Hass.io Add-on: Upload hassio snapshots to Dropbox

Bobby_Nobble · November 28, 2018, 6:28pm

Again, just like the other

hurlman · November 28, 2018, 9:48pm

Actually no, the other addon only runs at a set time interval.

danielwelch · November 28, 2018, 10:11pm

To be pedantic, if for whatever reason you really don’t like running at a set interval, you could automate the add-on to start and stop using service calls. Dougal’s add-on is great

Bobby_Nobble · December 1, 2018, 2:00am

Actually yes!

The add-on doesn’t have any kind of time interval built in, it’s entirely down to the automation you create to trigger it like everything in HA.

tboyce1 · December 10, 2018, 10:47pm

To clarify for anyone else who stumbles upon this because I had to read into it myself: It looks like the Dropbox uploader here has an interval for the time between checks for new backups. The interval doesn’t pertain to actually creating the backup. You need to trigger a backup via automation then every X mins the add-on will check if there are new backups to upload.

neubob · December 19, 2018, 5:11pm

Set this up today and it’s awesome. I now have daily backups with the last 5 being saved to dropbox.

sholofly · December 19, 2018, 5:54pm

Simply brilliant

screzwell · December 24, 2018, 1:54pm

I installed the add on today and had chose access to app rather than folder. This created a folder in dropbox and saved each backup as “Hassio Backup” rather than dated. I figured i’d try “Full Dropbox” (Makes no odds to me anyway as i don’t use Dropbox for any other reason )
So i tried a fresh uninstall/install of the add on with a fresh token, but when i try to start the add on i get the following error:
18-12-24 13:45:37 ERROR (SyncWorker_5) [hassio.docker] Can't start addon_7be23ff5_dropbox_sync: 403 Client Error: Forbidden ("endpoint with name addon_7be23ff5_dropbox_sync already exists in network hassio")

I have Hassio installed through Rasbian Stretch on a Pi running from USB.

Any ideas how i can resolve this? It was running great and i was triggering automations which were running perfect, but since i tried to re-configure it is saying it’s already there.

talondnb · December 31, 2018, 12:44am

Dougal’s addons set interval is actually how often to check for backups. You still have to create an automation to create the backup.

au190 · January 2, 2019, 10:07pm

Hi All

Thanks for the great Plugin !
I have a question, I would like to store my jpg in different directory, and I want to modify the

find /share -regextype posix-extended -regex “^.*.(${FILETYPES})” -exec ./dropbox_uploader.sh -s -f /etc/uploader.conf upload {} “$OUTPUT_DIR” “myDIR”;

But I could not find the run.sh file, why ? Where is this file in hassio?
Ima using rabery Pi3.
Thx.

Zach_Davis · January 2, 2019, 10:53pm

Am I missing how to keep the dated name in Dropbox? My backups show the name in HASS but in Dropbox they show the old ugly name

DavidFW1960 · January 2, 2019, 10:58pm

That’s because the file name is the ugly name and Hass.io reads inside the file for the other information it displays. There’s no way around it other than sorting in date order.

Zach_Davis · January 2, 2019, 11:12pm

that’s ugly. Thanks for the quick reply though!

talondnb · January 3, 2019, 8:11am

Check out dougal’s version, it allows for snapshot_name as opposed to the slugly name.

stevemann · January 15, 2019, 5:32pm

Not sure if I need to start a new thread or not… But, I added the add-on through the add-on store in Hass.io. I set up the app in my Dropbox account and generated the auth code. (The permission type is ‘App Folder’).

Here is my config:

Now what?
I did a new backup, but nothing shows up in the newly created folder in my DropBox/Apps folder.

I read in the ReadMe file that to trigger an upload “by calling the hassio.addon_stdin service”, but in the <>Services tab, I have no such service.

So, what have I done wrong?

Thanks,
Sig

Mukund · January 29, 2019, 12:55pm

The addon works perfectly, however, my automation to do a local snapshot is not a 100%.
I have this for the automation.

  alias: Backup Local
  trigger:
  - at: 02:00:00
    platform: time
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      name: "Automated Backup {{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}"

It seems to be creating snapshots with the name Automated Backup {{ now().strftime(’%Y-%m-%d’) }} and not Automated Backup 2019-01-29

What am I doing wrong here?

caiosweet · January 29, 2019, 3:36pm

Use data_template: and not data:

Mukund · January 29, 2019, 7:26pm

That did the trick. Thanks

nenonano · January 30, 2019, 5:16pm

Hi there

I’m using @danielwelch’s addon in an automation… is there a way to know when the upload is finished?

I see in the addon’s log:

[Info] Received message with command upload
[Info] Uploading all .tar files in /backup (skipping those already in Dropbox)
> Uploading “/backup/39480781.tar” to “/hassio-backups/39480781.tar” by 6 chunks … DONE
> Skipping already existing file “/hassio-backups/683575fe.tar”
[Info] keep_last option is set, cleaning up files…
[Info] Deleted snapshot 683575fe

how can I use such an info in my automation?

TIA

WTFoX74 · February 25, 2019, 9:10pm

I think I got everything in place for dropbox backup: the add-on + configuration and an account.

How can I test is via services in the UI?

I’ve read some automation tasks, what is best to do now?