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Seeking assistance with Auto Backup HACS integration (lemmy.d.thewooskeys.com)

submitted 10 months ago by mike_wooskey@lemmy.d.thewooskeys.com to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I installed the Auto Backup HACS integration and I have a network storage configured in Home Assistant (FYI, I'm running HAOS). If I use HA's Developer Tools and manually call the "Auto Backup: Backup Full" service, there is a "Location" field where I can select my network storage. The backup successfully completes and saves to my network storage.

But in an Automation (based on the Auto Backup bluerpint), I can't find a way to configure the Location - it defaults to HA's data disk (i.e., /root/backup). DO I have to manually add the location in the yaml? If so, how do I access the actual yaml? When I select "Edit in YAML", all I see is the barebones blueprint YAML:

alias: Automatic Backups
description: using the Auto Backup HACS integration
use_blueprint:
  path: jcwillox/automatic_backups.yaml
  input:
    backup_time: "02:00:00"
    enable_yearly: false

When I view the automation's traces I can see much more detailed YAML, but I can't edit it.

Thanks for assistance.

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[–] CondorWonder@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Create your own automation instead of using the blueprint. The blueprint doesn’t expose the location so it won’t work.

You might be able to look at the full yaml from the trace and copy it into a new automation (replace everything, then update the name). Once you’ve done that you should be able to use the visual editor and make whatever changes you need.

[–] mike_wooskey@lemmy.d.thewooskeys.com 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll try it.