https://github.com/sstark/traycortex

Tray application to monitor the status of borgmatic backups
https://github.com/sstark/traycortex

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Tray application to monitor the status of borgmatic backups

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sstark/traycortex
• Owner: sstark
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2024-06-23T18:34:22.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-07T22:33:18.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-08T14:54:36.012Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: appindicator, backup, borg, borgmatic, menu, python, tray, tray-application, tray-icon
• Language: Python
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• Size: 225 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Traycortex

traycortex is an application that will show the status of [borgmatic

backup](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/) in your system tray. It will also let

you trigger backups from the menu.

Features:

  - System **tray menu** for running borgmatic (all or single config)

  - Client application to **integrate with borgmatic** for detecting timed backup runs

  - **Notifications** (backup started, backup finished)

  - Configuration file to allow customizing the borgmatic command

  - **ssh-agent detection** to enable easy use of password protected ssh keys

Along with it comes a *traycortex-cli* application, that is used in the

borgmatic hooks configuration to signal the tray icon. Possible states are

`job_started`, `job_finished` and `job_error`.

![screenshot of tray running](doc/tray-running.png)

When the status of a backup is updated, a notification will be displayed and the

icon changes accordingly.

## Installation

### Prerequisites

Some packages are required to build and install traycortex (probably incomplete):

  - Ubuntu: `apt install libcairo2-dev python-gi-dev libgirepository1.0-dev`

  - Arch: `pacman -S gobject-introspection python-cairo libappindicator-gtk3`

Recommended way to install:

    pipx install traycortex

Also works:

    pip install traycortex

*Packagers welcome*

### Configuration File

Location: `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/traycortex.ini`

If not found, an initial basic configuration file with a random authkey will be

created on first run of traycortex.

The same configuration file is used for both, traycortex and traycortex-cli.

### Configuration File Options

The authentication key and port for the connection between traycortex and

traycortex-cli:

    [connection]

    ; no default value. Randomly set on first run.

    authkey = ce03f7af891ebc29defc0643faf71025

    ; default:

    ;   port = 35234

    port = 54321

The command used to create a backup (when selecting the "Engage" menu item):

    [borgmatic]

    ; default:

    ;   command = borgmatic

    ; For testing non-interactive ssh you can set this:

    ;   command = ssh -oBatchMode=yes  date

    command = systemd-inhibit --why="Backup is running" /usr/local/bin/borgmatic

You may add the string `@CONFIG@` to the `command` option. For instance you

could set:

    [borgmatic]

    command = /bin/borgmatic @CONFIG@ create

`@CONFIG@` will be replaced by `-c ` in case you selected a specific

yaml file to be run. Otherwise it will be replaced with the empty string. The

command that will be execeuted in this example will be `/bin/borgmatic create`

if you just clicked on `Engage`, or `/bin/borgmatic -c /some/config.yml create`

if you clicked on `Engage /some/config.yml`.

If you engage an individual yaml file without having `@CONFIG@` in your config,

the resulting action will be equivalent to that of just having clicked

`Engage`.

## Running

To start the tray application from the command line:

    traycortex &

Or create a desktop file `~/.local/share/applications/traycortex.desktop`:

    [Desktop Entry]

    Exec=traycortex

    ; For the icon to work you need to place borgmatic.png in `~/.icons`

    Icon=borgmatic

    Name=traycortex

    Type=Application

Now you can start traycortex with your usual desktop method.

## Tray Menu

  - **Engage All**: Run a borgmatic backup

  - **Engage **: Run a borgmatic backup for this specific

    configuration

  - **Discard**: Quit traycortex and remove the icon from the tray. If a backup

    is currently running, it will be killed.

## Integrating with borgmatic

If you want to receive notifications for borgmatic jobs that are not directly

triggered from traycortex, you have to configure the corresponding hooks in

your borgmatic configuration.

Example `~/.config/borgmatic.d/home.yaml`:

    [...]

    source_directories:

        - /home/seb

    repositories:

        - path: ssh://...

    before_backup:

        - traycortex-cli -m job_started -a "{configuration_filename}"

    after_check:

        - traycortex-cli -m job_finished -a "{configuration_filename}"

    on_error:

        - traycortex-cli -m job_error -a "{configuration_filename}"

    [...]

## ssh-agent detection

With borgmatic it is likely you use ssh to access a remote backup repository.

You probably have public key authentication set up for this to allow

non-interactive use. And probably you also want to have a passphrase set

for the private ssh key.

traycortex will try to detect a running ssh-agent and set the environment for

borgmatic to have the `SSH_AUTH_SOCK` environment variable set. This makes it

independent from its starting environment with regard to that variable.

You will still have to add your key to the running ssh-agent.

It is recommended to use

    ssh_command: ssh -oBatchMode=yes

in your borgmatic configuration. This way, if ssh-agent detection fails, or you

have not added the necessary key to it, borgmatic will properly fail and not

wait for input in the background.

If you have multiple ssh-agents running, traycortex currently has no way to

know which one is correct and will simply use the first one found.