4 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/defaults/main.yml b/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/defaults/main.yml
index cdc58750..6e874daf 100644
--- a/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 #   somehost:
 #     ssh_hostname: 192.0.2.0
 #     ssh_port: 222
+#     periodic:  # optional
+#       schedule: "*-*-* 01,13:30:00"
+#       timeout: 8h
 #     paths:
 #       nvme/vm:
 #         recursive: yes
diff --git a/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/tasks/main.yml b/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/tasks/main.yml
index 53aa434a..a01900b1 100644
--- a/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/tasks/main.yml
@@ -45,3 +45,23 @@
   template:
     src: systemd.service.j2
     dest: "/etc/systemd/system/syncoid-{{ item.key }}.service"
+
+- name: create systemd timer units for periodic backups
+  loop: "{{ zfs_syncoid_sources | dict2items }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+  when: "'periodic' in item.value"
+  template:
+    src: systemd.timer.j2
+    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/syncoid-{{ item.key }}.timer"
+
+- name: make sure systemd timer units for periodic backups are enabled and started
+  loop: "{{ zfs_syncoid_sources | dict2items }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+  when: "'periodic' in item.value"
+  systemd:
+    daemon_reload: yes
+    name: "syncoid-{{ item.key }}.timer"
+    state: started
+    enabled: yes
diff --git a/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/templates/systemd.service.j2 b/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/templates/systemd.service.j2
index ada34336..0d214595 100644
--- a/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/templates/systemd.service.j2
+++ b/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/templates/systemd.service.j2
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Type=oneshot
 {% for path,config in item.value.paths.items() %}
 ExecStart=/var/lib/syncoid/syncoid_wrapper --dumpsnaps --quiet {{ config.recursive | default(false) | ternary('-r ', '') }}{{ config.skip_parent | default(false) | ternary('--skip-parent ', '') }}{% for re in config.exclude | default([]) %}--exclude='{{ re }}' {% endfor %}{% if 'ssh_port' in item.value %}--sshport {{ item.value.ssh_port }} {% endif %}root@{{ item.value.ssh_hostname }}:{{ path }} {{ zfs_syncoid_target_pool }}/{{ item.key }}/{{ path }}
 {% endfor %}
+{% if 'periodic' in item.value %}
+TimeoutStartSec={{ item.value.periodic.timeout }}
+{% endif %}
 PrivateTmp=yes
 ProtectHome=yes
 ProtectKernelTunables=yes
diff --git a/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/templates/systemd.timer.j2 b/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/templates/systemd.timer.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..260a8938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/storage/zfs/syncoid/templates/systemd.timer.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=syncoid-based backup for {{ item.key }}
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar={{ item.value.periodic.schedule }}
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target