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Back up a Linux server directory to Backblaze B2

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across n8n data table. 18 steps, 4 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
4Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 7Service 9

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Backup Configuration FormForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2When ScheduledSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3Prepare Backup ConfigurationCodeLogic
  4. 4Load ConfigurationData TableService
  5. 5Initialize Backup Configuration TableData TableService
  6. 6Test ConnectionSshService
  7. 7Save Backup ConfigurationData TableService
  8. 8Connection OK?IfLogic
  9. 9Ensure rclone Installed on Source ServerSshService
  10. 10Route by Backup ModeIfLogic
  11. 11Stop: Fix Backblaze B2 CredentialsStop And ErrorLogic
  12. 12Encryption Enabled?IfLogic
  13. 13Sync Directory to B2 (rclone sync)SshService
  14. 14Create Versioned Backup (rclone copy)SshService
  15. 15Create B2 Remote (Encryption)SshService
  16. 16Create B2 Remote (No Encryption)SshService
  17. 17Backup Completed?IfLogic
  18. 18Stop: Backup FailedStop And ErrorLogic

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
18, with 4 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
n8n data table
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 18 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.