Extend initial storage quota

[lucnap]

How can I extend initial storage quota?
borg init --storage-quota 4G
after some backups I need more space how to have a repository 8G for example?

[ThomasWaldmann]

either use borg config or carefully edit your repo/config.

[ThomasWaldmann]

guess this is solved.

[Ravinou]

Hello, the borg config command or manually editing the config file on the server side does not work in my case. I still have a quota error on the client side. Is there a client side cache to clear?

Thank you!

[ThomasWaldmann]

Clientside cache: no (IIRC)

Can you give what you have in your repo config (remove the encryption key, if any)?

[Ravinou]

Hi @ThomasWaldmann , I'm currently working on a UI for a central borg repository (that I will publish soon in opensource on my github) so I can give you all the information you ask me because I am in test conditions.

So, in my repo config I have :

[repository]
version = 1
segments_per_dir = 1000
max_segment_size = 524288000
append_only = 0
storage_quota = 1000000000
additional_free_space = 0
id = eecfcbcd81e0cf5850bd9c429f0e6eaa3363d98b7816a3c6ff012f2ec8a24c74
key = XXXXXXXXXXXX

I test this command :

borg config /home/XXXX/repo storage_quota 3000000000

Now I have this config :

[repository]
version = 1
segments_per_dir = 1000
max_segment_size = 524288000
append_only = 0
storage_quota = 3000000000
additional_free_space = 0
id = eecfcbcd81e0cf5850bd9c429f0e6eaa3363d98b7816a3c6ff012f2ec8a24c74
key = XXXX

But when I try to launch a borg createI have this : The storage quota (1.00 GB) has been exceeded (1.01 GB). Try deleting some archives.

[ThomasWaldmann]

Please add the borg version you use, client and server.

[Ravinou]

borg 1.1.16 on client side and server side.

OS : Debian 11.5

[ThomasWaldmann]

I tried with 1.1.16 and I can't reproduce. If I edit the repo config and increase the quota, it immediately gets reflected by the client.

[Ravinou]

What is command on the client ? Did you launch a simple borgbackup create like me ?

[ThomasWaldmann]

I used borg create -v --stats REMOTEREPO::archive sourcedir.

The -v will give some addtl. quota info.

[ThomasWaldmann]

Are you sure you edit the correct repo config?

[Ravinou]

Oh sorry @ThomasWaldmann I just find the solution !!

My software uses the command system in authorized_keys.
But my command contains the --storage-quota option. It is this command that is actually important, and it is logical because it is launched at the user's connection. When I change the option in authorized_keys there is no change in the config file but it is perfectly functional, good to know.

I've been working for several days on all these aspects and I had forgotten that I was passing the quota option with the repository restriction here. So I was stubbornly looking for a solution with borg config when the solution was in authorized_keys because it's my usage...

Really sorry, and a huge thank you for your feedback that allowed me to look elsewhere.

Hoping that my experience will be useful to others :)

Thanks again @ThomasWaldmann ♥