Trouble running shell script

[jimmyeao (Jimmy White)]

I have a schell script called “backup.sh”
it sits in /config
I can happily run it from the HA terminal
/bin/bash /config/backup.sh
But when i add it to my configuration.yaml and try and run it as a service I get
[homeassistant.components.shell_command] Error running command: /bin/bash /config/backup.sh, return code: 127
127 iirc is file not found?
This is my config:

shell_command:
  run_backup: /bin/bash /config/backup.sh

the file has the relevant permissions and I have already tried chmod +x /config/backup.sh

[EdwardTFN (Edward Firmo)]

Take a look at this discussion:

Shell command - error code 127

That’s because shell commands run inside the homeassistant container, but the ha command is not available there. I’ve verified this with a Home Assistant OS VM: [image] One possible solution would be to ssh from the container to the host and run your command that way. There might be a better way to trigger an update, perhaps by calling a service. Unfortunately, I haven’t found one yet.

[jimmyeao (Jimmy White)]

I did see that, and its clear as mud
I have tried generating some keys as discussed then updating my config to:

> shell_command:
>   run_backup: ssh -i /config/.ssh/jimmy_rsa -o 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no'  [email protected] 'bash /config/backup.sh'

which gives me error 255

[SchroedersKater (Thomas)]

I know, it’s a while ago, but did you find a solution?