Home Assistant Discourse Backup Sync
Home Assistant Add-on for automated Discourse backup sync
2025
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A Home Assistant Add-on that connects to a Discourse community forum server via API to automatically retrieve and download backup files to the local disk. It allows the user to configure a retention schedule, ensuring older backups are pruned to save space. The add-on is automatically built and deployed to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR) using GitHub Actions.
Technologies Used
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PythonBashJavaScriptHTML
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DockerHome Assistant
devops
GitHub Actions
Challenges
Integrating with the Home Assistant Add-on structure. Implementing reliable API communication with the Discourse server, including handling authentication and large file transfers. Configuring automated build and deployment to GHCR.
Key Learnings
Building **Docker containers** specific to the **Home Assistant Add-on** specification. Utilizing **Python's `requests` library** for secure API interaction and file transfer. Setting up multi-stage builds and **GitHub Actions** workflows for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
