Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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I show you how to use a Home Assistant Add-On to backup your data to a NAS and to Google Drive.

Add-On: github.com/sabeechen/hassio-google-drive-backup

Authentication explained: github.com/sabeechen/hassio-google-drive-backup/blob/master/hassio-google-drive-backup/AUTHENTICATION.md

Get your own Google Drive Credentials: github.com/sabeechen/hassio-google-drive-backup/blob/master/LOCAL_AUTH.md

00:00 Intro
00:31 3-2-1 Backup Approach
01:19 Backup functionality in Home Assistant
01:55 My Backup Approach using TrueNAS Scale
03:25 Home Assistant Backup Location | NAS
03:50 Add-On Installation
04:52 Add-On Settings
07:59 Connecting to Google Drive
08:54 Backup Failure Notification
09:13 Outro

#homeassistant #backups #googledrive