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05. Operation
Lots of cameras and smartphones are compatible to gphoto2 and hence they can be backuped convenient by Little Backup Box. This can save the need of a card reader.
On most smartphones, the PTP mode must be activated first. It's easy and the search engines help quickly here.
For optimal configuration of Little Backup Box please check the wiki: Directories to be backuped from smartphones and cameras.
To use an own rsync-server as target, you need rsync version 3.2.3 or better on your server. For server-setup have a look at readme_rsync.md
Numerous cloud storage services can be used via rclone. All configured cloud storages are offered as possible backup destinations on the "Main" page.
To configure cloud storage, go to "Settings" and there to "Configure Cloud-services" and follow the link. The rclone-gui will open in a new window.
The username for the gui is "lbb". If a global password has been set, it is also valid here.
If an error message appears (Something else but "Status: rClone Backend is connected and working as expected"): Please log out of the gui and log in again.
New services can be configured under "Configs". This can be done easily with webdav, for example.
However, many of these services use oauth and cannot be configured via the gui. In this case you have to
- install rclone on a PC or smartphone and set up the connection there
- open the generated config file and copy the required section to the clipboard
- Open the Little-Backup-Box web interface, go to "Files"
- find the rclone.conf file (into the base-folder)
- click on it and then select "Edit"
- insert the new section there
There are two groups of files excluded from backup:
"*.id": This is recognised as the storage id-marker of Little Backup Box.
Folders of the name "tims": They are recognised as thumbnail-folders of mejiro and not backups to save storage and time.