#GOOGLE DATA BACKUP INSTALL#
#GOOGLE DATA BACKUP UPDATE#
#GOOGLE DATA BACKUP FREE#

How will I know this will be there when I need it? I never thought I'd be getting community pressure to translate the UI into portugese, but here I am dealing with those kinds of problems now. This project started out as me doing exactly that for myself, and now its grown into a mature project with ~100k people using it all over the world. If you want a backup strategy highly customized to your needs, you might be better off hacking something together with automations and the samba addon, for example. Be customized outside of what the settings allow.Upload somewhere other than Google Drive.Create backups only when your configuration changes.To do that it sacrafices customizability.

It has a fancy-pants web interface you can look at to see how things are going. It provides clear error messages when things go wrong and explains how you fix it. This addon is focused on making backup simple, reliable, easy to understand, and well supported. If you'd still prefer use edit your setting in yaml or through the supervisor, the list of configurable options with explanations is available here. It is recommended to modify the setting this way because the UI makes it easy and explains what each option does. You're done!Īfter you start the addon you have an opportunity to review your settings within the addon's Web-UI before you connect it to Google Drive.

Here you can make a new backups, see the progress of uploading to Google Drive, etc. You should be redirected automatically to the backup status page. Alternatively, you can generate your own Google API credentials, though the process is not simple.

#GOOGLE DATA BACKUP UPDATE#

You can click Settings to change those options through the add-on (which is the recommended way, they take effect immediately), or update them from the page where you installed the add-on as described below (also works, restart for them to take effect).Ĭlick the Authenticate with Drive button to link the add-on with your Google Drive account. The 'Getting Started' page will tell you how many backups you have and what it will do with them once you connect it to Google Drive.

#GOOGLE DATA BACKUP INSTALL#

If it still doesn't show up, clear your browser's cache and it should then.Ĭlick Install and give it a few minutes to finish downloading.Ĭlick Start, give it a few seconds to spin up, and then click the Open Web UI button that appears. On most browser the keyboard shortcut for this is CTRL+F5. You might need to wait a few seconds and then 'hard refesh' the page for it to show up. Note: Home Assistant loads the repository in the background and the new item won't always show up automatically. Reload the page, scroll to the bottom to find the new repository, and click the new add-on named 'Home Assistant Google Drive Backup': > Repositories and add this repository's URL: Navigate in your Home Assistant frontend to Settings -> Add-ons -> Add-on Store (Bottom Right).Ĭlick the 3-dots menu at upper right. You can join those helping to keep the lights on at:

#GOOGLE DATA BACKUP FREE#

This project requires financial support to make the Google Drive integration work, but it is free for you to use. Here are some videos about it from others if you'd like to get an idea of what using it looks like or what the community thinks: This addon has been featured by %YOUR_FAVORITE_HA_YOUTUBER% and is often listed as an essential addon when starting with Home Assistant.

Most certainly doesn't mine bitcoin on your home automation server.

Super easy installation and configuration.

Notifies you when something goes wrong with your backups.

Integrates with Home Assistant Notifications and provides sensors you can trigger off of.

Restore from a fresh install or recover quickly from disaster by uploading your backups directly from Google Drive.

Lots of options for customization, but never requires you to write a yaml file.

Clean up old backups in Home Assistant and Google Drive, so you don't run out of space.

Uploads backups to Drive, even the ones it didn't create.

Creates backups on a configurable schedule.

Detailed install instructions are below if that doesn't seem clear. It will tell you what to do and only takes a few simple clicks. Detailed install instructions are provided below but you can just add this repo, click install and open the Web UI. It doesn't require much familiarity with Home Assistant, its architecture, or Google Drive. This is for you if you want to quickly set up a backup strategy without much fuss. A complete and easy way to back up Home Assistant to Google Drive.

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