Choose the connection your storage supports.
Glovebox notices when its backup destination is reachable and copies new footage. Sentry events come first, followed by saved clips, newest first. If the car leaves during a backup, the next one resumes.
| Connection | Good starting point | What you need |
|---|---|---|
| SMB | Synology, Unraid, TrueNAS, Windows shares | Server, share, dedicated username and password |
| NFS | A NAS with an existing NFS export | Server, export path, client permissions |
| rsync over SSH | A Linux server or SSH-enabled NAS | Remote folder and Glovebox’s generated SSH key |
| rclone | A supported cloud or remote service | Prepared configuration and a home check address |
The straightforward route: an SMB share.
- Create a folder for TeslaCam backups on your NAS.
- Create a dedicated account with access to that folder. Avoid using your NAS administrator account.
- In Glovebox setup, choose SMB and enter the connection details the wizard requests.
- Run the connection test and resolve any reported network, authentication, or access errors.
- Finish setup, park in range, and verify files arrive on the NAS.
Glovebox uses a built-in SMB client; the documented default is SMB 2.1. Your NAS must allow the selected protocol and account permissions. Interface labels vary across vendors; follow your NAS documentation for creating the share.
NFS and SSH are options, too.
For NFS, permit the Pi’s address in the export and ensure the folder is writable with the configured identity. Glovebox mounts it only during backup. With rsync over SSH, Glovebox generates a key and displays it in setup; authorize that public key for a dedicated server account. Keep the private key private.
Want cloud storage?
Use rclone to configure the remote on a computer, then paste its rclone.conf into Glovebox setup. Because cloud storage can answer from anywhere, add a home check address, such as your router, that only answers at home. Your provider’s storage and bandwidth charges still apply.
Make the first backup a good one.
The Pi Zero 2 W uses 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, and garage coverage matters. The project reports around 2.5–3.5 MB/s. Sentry and saved events usually finish much sooner than all driving footage. An hour of HW4 driving can be 15–20 GB; use the backup estimator before enabling all driving footage.
What about the car going to sleep?
Optional Bluetooth keep-awake allows up to an hour for the first backup after arrival. It then lets the car sleep for at least six hours. Large backlogs can need multiple visits home; keep-awake does not guarantee every backlog finishes in one session.
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