HA Time Machine Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy HA Time Machine hosting and get back to an earlier version of any Home Assistant automation, script or scene. xCloud runs the pinned HA Time Machine 2.4.0 image behind a gateway that asks for a username and a generated 32-character password, mounts three persistent volumes and publishes the dashboard over HTTPS in minutes.

Deploy your HA Time Machine

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What is HA Time Machine?

HA Time Machine is a small web dashboard for Home Assistant users. It lets you browse, compare and restore earlier versions of automations, scripts, scenes and other configuration files from backups, so a change that broke something is easy to undo. It is open source under the MIT licence.

On xCloud it is HA Time Machine 2.4.0 as a community image pinned by digest. The app has no login of its own, so a gateway asks for HTTP Basic Authentication on every page, with a password xCloud generates. Your Home Assistant stays where it is and must be reachable from the server. Restores write to the config copy kept on the server, not to your live Home Assistant, until you copy files back.

From Sign-Up to a Live HA Time Machine In Just 3 Easy Steps

A password-protected dashboard normally means a container, a gateway, a password, three volumes, a domain and a certificate before you can browse a single backup. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick HA Time Machine from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and server, keep the admin username (admin by default) and keep the generated password.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the pinned HA Time Machine 2.4.0 container, keep it private, put a gateway with HTTP Basic Authentication in front of it, mount ha_tm_data, ha_tm_config and ha_tm_backups, and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Connect Home Assistant
Sign in with the username and password shown after install. Open Settings and enter your Home Assistant URL and a long-lived access token, then copy your Home Assistant config folder into the /config volume so there is something to back up.

Everything HA Time Machine Does, On Your Own Server

HA Time Machine runs in full here: a web dashboard for browsing and restoring your Home Assistant configuration, kept behind a password.

Browse Earlier Versions
Pick a backup snapshot from the list and browse the automations, scripts and Lovelace dashboards it contains.
Compare And Restore
Compare earlier versions of Home Assistant files and restore the one you want.
Snapshot Your Config
Create a snapshot backup of your Home Assistant config files from the dashboard.
Password-Protected Dashboard
The app has no login of its own, so xCloud puts HTTP Basic Authentication in front of every page. Wrong or missing credentials get a 401.
Connects To Your Home Assistant
Enter your Home Assistant URL and a long-lived access token in Settings, or set them as optional environment values.
Settings And Backups That Persist
Settings, your config copy and backups live on persistent volumes, and a snapshot was still listed after a restart in testing.

Everything You Need To Run Your Config History 24/7

Managed hosting for HA Time Machine, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

HA Time Machine 2.4.0 deployed instantly
Community image pinned by digest
Generated 32-character admin password
Free SSL certificate
Three persistent volumes
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With HA Time Machine

Undo a change that broke an automation
Open an earlier snapshot and restore the version that worked.
See what changed between backups
Compare earlier versions of automations, scripts and scenes before you decide what to keep.
Keep a history of your Home Assistant config
Snapshot your config files and browse them from one password-protected page.
Reach your config history from anywhere
Open the dashboard over HTTPS on your own domain instead of running it on the same network as your Home Assistant.

HA Time Machine vs Alternatives

Home Assistant's own backups: Home Assistant makes its own backups. HA Time Machine is a separate dashboard for browsing those backups and restoring single automations, scripts and scenes.
Home Assistant on your own server: Home Assistant has its own OneClick page. HA Time Machine does not replace it; it connects to your Home Assistant by URL and access token.
Backrest: Backrest has its own OneClick page. It is a general backup tool; HA Time Machine is built to browse and restore Home Assistant configuration files.
Duplicati: Duplicati has its own OneClick page. It is a general backup tool; HA Time Machine shows your Home Assistant automations, scripts and scenes from each snapshot.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for HA Time Machine hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if HA Time Machine sits alongside other home automation tools.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. HA Time Machine is licensed under MIT.

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Ready To Protect Your Home Assistant Config?

HA Time Machine on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your data. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can I run HA Time Machine in Docker?

Yes, and this template is HA Time Machine Docker hosting without the setup: the pinned 2.4.0 image behind a Caddy gateway, three persistent volumes, a generated password and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does HA Time Machine need?

The template baseline is 256 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 4 GB of disk; idle use in testing was about 14 MiB for the gateway and 37 MiB for the app. The 6 GB plan is the starting point here, well above that baseline.

How do I sign in to HA Time Machine?

Use the username and generated password shown after install. The app has no login of its own, so a gateway asks for HTTP Basic Authentication on every page. Without credentials or with a wrong password you get a 401.

How do I connect it to my Home Assistant?

Open Settings in the dashboard and enter your Home Assistant URL and a long-lived access token. Your Home Assistant must be reachable from this server over the network. You can also set both as optional environment values.

Does a restore change my live Home Assistant?

Not by itself. Restores write to the /config copy on your xCloud server, not to your live Home Assistant host. Keep that copy in sync, and copy restored files back when you are ready.

How do I get my config into /config?

Copy your Home Assistant config folder into the /config volume over SSH, for example with docker cp ./config/. ha-time-machine-<site>:/config/. The post-install message shows the exact command for your site.

Is the dashboard safe to leave online?

It can restore and delete Home Assistant files, so keep the admin password private. Every page sits behind HTTP Basic Authentication on HTTPS. Rotate the username and password in the Environment editor, then restart.

Is HA Time Machine free?

Yes. HA Time Machine is open source under the MIT licence, so the software has no licence fee. You are billed only for the dedicated Cloud VPS that hosts it.

How do I back up HA Time Machine?

Back up all three volumes, ha_tm_data, ha_tm_config and ha_tm_backups, plus your stable environment values, to keep settings and history. Nothing schedules the copy, so run it yourself.

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How do I upgrade HA Time Machine?

The install stays on its pinned 2.4.0 image until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the volumes first and read the upstream release notes. Existing sites are never upgraded automatically.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.