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Borg backup role
This role installs Borg backup on backupservers and clients. The role contains a wrapper-script 'borg-backup' to ease the usage on the client. Supported options include borg-backup info | init | list | backup | mount. Automysqlbackup will run as pre-backup command if it's installed. The role supports both self hosted and rsync.net as Borg server.
Required variables
Define a group backupservers in your inventory with one or multiple hosts. The default location where the backups will be saved is /var/backup/repos/.
infra:
[backupservers]
backup1.fiaas.co
group_vars/all.yml:
backupservers:
- fqdn: backup1.fiaas.co
user: borgbackup
type: normal
home: /backup/
pool: repos
options: ""
- fqdn: yourhost.rsync.net
user: userid
type: rsync.net
home: ""
pool: repos
options: "--remote-path=borg1"
Contains the list of server you want to use on a certain client. Allows to override backup servers on group or host level. WARNING: the trailing / in item.home is required.
Define a borg_passphrase for every host. host_vars\client1:
borg_passphrase: Ahl9EiNohr5koosh1Wohs3Shoo3ooZ6p
Make sure to check the configured defaults for this role, which contains the list of default locations being backed up in backup_include. Override this in your inventory where required.
Usage
Configure Borg on the server and on a client:
ansible-playbook -i inventory/test backup.yml -l backup1.fiaas.co
ansible-playbook -i inventory/test backup.yml -l client1.fiaas.co