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+#!/bin/bash
+set -x 
+
+# Set your Home Assistant SSH credentials
+HA_SSH_KEY="/home/user/.ssh/HomeAssistant-key"
+HA_SSH_USER="root"
+HA_SSH_HOST="HOME.ASSISTANT.IP.ADDRESS"
+
+# Set the backup destination path
+BACKUP_DEST="/BACKUP/DESTINATION"
+
+# Create a backup on the Home Assistant server and extract the slug
+BACKUP_OUTPUT=$(ssh -i "$HA_SSH_KEY" "$HA_SSH_USER@$HA_SSH_HOST" "ha backup new --name=auto_backup_$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')")
+BACKUP_SLUG=$(echo "$BACKUP_OUTPUT" | awk '/slug:/ {print $2}')
+
+# Copy the backup file from Home Assistant to your local machine
+scp -i "$HA_SSH_KEY" "$HA_SSH_USER@$HA_SSH_HOST:/backup/${BACKUP_SLUG}.tar" "$BACKUP_DEST/${BACKUP_SLUG}_$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').tar"
+
+# Clean up old backups if needed (adjust the number of days to keep)
+find "$BACKUP_DEST" -name '*.tar' -mtime +303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030 -exec rm {} \;
+
+echo "Backup completed successfully: $BACKUP_DEST/${BACKUP_SLUG}_$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').tar.tar"