Help with my first shell command

Configuration
1

So, I’m trying to get a shell command working so that I can create a backup on my HA directory to a USB stick for safe keeping.

Here is what I have so far:
In .homeassistant/scripts/backup.yaml

backup:
  alias: Backup HA Configuration Files
  sequence:
    - service: shell_command.backup_config

In .homeassistant/scripts/backup_config.sh

shell_command:
  backup_config: rsync -av /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/* /mnt/usb/backup-$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M")/ --exclude deps --exclude home-assistant_v2.db

and in .homeassistant/automation/backup.yaml

alias: Backup HA Configuration Files
trigger:
  platform: time
  hours: 1
  minutes: 1
  seconds: 0 
action:
  - service: shell_command.backup_config

The error message i receive on the dev-info page is:
2017-06-30 22:34:47 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Unable to find service shell_command/backup_config

The script is visible in the HA front end and looks like it does call the shell command or at least the backup.yaml file in the scripts directory when I click the ACTIVATE button.

Do I need to move the backup_config.sh to a different location?

Thanks in advance, I’m still kinda new to all this.

Bryan

2 
In your shellcommand.yaml .....

backup_config: './home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/scripts/backup_config.sh'

you will need ....

# Shell Commands #
shell_command: !include shellcommand.yaml

in your configuration.yaml

That should get it working :slight_smile:

3

Wherever you have your shell command defined, it should just be a path to the shell script (backup_config.sh)

4

Got it! Thanks to both of you! I can’t tell you how much time this will save me in the future from not needing to rebuild when I corrupt my SD card!

Thank you so much!

5

Could anyone… please… make sure that somewhere there are pointers on the fact that it needs to have lower casing. Otherwise shell command entities do not work…