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## How to automate offsite encrypted backups with Proton Drive CLI

DevFeed: [How to automate offsite encrypted backups with Proton Drive CLI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-automate-offsite-encrypted-backups-with-proton-drive-cli-65512.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://proton.me/business/blog/offsite-backup>)

Author: Michal Hořejšek

Published: 2026-10-05T18:47:35Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [The Proton Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-proton-blog.md>)

Topics: [tailscale](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tailscale.md>), [pass](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/password-store.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>)

Tags: [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [cron](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cron.md>), [encrypted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encrypted.md>), [for-business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/for-business.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [offsite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/offsite.md>), [proton](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proton.md>), [script](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/script.md>)

### AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use Proton Drive CLI to automate encrypted offsite backups. It covers how the command-line tool differs from continuous syncing, file conflict strategies, headless authentication, shell scripts, and scheduling nightly runs with cron or Windows Task Scheduler. It also recommends testing restores and logging job status.

### Source excerpt

Automate encrypted offsite backups with Proton Drive CLI. Sign in, script, and schedule nightly uploads with cron on Linux, macOS, or Windows.