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What folders should I backup? - mvmartinez85 - 2025-10-16
Running Ubuntu (Mint)
The guide here: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/backup-and-restore/
Data is in
Says to backup these folders:
/var/lib/jellyfin
/etc/jellyfin
/etc/default/jellyfin
But I don't see any of those folders in my file structure. I found a metadata folder which I did backup. I just want to take a backup of any custom config, subtitles, images, really whatever will make my life easier if I need to do a re-install at some point.
These are folders I have with Jellyfin in the name:
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