Invalid repository error with fresh BorgBase

[altsalt]

Describe the bug

journald throws an error /srv/repos/BORGBASEREPO/repo is not a valid repository. Check repo config. when trying to deploy backups via borg.

To Reproduce My vars.yml file looks like this:

backup_borg_enabled: true
backup_borg_location_repositories:
  - ssh://BORGBASEREPO@BORGBASEREPO.repo.borgbase.com/./repo
backup_borg_storage_encryption_passphrase: "REDACTED"
backup_borg_location_exclude_patterns:
  - "postgres-backup"
  - "./postgres-backup"
  - "/postgres-backup"
  - "/matrix/postgres-backup"
backup_borg_retention_keep_hourly: 0
backup_borg_retention_keep_daily: 1
backup_borg_retention_keep_weekly: 2
backup_borg_retention_keep_monthly: 2
backup_borg_retention_keep_yearly: 2
backup_borg_ssh_key_private: |
  -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
  REDACTED
  -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

Running systemctl start matrix-backup-borg on the matrix server with a fresh BorgBase repository.

Expected behavior

A backup should be pushed to the BorgBase repository.

Matrix Server:

• OS: Debian Bullseye
• Architecture amd64

Additional context

I've also filed an issue with borgbackup.

[altsalt]

I just tried running the updated version with a fresh borgbase and got this error:

Aug 04 21:24:23 TLD systemd[1]: Starting Borg Backup...
Aug 04 21:24:29 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: Repository /repository does not exist.
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: Local Exception
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:   File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/borg/archiver.py", line 5213, in main
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:     exit_code = archiver.run(args)
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:   File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/borg/archiver.py", line 5144, in run
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:     return set_ec(func(args))
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:                   ^^^^^^^^^^
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:   File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/borg/archiver.py", line 168, in wrapper
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:     with repository:
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:   File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/borg/repository.py", line 198, in __enter__
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:     self.create(self.path)
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:   File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/borg/repository.py", line 279, in create
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]:     os.mkdir(path)
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/repository'
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: Platform: Linux 3b4316e81e23 5.10.0-23-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.179-2 (2023-07-14) x86_64
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: Linux: Unknown Linux
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: Borg: 1.2.4  Python: CPython 3.11.4 msgpack: 1.0.5 fuse: None [pyfuse3,llfuse]
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: PID: 11  CWD: /
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: sys.argv: ['/usr/bin/borg', 'init', '--encryption', 'repokey-blake2', 'repository']
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND: None
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: repository: Error running actions for repository
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: Command 'borg init --encryption repokey-blake2 repository' returned non-zero exit status 2.
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: /etc/borgmatic.d/config.yaml: An error occurred
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: summary:
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: /etc/borgmatic.d/config.yaml: An error occurred
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: repository: Error running actions for repository
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: Command 'borg init --encryption repokey-blake2 repository' returned non-zero exit status 2.
Aug 04 21:24:30 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1501918]: Need some help? https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#issues
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: repository: Error running actions for repository
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: Command '('borg', 'create', '--exclude-from', '/tmp/tmpe3unb7vs', '--compression', 'lz4', '--one-file-system', '--read-special', 'repository::matrix-{now:%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S}', '/etc/borgmatic.d/config.yaml', '/matrix', '/root/.borgmatic', '--dry-run', '--list')' returned non-zero exit status 1.
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: Error while creating a backup.
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: /etc/borgmatic.d/config.yaml: An error occurred
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: summary:
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: /etc/borgmatic.d/config.yaml: An error occurred
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: repository: Error running actions for repository
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: b"- /etc/borgmatic.d/config.yaml\n- /matrix/git_hash.yml\n- /matrix/vars.yml\n- /matrix/static-files/.well-known/matrix/client\n- /matrix/static-files/.well-known/matrix/server\n- /matrix/static-files/.well-known/matrix\n- /matrix/static-files/.well-known\n- /matrix/static-files\n- /matrix/postgres/env-postgres-psql\n- /matrix/postgres/env-postgres-server\n- /matrix/postgres/bin/cli\n- /matrix/postgres/bin/cli-non-interactive\n- /matrix/postgres/bin/dump-all\n- /matrix/postgres/bin\n- /matrix/postgres/data/postmaster.pid\n- /matrix/postgres/data/core\n- /matrix/postgres/data/pg_wal/00000001000000C900000065\n- /matrix/postgres/data/pg_wal/00000001000000C90000005C\n- /matrix/postgres/data/pg_wal/00000001000000C90000000F\n- /matrix/postgres/data/pg_wal/00000001000000C900000034\n- /matrix/postgres/data/pg_wal/00000001000000C90000004D\n- /matrix/postgres/data/pg_wal/00000001000000C900000008\n- /matrix/postgres/data/pg_wal/00000001000000C900000054\n- /mat>
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: /3079\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/2692\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/2651\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/4151\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/2612\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/13572_fsm\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/2683\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/3600_fsm\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/3466\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/6176\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/1249_vm\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/2679\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/826\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/13577_fsm\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/3607\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/4152\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/6112\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/3712\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/2600_vm\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/3598\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/3380\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/4165\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/4173\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/13753/>
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: gres/data/base/16386/833216\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833217\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833220\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833221\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833222\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833223\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833224\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833225\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833228\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833229\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833230\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833231\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833232\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833233\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833236\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833237\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833238\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833239\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833240\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833243\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833244\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16386/833245\n- /matrix/postgres/data/base/16>
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: t.log.438\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.428\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.281\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.437\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.286\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.285\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.282\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.280\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.279\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.278\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.277\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.276\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.275\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.241\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.245\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.274\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.271\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.270\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.260\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.269\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.268\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.253\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.266\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.272\n- /matrix/ssl/log/letsencrypt.log.259\n- /matrix/ssl/lo>
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: Command '('borg', 'create', '--exclude-from', '/tmp/tmpe3unb7vs', '--compression', 'lz4', '--one-file-system', '--read-special', 'repository::matrix-{now:%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S}', '/etc/borgmatic.d/config.yaml', '/matrix', '/root/.borgmatic', '--dry-run', '--list')' returned non-zero exit status 1.
Aug 04 21:24:36 TLD matrix-backup-borg[1502053]: Need some help? https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#issues
Aug 04 21:24:37 TLD systemd[1]: matrix-backup-borg.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 04 21:24:37 TLD systemd[1]: matrix-backup-borg.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 04 21:24:37 TLD systemd[1]: Failed to start Borg Backup.

Also tracked on https://gitlab.com/etke.cc/roles/backup_borg/-/issues/1

[witten]

It looks like Borg is saying the repository doesn't exist and/or is on a read-only filesystem. Are either of those the case?

[altsalt]

Shouldn't be, I created a new repo on borgbase and copied the info in as recommended. The recent update to the ansible playbook juggled a few things around so I'm guessing that's where this error will stem.

[witten]

Yeah, it's fishy that the repository path appears to be /repository in these errors. That doesn't look anything like your backup_borg_location_repositories value.

[altsalt]

Yeah, that was a typo in one of their variables which has now been resolved. However the base issue is still there and I posted a new log on the gitlab issue.

[aine-etke]

with the borgmatic v1.8.2 release the issue may be closed

[altsalt]

Finally returned from my travels and confirmed this is working. Thanks!