introduced variables for hostname, user and mountpoint

README.md

@@ -16,16 +16,10 @@ For this 'pull method' to work I needed to add the following line to the servers
 %sudo  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
 ```
 
-*Notice:*
-
-The server file system will be mounted at `tmp/mnt/ag-link-server` on your local machine. Define the paths to be backed up from there on.
-
-
 ## Dependencies
 
 Backup depends on:
 
-- `borgbackup`
 - `borgmatic`
 - `sshfs`
 

ag-backup.yaml

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 # For example, if you have a constant named "hostname" with the value
 # "myhostname", then the string "{hostname}" will be replaced with
 # "myhostname" in the configuration file.
-# constants:
+ constants:
-    # hostname: myhostname
+     hostname: ag-link.xyz
-    # prefix: myprefix
+     user: your-username-on-server 
+     mountpoint: /tmp/mnt/ag-link-server  
 
 # Where to look for files to backup, and where to store those backups.
 # See https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quickstart.html and
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ location:
     # List of source directories to backup. Globs and tildes are
     # expanded. Do not backslash spaces in path names.
     source_directories:
-        - /tmp/mnt/ag-link-server/home/docker
+        - {mountpoint}/home/docker
 
     # Paths to local or remote repositories (required). Tildes are
     # expanded. Multiple repositories are backed up to in
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@ hooks:
     # before creating a backup, run once per repository.
     before_backup:
         - mkdir -p /tmp/mnt/ag-link-server
-        - sshfs ag-link.xyz:/ /tmp/mnt/ag-link-server -o sftp_server='/usr/bin/sudo /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server'
+        - sshfs {username}@{hostname}:/ /tmp/mnt/ag-link-server -o sftp_server='/usr/bin/sudo /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server'
 
     # List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute
     # before pruning, run once per repository.
@@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ hooks:
     # List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute
     # after creating a backup, run once per repository.
     after_backup:
-        - fusermount -u /tmp/mnt/ag-link-server 
+        - fusermount -u {mountpoint} 
 
     # List of one or more shell commands or scripts to execute
     # after compaction, run once per repository.

shell.nix

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ with import <nixpkgs> {};
 
 mkShell {
   name = "Dependencies for Server Backup";
-  buildInputs = [borgbackup borgmatic sshfs];
+  buildInputs = [borgmatic sshfs];
   shellHook = ''
     echo "Good luck backing up!"
   '';