Run Policy Driven Borg Backups Checks And Restores From One Config With Borgmatic

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name: "Run policy-driven Borg backups, checks, and restores from one config with borgmatic"
slug: "run-policy-driven-borg-backups-checks-and-restores-from-one-config-with-borgmatic"
description: "Use borgmatic to drive Borg backup, prune, check, and restore routines from a single declarative config so an agent can supervise backup runbooks instead of stitching raw commands by hand."
github_stars: 2200
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic"
author: "Borgmatic Collective"
publisher_type: "open_source_project"
category: "Runbooks & Diagnostics"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "borgmatic-collective/borgmatic"
  github_stars: 2200
---

# Run policy-driven Borg backups, checks, and restores from one config with borgmatic

Use borgmatic to drive Borg backup, prune, check, and restore routines from a single declarative config so an agent can supervise backup runbooks instead of stitching raw commands by hand.

## Prerequisites

borgmatic, Borg Backup

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <a href="https://www.docker.com/"><img src="https://torsion.org/borgmatic/static/docker.png" alt="Docker" height="40px" style="margin-bottom:20px; margin-right:20px;"></a>

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Here's an example configuration file:
- # List of checks to run to validate your backups.
- # Custom preparation scripts to run.

- Source: https://github.com/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://torsion.org/borgmatic/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/run-policy-driven-borg-backups-checks-and-restores-from-one-config-with-borgmatic/)