Add option to check large repos only on Sunday.

README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ An Ansible Role that sets up automated remote backups on the target machine. Use
 - `borg_source_directories` (required): List of local folders to back up.
 - `borg_encryption_passphrase` (optional): Password to use for repokey or keyfile. Empty if repo is unencrypted.
 - `borgmatic_config_name` (optional): Name to use for the borgmatic config file. Defaults to `config.yml`
+- `borgmatic_large_repo` (optional): Does repo-checking on a weekly basis instead of daily. Good for repos with 100GB+ size.
 - `borg_exclude_patterns` (optional): Paths or patterns to exclude from backup. See [official documentation](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/help.html#borg-help-patterns) for more.
 - `borg_one_file_system` (optional): Don't cross file-system boundaries. Defaults to `true`
 - `borg_exclude_from` (optional): Read exclude patterns from one or more separate named files, one pattern per line.

defaults/main.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 borg_encryption_passphrase: ''
 borg_exclude_patterns: []
 borgmatic_config_name: config.yaml
+borgmatic_large_repo: false
 borg_one_file_system: true
 borg_exclude_from: []
 borg_encryption_passcommand: false

tasks/main.yml

@@ -46,14 +46,36 @@
     dest: "/etc/borgmatic/{{ borgmatic_config_name }}"
     mode: 0600
 
-- name: Add cron-job for borgmatic
+- name: Add cron-job for borgmatic (large repo, create and prune)
   cron: 
-    name: "borgmatic"
+    name: "borgmatic-create"
-    hour: "{{ 4 |random }}"
+    hour: "{{ 6 |random }}"
+    minute: "{{ 59 |random }}"
+    user: "root"
+    cron_file: borgmatic
+    job: "/usr/local/bin/borgmatic -c /etc/borgmatic/{{ borgmatic_config_name }} --create --prune"
+  when: borgmatic_large_repo
+
+- name: Add cron-job for borgmatic (large repo, check)
+  cron: 
+    name: "borgmatic-check"
+    weekday: 0
+    hour: "{{ range(7, 24) |random }}"
+    minute: "{{ 59 |random }}"
+    user: "root"
+    cron_file: borgmatic
+    job: "/usr/local/bin/borgmatic -c /etc/borgmatic/{{ borgmatic_config_name }} --check"
+  when: borgmatic_large_repo
+
+- name: Add cron-job for borgmatic (normal-sized repo)
+  cron: 
+    name: "borgmatic-create"
+    hour: "{{ 6 |random }}"
     minute: "{{ 59 |random }}"
     user: "root"
     cron_file: borgmatic
     job: "/usr/local/bin/borgmatic -c /etc/borgmatic/{{ borgmatic_config_name }}"
+  when: not borgmatic_large_repo
 
 - name: Set PATH for borgmatic cron job.
   cron:

templates/config.yaml.j2

@@ -106,9 +106,8 @@ consistency:
     # "archive" checks all of the archives, and "extract" does an extraction dry-run
     # of just the most recent archive.
     checks:
-        - disabled
+        - repository
-        # - repository
+        - archives
-        # - archives
 
     # Restrict the number of checked archives to the last n. Applies only to the "archives" check.
     check_last: 3