[Backup] Ability to specify folders and a backup target in backup.create

Feature Requests
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Hi!

I think the Home Assistant backup feature is really powerful, hence I’d like to use it to backup other containers in my setup as well.

In my current setup I’m using Home Assistant in Docker and I use ualex73/monitor_docker: Monitor Docker containers from Home Assistant to monitor all the Docker containers.

In my ideal world I’d like to make periodic backups of these containers using Home Assistant to the available backup locations (e.g. my Synology NAS). Home Assistant allows me to stop a container, back up the necessary files and then start the container again.

So my feature request is:

“Allow the backup.create action to also specify folders to include in the backups and the target where to backup to”

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Home Assistant itself does not have control over the underlying OS nor the docker engine, so it can’t backup nor control them. Such tasks are performed by the Supervisor (in combination with the embedded host-agent) in the HA-OS and then these containers are called add-ons.

The backup system in Home Assistant is designed and meant to backup and restore Home Assistant and its needed parts (eq. add-ons, configuration and integrated database), but not be a common backup and restore platform for external systems.

I think your request would better fit to be placed at the custom component you mentioned.

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