manaslupisani / macos-borgbackup

Script for macos to backup files using borgbackup

MacOS borgbackup script

Backups for MacOS with borgbackup utility. Tested with borgbackup version 1.1.4

Server side

1. Install docker on server
2. Run container:

docker run -d -p 212:22 -v /opt/backupstorage:/storage --name borg-server -e BORG_AUTHORIZED_KEYS='YOUR_SSH_PUB_KEY' geri4/borgbackup-server:1.0.10

Client(MacOS) side

1. Install borgbackup:

brew install borgbackup

2. Initialyze repository, specify repo password and remember it:

borg init -e repokey ssh://[e-mail]:212/storage/mymac

3. Copy backup.sh from this script to your home directory and give it run permissions:

cp backup.sh ~/backup.sh && chmod a+x ~/backup.sh

4. Edit variables in ~/backup.sh. Set REPO_URL and REPO_PASSWORD. REPO_PASSWORD should be the same as in step 2. Also specify directories that you want to backup.

5. Open crontab editor:

crontab -e

6. Add this line and save the crontab file:

*/15 * * * *  ~/backup.sh &>/dev/null