property	Value
Install	mise (pipx)
Config	`~/.config/borgmatic/config.yaml`
Schedule	Daily at 2:00 AM
Repository	`/Volumes/backups/borg/` on [[sifaka

What Gets Backed Up

Directories:

~/code/personal/zk - Zettelkasten
/opt/homebrew/var/forgejo - Git forge data
~/.config/borgmatic - Borgmatic config
~/Documents - Personal documents

Databases:

miniflux on postgresql
teslamate on postgresql

Not backed up (by design):

ZIM archives (re-downloadable)
Prometheus metrics (ephemeral)
Loki logs (ephemeral)

Retention Policy

Period	Count
Daily	7
Monthly	12
Yearly	1000

Monitoring

Metrics exposed via textfile collector to prometheus:

borgmatic_up - Repository accessibility
borgmatic_last_archive_timestamp - Last backup time
borgmatic_repo_deduplicated_size_bytes - Disk usage

Dashboard: "Borgmatic Backups" in grafana

backups - Full backup policy
sifaka - Backup target
postgresql - Database backups

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