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Jellyfin Backup - Dzvon2 - 2024-05-14
I am looking to upgrade to the newest Jellyfin version 10.9.1, and I see its recommended to take a full backup of Jellyfin before updating in case there are issues. I tried looking up online and found conflicting pieces of info about what is needed for a backup. I am using Ubuntu and wanted to know if anyone could share what directories I should be backing up? Thanks in advance.
RE: Jellyfin Backup - TheDreadPirate - 2024-05-14
Stop jellyfin and back up these directories.
/var/lib/jellyfin
/etc/jellyfin
If anything goes wrong or you need to revert back to 10.8.13, restore these directories and, just for good measure, chown them.
sudo chown -R jellyfin: /var/lib/jellyfin /etc/jellyfin
RE: Jellyfin Backup - cesar_bianchi - 2024-08-09
You can also apply an automatic backup routine over your Jellyfin instance.
https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-automatic-run-backup-of-your-jellyfin-instance
RE: Jellyfin Backup - 34626 - 2024-08-09
I use the official jellyfin docker, very easy to maintain, especially when it comes to backup, restore and upgrade :-)
RE: Jellyfin Backup - TheDreadPirate - 2024-08-09
On my bare metal, non-docker, Jellyfin install I opted to write a short backup script and setup a cron. When the cron triggers, in the middle of the night when no one is using my Jellyfin, it runs the script, which stops jellyfin and then rsyncs any changes to a backup folder. Then I setup Duplicati to sync the backup directory to my Google Drive. Duplicati is configured to keep 30 days of backups, which are differentials so it isn't using up a huge amount of space.