How to monitor Borgmatic Backups with Prometheus
TL;DR Monitor borgmatic with Prometheus textfiles Setup and History If you run infrastructure, you should have backups. Backups are only useful if they are tested and monitored. Part of my strategy to prevent “Schrödinger’s Backup” is tight monitoring and alarming. In the early days, I had borgbackup running with Icinga. Later, I switched to Prometheus, with a textfile created by a custom bash script. Right now, I’m cleaning things up in my infrastructure, and switching to borgmatic....