Provide folder USERDATA as well in \public\openHAB2\.

[loovanloon]

ENHANCEMENT: For backup and restore purposes of the installation configured through the paper UI I think it is usefull to provide access to the USERDATA folder as well in the \public\openHAB2\ folder

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[cniweb]

The folder USERDATA should also be linked via /public/openhab2/ or /smarthome/openhab2/ or /var/services/homes/openhab2/

[SchoppAx]

@cniweb tell me if I'm wrong, but i think the "innovation" of the openhab2 config files (userdata) are, that they can be full managed with the PaperUI. So the user doesn't need to change the config files itselfs.

[loovanloon]

@SchoppAx The issue is not changing the files, but backing up the files.

In OH2 there are indeed 2 ways of configuration:

1. through config-text files: stored in /openhab2/conf/ (OH1 style)
2. through PaperUI: stored in JSONDB in /openhab2/userdata/

Hence to (easily) backup the configuration that was made through the PaperUI (and stored in JSONDB) you also need easy access to /openhab2/userdata/

[aurelio1]

While the PaperUI can make several things easier, it is far from being that powerful to replace manual editing of config files. But the config files are already linked in the public folder so it is no issue at all editing them from DSM. If you set up a new device, from my experience it happens often that you have to check the logfiles or changing some log settings (these are also in the userdata folder). I did the link myself, but for sure it would be useful if the SynOH2 installation linked the userdata folder to the public as it does with the config folder. And for backup also, as you write. It is useful anyway.

[cniweb]

Another case would be the update. Because the update does not work, but only an uninstall and install. The data will be deleted.

[cniweb]

@loovanloon and @aurelio1 I add the userdata folder, is this ok (see my commit)?

[aurelio1]

@cniweb Great, thank you! I just wondered why it is necessary to remove the single userdata subdirectories such as tmp, log, logs and cache. Why didn't you do it at once, as with the conf directory that includes all subdirectories? I did it manually up to now and moved the directory and linked to it in one operation.

[cniweb]

@aurelio1 Because the directories: config, etc, jsondb and kar contain data that must be retained during the update.

[loovanloon]

@cniweb Christian, Where can I download the SPK that contains the change? I'm quite new to Github.

[cniweb]

I think I have time this sunday...

[cniweb]

@loovanloon New version is released: https://github.com/openhab/openhab-syno-spk/releases/tag/2.2.0.008-SNAPSHOT