blumeops/docs/reference/services/borgmatic.md
Erich Blume 2148714584 C0: retire Todoist blumeops-tasks; point task discovery at heph
Replace the Todoist-backed blumeops-tasks mise task with
`heph list --project Blumeops --json` (hephaestus, now at v1 prototype
on gilbert). Update task-discovery, rotation-reminder, and zk
references across docs; note the zk zettelkasten is migrating into
heph docs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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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)
Main config ~/.config/borgmatic/config.yaml
Photos config ~/.config/borgmatic/photos.yaml
Main schedule Daily at 2:00 AM
Photos schedule Daily at 4:00 AM
Main targets sifaka local + BorgBase offsite
Photos target BorgBase offsite only

What Gets Backed Up

Directories:

  • ~/code/personal/zk - Zettelkasten (migrating into heph docs; see hephaestus)
  • /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)

Immich photo library (separate config, BorgBase offsite only):

  • /Volumes/photos (sifaka SMB mount, ~128 GB)

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