Export/backup of automations

Is there any way to export/backup an Automation from one HA installtion to another (on a different host)?

Sure, the automations all live in automations.yaml.

Of course, if you used device triggers/conditions/actions none of those will be valid, and if you didn’t then the odds are all the entity_ids are different too.

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The easiest way to access automations.yaml (the file where automations are saved) is probably via an Add-On such as:

Remember that a second host may not have the same entity names as the first.

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I back up the whole config folder every couple of months, using CX File Explorer on an Android tablet. Very useful for reference.

Hi James.
I’ll try.
Thanks