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jcwillox / hass-auto-backup

🗃️ Improved Backup Service for Home Assistant that can Automatically Remove Backups and Supports Generational Backup Schemes.
https://jcwillox.github.io/hass-auto-backup
MIT License
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How to use USB Stick for backup_path? #27

Open Senbei123 opened 3 years ago

Senbei123 commented 3 years ago

Hi,

your integrations works fine and I'm looking for a solution to use the backup_path with a USB stick. This stick is plugged in one of the four usb port of the raspberry pi.

What do I have to enter in the backup_path, that my snapshot files get stored on the usb stick? If this is not working, how can I use a shared folder from my Synology device?

Many thanks in advance. Tristan

jcwillox commented 3 years ago

A bit delayed here on my response, but this will still be relevant to someone. The backup_path option is a bit of a weird one and it's use cases are actually quite limited. This is because in order for it to work the drive/folder must be accessible by the Home Assistant container, this comment talks a bit more about it, but basically only a few folders like /config are actually accessible. Something like hassio-rclone-backup may be a more suitable option for exporting your backups.