# HG changeset patch # User Tuomo Valkonen # Date 1516920121 0 # Node ID 6fed67863b006a87661e4e3ec7bc9309f48756f8 # Parent 6cfe6a89e8109442ef194f5165ba708946c71bb3 README and config.example.yaml updates to describe queuing features diff -r 6cfe6a89e810 -r 6fed67863b00 README.md --- a/README.md Thu Jan 25 22:34:55 2018 +0000 +++ b/README.md Thu Jan 25 22:42:01 2018 +0000 @@ -1,8 +1,15 @@ # Borgend -This is a retrying scheduler as well as a MacOS tray icon for [BorgBackup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/). +This is a retrying and queuing scheduler as well as a MacOS tray icon for [BorgBackup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/). If you are not on MacOS, no tray icon will be displayed, but you can still use Borgend as a retrying scheduler. +You can have multiple backups to the same repository, for example, you may +backup a small subset of your files every couple of hours, and everything +once a day or once a week. Borgend will ensure that only once backup is +launched at a time, and queue the other one until the repository is +available. If there was an error, such as when you are offline and backup up +to a remote ssh location, Borgend will also retry the backup at set shorter intervals. + The lead author is Tuomo Valkonen (). ## Installation diff -r 6cfe6a89e810 -r 6fed67863b00 config.example.yaml --- a/config.example.yaml Thu Jan 25 22:34:55 2018 +0000 +++ b/config.example.yaml Thu Jan 25 22:42:01 2018 +0000 @@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ - weekly: 50 backups: + # 1. Most files in $HOME to ssh://myserver.invalid - name: Home to 'myserver' - # Backup every 6 hours - backup_interval: 21600 + # Backup every 24 hours + backup_interval: 86400 # Retry every 15 minutes if unable to connect / unfinished backup retry_interval: 900 repository: ssh://myserver.invalid/~/storage/borg - archive_prefix: 'mylaptop-' + archive_prefix: 'all@mylaptop-' archive_template: '{now:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}' keychain_account: borg-backup@mylaptop paths: @@ -37,6 +38,27 @@ - pattern: "- $HOME/Library/" - pattern: "- $HOME/.config/borg/security/" + # 2. A subset of files $HOME more frequently to ssh://myserver.invalid + - name: Work to 'myserver' + # Backup every 3 hours + backup_interval: 10800 + # Retry every 15 minutes if unable to connect / unfinished backup + retry_interval: 900 + repository: ssh://myserver.invalid/~/storage/borg + archive_prefix: 'work@mylaptop-' + archive_template: '{now:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}' + keychain_account: borg-backup@mylaptop + paths: + - $HOME/work + common_parameters: + # Borg is installed on remote host at ~/bin, + # which might not be on path + - remote-path: ~/bin/borg + create_parameters: + - compression: lzma + - checkpoint-interval: 600 + + # 3. Manual backup to external hard drive - name: Home to 'backup1' # Manual backup backup_interval: 0