Automatically back up your smart home hub configuration

On a schedule, your smart home hub's settings are copied to a backup server so you never lose your configuration.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
File & Cloud Storage
Connects
HomebridgeFTP

The problem it solves

If your smart home or building hub crashes or needs a reset, rebuilding every device, automation, and setting from scratch can eat up an entire day. You need a safety net so a hardware failure doesn't turn into a rebuild project.

Who it fits

A small business or property manager running a smart home or smart building automation hub.

How it works

  1. On a set schedule, the system connects to your smart home hub
  2. It requests a full backup file of your current configuration
  3. The backup file is uploaded to your backup server
  4. The previous backup is replaced with the newest version
What you get

A fresh hub backup on standby

Your smart home hub's configuration gets copied to a backup server on schedule, ready to restore if you ever need it.

What you get

A current backup file of your smart home hub's configuration stored safely on your backup server.

What you need

A smart home hub with API access and an FTP or SFTP backup server.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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