- README: remove hardcoded srv paths; add configs/ to components table; document BACKUP_CONF usage for multi-server setups; note DB_CONTAINER= makes docker optional - RUNBOOK: generalize §1 setup to use config variables (source config, use $REPO / $BORG_PASSPHRASE_FILE / etc. instead of hardcoded paths); §4 day-2 ops now shows source-config pattern before direct borg commands; §5 recovery notes BACKUP_CONF for restore.sh; §6 drill uses config vars Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01A3rQSEidP6Y61kaCtxjVV1
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# backup-agent
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Backup and disaster-recovery tooling for Linux servers: [Borg](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/)
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backing up a target directory tree — including a MariaDB database running in
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Docker — with an offsite mirror on Scaleway S3 via `rclone`.
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MariaDB is never stopped during backup: `dump_db.sh` takes a
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transactionally-consistent logical dump (`mysqldump --single-transaction`)
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while the container keeps running, and the container's raw data directory is
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excluded from the archive entirely (a `.nobackup` marker file), so only the
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logical dump ever gets backed up. Zero DB downtime.
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## Components
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| File | Purpose |
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| `configs/` | Per-deployment config files (one per server). Each sets `TARGET`, `REPO`, `DB_CONTAINER`, etc. |
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| `borg-backup.sh` | Daily backup orchestrator (run from cron): dump → archive → prune → compact → integrity check → offsite sync. |
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| `dump_db.sh` | Per-database `mysqldump`/`mariadb-dump`, atomic staging/swap. Invoked by `borg-backup.sh`. |
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| `restore.sh` | Recovery CLI: `full` (disaster recovery), `db <name>` (single database), `file <path>` (single file/dir), `--list-archives`. Every mode supports `--dry-run`. |
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## Multi-server use
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Both scripts are deployment-agnostic. Point them at a config with `BACKUP_CONF`:
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```bash
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# backup
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BACKUP_CONF=/opt/backup-agent/configs/nexusvoice.conf /opt/backup-agent/borg-backup.sh
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# restore
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BACKUP_CONF=/opt/backup-agent/configs/nexusvoice.conf /opt/backup-agent/restore.sh --list-archives
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```
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See `configs/` for existing deployments and `RUNBOOK.md §2` for deployment steps.
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## Quickstart
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```bash
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# One-time setup, deployment, cron scheduling, day-2 ops, and step-by-step
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# recovery for every scenario are all in:
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less RUNBOOK.md
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```
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Day to day:
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```bash
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./restore.sh --list-archives # what backups exist
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./restore.sh full --dry-run # preview a disaster recovery
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./restore.sh db <name> --dry-run # preview a single-database restore
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./restore.sh file <path> --dest DIR # pull one file out of an archive
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```
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## Encryption
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The Borg repos on current deployments are **unencrypted** by deliberate operator
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choice — `borg-backup.sh` will keep printing a warning about it on every run,
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which is expected. See `RUNBOOK.md` if you want to switch to an encrypted repo.
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## Requirements
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`borg`, `docker`, `rclone`, `flock`, a `mysql`/`mariadb` client. When
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`DB_CONTAINER` is empty in the config, `docker` is not required. Targets
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Linux; `flock(1)` doesn't exist on macOS, so these scripts won't run as-is
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on a Mac.
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## License
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None specified — internal tooling.
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