[workaround]Download/Upload configuration from web gui

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Hi!

It would be really nice, if it would be possible to download the pimatic configuration from the web interface (e.g. to make a backup of the config on another PC)
And it would be even nicer if it would be possible to upload another version of the config onto pimatic using the web interface (Like it is possible on most routers for example)

Fritz

@fritz-hh There is a build-in editor for the config.json file. You can copy/past from there the config file.

@koffienl : I am not sure to undestand what you mean. Do you mean, that there is already a config editor accessible from the web-gui. How is it possible to access it? I did not find it.

There is a config editor in the main pimatic menu called “Config” if you switch the view in there to “Code” you can copy/paste.

You could also use the mail plugin.

IF button is pressed

THEN send mail to:"bla@bla.com" subject:"Pimatic config backup" html:"$system-time.time" file:"/home/pi/pimatic-app/config.json"

I upload the config every night at 00:00 to my server by ftp:

if its 00:00 then

execute "cp /home/pi/pimatic-app/config.json /home/pi/pimatic-app/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.json" and execute "ftp-upload -h 192.168.1.201 -u username --password password -d /web/pimatic-backup/thuis /home/pi/pimatic-app/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.json" after 1s and execute " rm /home/pi/pimatic-app/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.json" after 5s

copy and rename to the date:

@incmve : Thank you for the hint. I must say that do not feel very well sending in a mail the passwords located in the config file though.

@sweebee Thank you. That seems a good way to go by now. A download and upload on the web-gui would still be nice though.

FTP isn´t a Email!

To access the config from the web interface, your user need the rights.
the permission is: “config”: “write”

  "roles": [
    {
      "name": "admin",
      "permissions": {
        "pages": "write",
        "rules": "write",
        "variables": "write",
        "messages": "write",
        "events": "write",
        "devices": "write",
        "groups": "write",
        "plugins": "write",
        "updates": "write",
        "controlDevices": true,
        "restart": true,
        "config": "write",
        "database": "write"
      }
    }
  ],

@fritz-hh I don’t mind. nothing of my domotica is accessible from the outside

@incmve What about the configuration of the mail plugin (email address and password?)

i’m doing a similar thing like @sweebee does.
using a rule that saves my config every night to my nas that is mounted to my pi.
works like a charm and easy to use.

btw - very nice evaluation of your rule with copy and rename the config file.
will adapt this to my backup rule!

@Icesory said:

FTP isn´t a Email!

I know .
I was answering to @incmve

To access the config from the web interface, your user need the rights.
the permission is: “config”: “write”

  "roles": [
    {
      "name": "admin",
      "permissions": {
        "pages": "write",
        "rules": "write",
        "variables": "write",
        "messages": "write",
        "events": "write",
        "devices": "write",
        "groups": "write",
        "plugins": "write",
        "updates": "write",
        "controlDevices": true,
        "restart": true,
        "config": "write",
        "database": "write"
      }
    }
  ],

Thanks! I was not aware of this configuration switch.

@fritz-hh thats a gmail account I made for pimatic, not used for anything else.

Thanks to all for the hints. This fulfills exactly my needs. Therefore in my opinion this feature request can be considered as be already available.

Thanks for the hint with the possibility to switch to the edit mode in the config menu!
Great feature! (i think it would be very useful to mention this in the “Tutorial”).

@sweebee
I’ve some issues with the ftp-upload command. When i run it from the command line i get this error:
@pimatic:~/pimatic-app $ ftp-upload -h 192.168.0.10 -u ftp_user --password xxxx -d /volume1/FTP/pimatic-backup/ /home/pi/pimatic-app/date +%Y-%m-%d.json
ftp-upload: can’t chdir to /volume1/FTP/pimatic-backup/ (550 No such file or directory.)

The ftp server is running on my Synology NAS and the folder pimatic-backup exists with read/write permissions.

Do you have an idea?

@dennisvanderwolf are you sure thats the absolute path for the ftp user? try to login to that ftp account with an ftp client and see which folder is the top one for that user.

@sweebee I had to remove the volume1 dir. Now the ftp-upload command is working. Thanks. I only see this in the log off pimatic when the rule runs: error [pimatic]: rule backup-pimatic error executing an action: Array.isArray(tags)

I made a simple plugin for backing up via ftp: https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/4298/pimatic-backup