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title: "Samba Backup"
description: "Samba Backup is an app for Home Assistant. It has 6.6k installs sharing analytics and was last updated June 26, 2024."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/samba-backup"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/samba-backup.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Samba Backup

> Samba Backup is an app for Home Assistant. It has 6.6k installs sharing analytics and was last updated June 26, 2024.

Samba Backup is an app that creates Home Assistant backups and stores them on a Samba share. Backups run at a set time of day on chosen days, or only when triggered from the user's own automations or scripts. Options cover how many backups to keep locally and on the share, a custom backup name with type, version and date patterns, and password protection for the backup files. Specific add-ons and folders can be excluded, which makes the backup partial. The app also adds a sensor that reports whether it is idle, running, succeeded or failed, with statistics in its attributes. It needs Home Assistant OS, has no sidebar page, and a compatibility mode exists for older SMB shares.

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Apps need Home Assistant OS. Container and Core installs cannot run them.

## Setting it up

Add its app repository under Settings, Apps, then install and start it.

## From the docs

> Create backups and store them on a Samba share.

From the docs of [thomasmauerer/hassio-addons](https://github.com/thomasmauerer/hassio-addons/blob/HEAD/samba-backup/DOCS.md), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## Permissions

- **Home Assistant API**: Can read and control Home Assistant.
- **Supervisor API**: Can talk to the Supervisor, which manages apps and the system.

## Configuration

- **Host**: The DNS or IP address of the Samba share, NAS, etc.
- **Share**: The name of the share.
- **Target directory**: The directory inside the share where the backups will be stored.
- **Username**: The username to access the Samba share.
- **Password**: The password to access the Samba share.
- **Keep local**: The number of backups to be preserved on the device.
- **Keep remote**: The number of backups to be preserved on the share.
- **Trigger time**: The time (format HH:MM) at which a backup will be triggered.
- **Trigger days**: The days on which a backup will be triggered.
- **Exclude add-ons**: A list of add-ons to be excluded in the backup.
- **Exclude folders**: A list of folders to be excluded in the backup.
- **Backup name**: The name of the backup.
- **Backup password**: If specified, the backups will be password protected.
- **Workgroup**: The workgroup to access the Samba share.
- **Compatibility mode**: Enables old legacy SMB protocols. NOT recommended!

## At a glance

- Kind: App
- Number: 6.6k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Connection not stated
- Upkeep: No update in over 18 months
- Needs: Needs Home Assistant OS
- Runs on: 32-bit ARM (hard float), 32-bit ARM, 64-bit ARM, x86-64, 32-bit x86
- Latest version: 5.2.0, last updated June 26, 2024
- Source: <https://github.com/thomasmauerer/hassio-addons>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/samba-backup

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