ansible-role-borg-backup/meta/argument_specs.yml

argument_specs:
  main:
    # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_reuse_roles.html#role-argument-validation
    # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_program_flow_modules.html#argument-spec
    short_description: Role to install borgbackup and borgmatic.
    description: Role to install borgbackup and borgmatic
    author:
      - 2018-2020 Manuel Riel and contributors.
      - Frank Dornheim
    options:
      borg_dep_packages:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Dependancy Packages to install borg(backup) and borgmatic.
      borg_distro_packages:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: |
          Contains the names of distributions packages for borg(backup) and borgmatic,
          only used if `borg_install_method` is set to package          
      borg_pip_packages:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Dependancy Packages (pip) to install borg(backup) and borgmatic.
      borg_venv_path:
        type: str
        required: false
        description:  Path to store the venv for borg(backup) and borgmatic.
      borg_install_method:
        type: str
        required: false
        default: pip
        description: |
          By default pip is used to install borgmatic.
          To install via your distributions package manager set this to package and (if needed)
          overwrite the borg_distro_packages variable to contain your distributions package names
          required to install borgmatic.
          Note that many distributions ship outdated versions of borgbackup and borgmatic; use at your own risk.          
      borgmatic_config_name:
        type: str
        required: false
        default: config.yaml
        description: Name to use for the borgmatic config file.
      borg_user:
        type: str
        default: root
        description: Name of the User to create Backups (Service Account)
      borg_group:
        type: str
        default: root
        description: Name of the Group to create Backups (Service Account)
      borg_source_directories:
        type: list
        default: "/etc/hostname"
        required: false
        description: List of local folders to back up.
      borg_one_file_system:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Don't cross file-system boundaries.
      borg_repository:
        type: str
        required: true
        description: |
          Full path to repository.
          Your own server or [BorgBase.com](https://www.borgbase.com) repo.
          Not required when using auto creation of repositories.
          Can be a list if you want to backup to multiple repositories.          
      borgmatic_store_atime:
        type: bool
        required: false
        description: Store atime into archive.
      borgmatic_store_ctime:
        type: bool
        required: false
        description: Store ctime into archive.
      borg_exclude_patterns:
        type: list
        required: false
        description: Any paths matching these patterns are excluded from backups. Globs and tildes are expanded.
      borg_exclude_from:
        type: list
        required: false
        description: Read exclude patterns from one or more separate named files, one pattern per line.
      borg_remote_path:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Alternate Borg remote executable. Defaults to "borg"
      borg_encryption_passphrase:
        type: str
        description: |
          The standard output of this command is used to unlock the encryption key.
          Only use on repositories that were initialized with passcommand/repokey encryption.
          Note that if both encryption_passcommand and encryption_passphrase are set,
          then encryption_passphrase takes precedence.          
      borg_encryption_passcommand:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: secret-tool lookup borg-repository repo-name
      borg_remote_rate_limit:
        type: int
        required: false
        description: Remote network upload rate limit in kiBytes/second.
      borg_ssh_key_file_path:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Path to ssh-key
      borg_ssh_command:
        type: str
        description: Command to use instead of just ssh. This can be used to specify ssh options.
      borg_lock_wait_time:
        type: int
        description: Maximum seconds to wait for acquiring a repository/cache lock.
      borgmatic_relocated_repo_access_is_ok:
        type: bool
        description: Bypass Borg error about a repository that has been moved.
      borg_retention_policy:
        keep_secondly:
          type: int
          required: false
          description: Number of secondly archives to keep.
        keep_minutely:
          type: int
          required: false
          description: Number of minutely archives to keep.
        keep_hourly:
          type: int
          required: false
          description: Number of hourly archives to keep.
        keep_daily:
          type: int
          required: false
          description: Number of daily archives to keep.
        keep_weekly:
          type: int
          required: false
          description: Number of weekly archives to keep.
        keep_monthly:
          type: int
          required: false
          description: Number of monthly archives to keep.
        keep_yearly:
          type: int
          required: false
          description: Number of yearly archives to keep.
      borgmatic_checks:
        type: list
        required: false
        description: |
          List of one or more consistency checks to run
          "repository", "archives", "data", and/or "extract".
          Defaults to "repository" and "archives".
          Set to "disabled" to disable all consistency checks.
          "repository" checks the consistency of the repository,
          "archives" checks all of the archives, "data" verifies
          the integrity of the data within the  archives, and
          "extract" does an extraction dry-run of the  most recent archive.
          Note that "data" implies "archives".          
      borgmatic_check_last:
        type: int
        required: false
        description: Restrict the number of checked archives to the last n. Applies only to the "archives" check.
      borgmatic_hooks:
        type: dict
        required: false
        description: Shell commands or scripts to execute before and after a backup or if an error has occurred.
      borgmatic_timer_cron_name:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Name of the cron Job
      borgmatic_timer:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: If the variable is set, a timer is installed. A choice must be made between "cron" and "systemd".
      borgmatic_timer_hour:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Hour when regular create and prune cron/systemd-timer job will run.
      borgmatic_timer_minute:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Minute when regular create and prune cron/systemd-timer job will run.
      borgmatic_version:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Borgmatic version to install. Defaults to 'latest'
      borg_ssh_key_type:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: The algorithm used to generate the SSH private key
      borg_ssh_key_name:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: Name of the SSH public and private key
      borgmatic_run_as_root:
        type: bool
        required: false
        description: If the variable is set, systemd will run borgmatic using sudo.