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Backup script for Hubitat Elevation that runs on Synology NAS
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| #https://gist.github.com/howellcc/70f5c45a9902f9a3fe4e566ceedf1bca | |
| #This is a backup script that I'm running on my Synology NAS to back up my Hubitat Elevation. | |
| he_login=[Hubitat Username] | |
| he_passwd=[Hubitat Password] | |
| he_ipaddr=[Hubitat IP Address] | |
| backupdir='[Backup Location]' #no trailing space | |
| hubname='Hubitat' #in case you have multiple hubs | |
| versionsToKeep=60 | |
| #fix a silly off by 1 error | |
| ((versionsToKeep=versionsToKeep+1)) | |
| cookiefilename='cookiefile.txt' | |
| cookiefile=$backupdir/$cookiefilename | |
| backupfilename=${hubname}_$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M).lzf | |
| curl -k -c $cookiefile -d username=$he_login -d password=$he_passwd https://$he_ipaddr/login | |
| curl -k -sb $cookiefile https://$he_ipaddr/hub2/localBackups \ | |
| | jq '.[-1].path' \ | |
| | sed -e 's/.*dbBackup\///' -e s/\"// \ | |
| | xargs -I @ curl -k -sb $cookiefile https://$he_ipaddr/hub//backupDB?fileName=@ -o $backupdir/$backupfilename \ | |
| || exit 1 | |
| #for some reason these end up with 777 permissions | |
| chmod 440 $backupdir/$backupfilename | |
| #Delete all but the most recent X backups | |
| ls -tp $backupdir/*.lzf | grep -v '/$' | tail -n +$versionsToKeep | xargs -I {} rm -- {} | |
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you're right. This is what happens when I write it for myself, then try to make it generic to share.