blumeops/docs/reference/services/borgmatic.md
Erich Blume 7dce0abbb9 Update docs: fix mealie storageClass, borgmatic SQLite backups, federated-login
- mealie.md: fix storageClassName to standard, add auth/backup sections
- borgmatic.md: document k8s SQLite dump pattern and mealie entry
- federated-login.md: remove ArgoCD from future work (already done),
  add mealie to related links

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-16 21:38:36 -07:00

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Borgmatic 2026-03-16
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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
  • ~/.local/share/borgmatic/k8s-dumps/ - SQLite dumps from k8s pods

PostgreSQL databases:

K8s SQLite databases (pre-backup dump via kubectl exec):

  • mealie - Recipe manager (/app/data/mealie.db)

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