LastPass CLI backup to Google Drive

Written 6 years and 3 months ago

mkdir -p ~/GDrive/Backups/LastPass/`date +%Y/%m/%d` && \
  lpass export | \
  gpg -er omarchehab98@gmail.com > \
  ~/GDrive/Backups/LastPass/`date +%Y/%m/%d`/lpass-`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S`.gpg

Explained

• mkdir Create the directory we are backing up to (e.g. ~/GDrive/Backups/LastPass/2018/12/12)

• lpass export Exports your vault as CSV

• gpg Encrypt your vault using your GPG public key

  • -e specifies that you are encrypting

  • -r specifies the public key you are signing the message with

• Finally, we redirect the output to the folder we created

Dependencies

• LastPass CLI (lastpass-cli)

• OpenPGP CLI Tool (gpg)

• Remote file system mounted locally

  • For Google Drive, I use (google-drive-ocamlfuse)

  • Any tool that mounts a remote file system locally works

Ideas

• Alias the command for convenience alias lpass-remote-export='mkdir...>...gpg'

• Run the command periodically to automate process

  • You will get a popup to unlock your vault, are you okay with that? Convenience vs Security. I tend to forget to back up regularly, although a popup every once in a while is annoying, it’s a reminder to backup my vault.