Synopsis

Setting up a backup with Jottacloud on Linux isn't 100% straightforward - here's how to get started

Installation

Install the jotta-cli command line client according to the instructions on their website. For me, this was:

 echo "deb https://repo.jotta.us/debian debian main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jotta-cli.list
 sudo apt-get install jotta-cli

Basic config

 jotta-cli login 
 jotta-cli ignores add --pattern /home/frank/.local/share/Steam
 jotta-cli add /home/frank
 jotta-cli ignores add --pattern /home/frank/scratch
 jotta-cli ignores add --pattern /home/frank/.npm
 jotta-cli ignores add --pattern /home/frank/.cache

Copy all photos to local hard drive

 jotta-cli download Photos ./Photos
 jotta-cli download Photos/Timeline Photos/Timeline

## Troubleshooting

jotta-cli list downloads jotta-cli list uploads jotta-cli status