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Clarify documentation overview of monitoring options.

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1.5.10.dev0
* Clarify documentation on configuration overrides, specifically the portion about list syntax:
http://localhost:8080/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups/#configuration-overrides
http://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups/#configuration-overrides
* Clarify documentation overview of monitoring options:
http://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/
1.5.9
* #300: Add "borgmatic export-tar" action to export an archive to a tar-formatted file or stream.

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There are several different ways you can monitor your backups and find out
whether they're succeeding. Which of these you choose to do is up to you and
your particular infrastructure:
your particular infrastructure.
1. **Job runner alerts**: The easiest place to start is with failure alerts
from the [scheduled job
runner](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/set-up-backups/#autopilot) (cron,
systemd, etc.) that's running borgmatic. But note that if the job doesn't even
get scheduled (e.g. due to the job runner not running), you probably won't get
an alert at all! Still, this is a decent first line of defense, especially
when combined with some of the other approaches below.
2. **borgmatic error hooks**: The `on_error` hook allows you to run an arbitrary
command or script when borgmatic itself encounters an error running your
backups. So for instance, you can run a script to send yourself a text message
alert. But note that if borgmatic doesn't actually run, this alert won't fire.
See [error
### Job runner alerts
The easiest place to start is with failure alerts from the [scheduled job
runner](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/set-up-backups/#autopilot)
(cron, systemd, etc.) that's running borgmatic. But note that if the job
doesn't even get scheduled (e.g. due to the job runner not running), you
probably won't get an alert at all! Still, this is a decent first line of
defense, especially when combined with some of the other approaches below.
### Commands run on error
The `on_error` hook allows you to run an arbitrary command or script when
borgmatic itself encounters an error running your backups. So for instance,
you can run a script to send yourself a text message alert. But note that if
borgmatic doesn't actually run, this alert won't fire. See [error
hooks](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#error-hooks)
below for how to configure this.
4. **borgmatic monitoring hooks**: This feature integrates with monitoring
services like [Healthchecks](https://healthchecks.io/),
[Cronitor](https://cronitor.io), [Cronhub](https://cronhub.io), and
[PagerDuty](https://www.pagerduty.com/) and pings these services whenever
borgmatic runs. That way, you'll receive an alert when something goes wrong or
(for certain hooks) the service doesn't hear from borgmatic for a configured
interval. See [Healthchecks
hook](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#healthchecks-hook), [Cronitor
hook](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#cronitor-hook), [Cronhub
hook](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#cronhub-hook), and
[PagerDuty hook](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#pagerduty-hook)
### Third-party monitoring services
borgmatic integrates with monitoring services like
[Healthchecks](https://healthchecks.io/), [Cronitor](https://cronitor.io),
[Cronhub](https://cronhub.io), and [PagerDuty](https://www.pagerduty.com/) and
pings these services whenever borgmatic runs. That way, you'll receive an
alert when something goes wrong or (for certain hooks) the service doesn't
hear from borgmatic for a configured interval. See [Healthchecks
hook](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#healthchecks-hook),
[Cronitor
hook](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#cronitor-hook),
[Cronhub
hook](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#cronhub-hook),
and [PagerDuty
hook](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#pagerduty-hook)
below for how to configure this.
3. **Third-party monitoring software**: You can use traditional monitoring
software to consume borgmatic JSON output and track when the last
successful backup occurred. See [scripting
While these services offer different features, you probably only need to use
one of them at most.
### Third-party monitoring software
You can use traditional monitoring software to consume borgmatic JSON output
and track when the last successful backup occurred. See [scripting
borgmatic](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#scripting-borgmatic)
and [related software](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#related-software)
and [related
software](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#related-software)
below for how to configure this.
5. **Borg hosting providers**: Most [Borg hosting
### Borg hosting providers
Most [Borg hosting
providers](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#hosting-providers) include
monitoring and alerting as part of their offering. This gives you a dashboard
to check on all of your backups, and can alert you if the service doesn't hear
from borgmatic for a configured interval.
6. **borgmatic consistency checks**: While not strictly part of monitoring, if you
really want confidence that your backups are not only running but are
restorable as well, you can configure particular [consistency
### Consistency checks
While not strictly part of monitoring, if you really want confidence that your
backups are not only running but are restorable as well, you can configure
particular [consistency
checks](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/deal-with-very-large-backups/#consistency-check-configuration)
or even script full [extract
tests](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/extract-a-backup/).