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Google Drive

Backupman can backup your data to Google Drive.

Configuration​

config.yml
drives:
  - provider: google_drive
    label: Google Drive
    folder: demo
    client_secret_file: /path/to/your/google-client-secret.json
    token_file: /path/to/your/google-token.json

Backupman will create a folder named demo in your Google Drive root directory.

How to get the client secret and token​

1. Get Client Secret​

  • Go to Google Cloud Console
  • Create a New Project
  • Enable Google Drive API
  • Configure OAuth Consent Screen
  • Add Test Users
  • Create OAuth Credentials (as a Desktop App)
  • Download Credentials
  • Save the file as google-client-secret.json
  • Place this file in your root project directory

2. Get Token​

You can use the prebuild binary to get the token. Run the following command:

backupman auth-google

This will open a browser window to authenticate your Google account and generate the token file (google-token.json by default).

See auth-google for more details on the command.