Backing up to Nextcloud WebDAV

Before proceeding, please ensure that you have had a backup storage pool created under bks-{your username}. If you do not, contact GRIT support to get this setup first.

Backup to WebDAV using rclone on OSX & Linux

Step 1: Install rclone

From the terminal run the following command to install rclone

sudo -v ; curl “https://rclone.org/install.sh” | sudo bash

Step 2: Configure rclone

Run the following command to set up the Nextcloud WebDAV link
```
rclone config
```

Enter n to set up a new remote storage connection, and give the remote connection a name

To connect to WebDAV, enter webdav

Enter the URL to the Nextcloud WebDAV URL found in your Nextcloud Storage WebUI. Ex: https://nextcloud.grit.ucsb.edu/remote.php/dav/files/{username}/bks-{username}

Enter nextcloud to set Nextcloud as the WebDAV provider then

Enter your Nextcloud username

Enter your App password set in Nextcloud documented here, then confirm the password (Settings > Security .. scroll to the bottom to create App Password)

Press enter to leave the Bearer Token blank, and enter n to skip the Advanced Config

Confirm your setup by entering y to keep your Nextcloud Remote connection

Enter q to exit the config

Test your rclone setup by running

rclone copy -v -P /local storage path/ Nextcloud:Backup