2025.3.2
Home ▸ Integrations ▸

WebDAV

This integration allows you to use a WebDAV compatible location for Home Assistant Backups.

Installation

Configuration

To add the WebDAV service to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Manual configuration steps

If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:

URL

URL of the WebDAV server. Common examples are provided below.

Username

Username for the WebDAV server.

Password

Password for the WebDAV server.

Backup path

Path to the folder where the backups should be stored. The path is relative to the root of the WebDAV server.

Verify SSL

Verify the SSL certificate of the WebDAV server.

Common WebDAV URLs

  • Nextcloud: https://<your-nextcloud-domain>/remote.php/webdav/ alternatively this can be found in the interface of your Nextcloud instance. To do this, open the file overview and click on ‘Settings’ in the left-hand column.
  • Owncloud: https://<your-owncloud-domain>/remote.php/webdav/
  • Hetzner Storage Box: https://<username>.your-storagebox.de
  • Strato HiDrive: https://webdav.hidrive.strato.com

Removing the integration

This integration follows standard integration removal. No extra steps are required.

To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant

  1. Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
  2. From the list of devices, select the integration instance you want to remove.
  3. Next to the entry, select the three-dot menu. Then, select Delete.
  • If you remove the integration, the backup folder is not automatically deleted. You have to manually delete it.

Known issues / limitations

Due to the nature of WebDAV, it is required to have a fairly high file upload limit on the server. If you experience issues with the backup, please check the server configuration or with your WebDAV service provider.

Following WebDAV services are known to have issues with Home Assistant backups:

  • Yandex Disk is not supported, as the speed is artificially slowed down when using WebDAV.
  • mail.ru Cloud is not supported due to the lack of support for WebDAV properties.
  • pCloud WebDAV implementation proved to be unstable and is not recommended for backups.

Related topics