Borg + RClone Autobackup

Easily automate backups using Borg + RClone.

Usage Examples

Docker Run

docker run \
    -v /home/mannkind:/data:ro \
    -e BACKUP_NAME="frodo" \
    -e BACKUP_LOCATION="b2:AllMyBorgBackups/frodo" \
    -e BACKUP_SCHEDULE="0 2 * * *" \
    -e BACKUP_ENCRYPTION_KEY="One ring to rule them all oh you know the rest" \
    -e BACKUP_PRUNE="--keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4" \
    -e BACKUP_NOW="true" \
    -e B2_ID="kiacup6326is" \
    -e B2_KEY="12xd5t3891tqh1qqw1qq3kmhl9hbd9lfugz2j32d" \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    mannkind/borg-rclone-autobackup

Docker Compose

version: 3
services:
    borg-rclone-autobackup:
        image: mannkind/borg-rclone-autobackup
        restart: unless-stopped
        volumes:
            - "/home/mannkind:/data:ro"
        environment:
            BACKUP_NAME: "frodo"
            BACKUP_LOCATION: "b2:AllMyBorgBackups/frodo"
            BACKUP_SCHEDULE: "0 2 * * *"
            BACKUP_ENCRYPTION_KEY: "One ring to rule them all one ring to find them one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them"
            BACKUP_PRUNE: "--keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4"
            BACKUP_NOW: "true"
            B2_ID: "kiacup6326is"
            B2_KEY:"12xd5t3891tqh1qqw1qq3kmhl9hbd9lfugz2j32d"

Volumes

The following volumes can be used

• /data - The data to backup
• /backups - The location of the backups; backup in the container by default

Environment Variables

The following environment variables setup Borg

• BACKUP_NAME: The backup name
• BACKUP_ENCRYPTION_KEY: The backup encryption key
• BACKUP_SCHEDULE: Cron scheduled string
• BACKUP_LOCATION: The backup location e.g. b2:my-backup/some-host
• BACKUP_PRUNE: The backup prune string e.g. --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4
• BACKUP_NOW: Runs the backup immediately, instead of waiting for the scheduled time

The following environment variables setup B2 as the RClone target

• B2_ID: The backblaze id
• B2_KEY: The backblaze key

The following environment variables set up Google Cloud Storage as the RClone target:

• GCS_PROJECT_NUMBER: The project number for your Google Cloud project.

Mount a Google Cloud service account private key, in json format, to /google-service-account.json and for the backup location, use format gcs:<bucketname>/<path>.