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#1

Hi,
i want to use Nextcloud webdav storage as backup location for duplicacy.
I use duplicacy on win 7 pro with gui to setup the backup.

here my settings:
Storage Setup
Server:
https://yy.xxx.de/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/
username:
myusername
passwort:
mypassword
Directroy:
backup

After klick to done, i get following Message:

Running: duplicacy -background -log info -repository "c:\user\user\dwonloads" - Storage name gui1 "webdav://musername@https://yy.xxx.de/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav//backup"

In the background i see the windows, i should select repository id, but i can not select it.
After 5 minutes i get the following error message:

ERROR Failed to load the WebDAV storage at
....
Maximum backoff reached
#2

I set verbose logging on and get this error message:

URL request 'PROPFIND /yy.xxx.de/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav//backup/' returned an error (Propfind https://https//yy.xxx.de/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav//backup/: dial tcp: lookup https: no such host)
#3

I don’t know much about the webdav setup, but I question whether the server url should have https:// in it? Seems that’s automatically prepended anyway.

#4

Hello, did you try debug parametr? Duplicacy have problem with certificate handling

#5

While not answering your question directly — why do you want to do that? From your question it seems the server is under your control so you can chose any protocol you want — why do you select the most high overhead and least performant or secure one — literally the one running over a webserver — as opposed to SFTP or even SMB? WebDav was not designed for bulk file storage, you will have all sorts of issues trying to use it that way.

I can understand (or should I say tolerate) webdav when this is the only interface available to some third party storage; but even then to justify all the hassle with it the cost savings should be very significant. (Still, I don’t know of any third party storage provider that uses WebDav and does not suck.)

In other words, I would reconsider your choice of server. SSH with key based auth will be way more robust, secure and bug free.

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#6

I agree WebDav is not the best choice here. But if you has no other options and really want to make it work, remove https:// from the storage url. It is being interpreted by Duplicacy as part of the host name.

#7

Thanks for information, i solved it.

Server is:
yyy.xx.de
Directory:
nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/Backup

For the moment it is ok to backup to webdav but longtime i will switch to sftp.