Overview#
Auto Backup is an Improved Backup Service for Home Assistant that can Automatically Remove Backups and Supports Generational Backup Schemes.
While Home Assistant does provide built-in services for creating backups, they do not provide the ability to exclude items from a backup, or advanced retention settings, this custom integration aims to fix that. See the FAQ for more information on differences.
Features#
- Provides more advanced and configurable service calls.
- Exclude addons/folders from a backup.
- Automatically delete backups after an individually specified amount of time.
- Backup to custom locations such as network storage.
- Download backups to a specified directory after completion (for example a usb drive).
- Allows the use of addon names instead of slugs.
- Provides a sensor to monitor the status of your backups.
- Creates events for when backups are started/created/failed/deleted.
- Supports generational backup schemes.
- Supports unencrypted and encrypted backups, including the default encryption added in 2025.1.
Blueprints#
Blueprint: Automatic Backups
Create backups each day and keep them for a configurable amount of time, backups are stored less frequently the older they are.
Blueprint: Notifications
Send notifications based on events created by the Auto Backup integration, such as when a backup fails.
Configuration#
After installing Auto Backup via HACS, it can then be setup via the UI, by going to Configuration → Devices & Services → Add Integration → Auto Backup or by clicking the button below.
Options#
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Automatically delete expired backups | This option will automatically purge any expired backups when creating a new backup. |
| Backup Timeout | You can increase this value if you get timeout errors when creating a backup. This can happen with very large backups. Increasing this might make Auto Backup less reliable at monitoring backups to delete. |
Videos#
This was created by mostlychris not me, but it's a good video, so I thought I'd include it here in case it helps anyone get started.
