How to automatically backup Home Assistant to Google Drive

In this video, I will show you how to set up automatic backups and send copies of the backups to Google Drive. So you can have them in the cloud and quickly recover your Home Assistance configuration.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:32 Default backup system
0:58 Home Assistant Google Drive Backup add-on
1:08 Installation
1:58 Configuration
2:48 Web interface overview
3:29 Settings overview
5:49 Create manual backups
6:28 How to monitor backups
6:53 Automation to send alerts to a mobile device
8:06 Backups Alert Lovelace card

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