risks of updating jellyfin serveur QNAP ?

[Rincevan]

Hi every body.

First of all, when i found Jellyfin, i did not know anything about it.
I just wanted to make a media serveur with a Qnap TVS h874.
I did not know that the best way was to use docker. So, in first place i have installed this version of jellyfin: https://github.com/pdulvp/jellyfin-qnap.
the version is 10.8.9.1. 
Now i have tons of metadata. Is there a risk to update to 10.9.1 ?

Does the risk worth the update? 

Thank you very much!!!

[TheDreadPirate]

There is always risk, which is why we always tell users to backup their Jellyfin data before upgrades. Even minor upgrades. You cannot downgrade back to 10.8.X after an upgrade to 10.9, necessitating a backup if you wish to downgrade.

[Rincevan]

Thanks for your answer
What is the easy way to backup Jellyfin?

[TheDreadPirate]

I am not familiar with QNAP nor where the version of Jellyfin you installed stores it files.

[Rincevan]

Hello TheDreadPirate.

I manage an acces to the root with winSCP. What are the essential folders you have to backup for metadata. Is there any other folders or files important to back up ?
Thank you.

[TheDreadPirate]

For container based deployments, only the /config folder needs to be backed up. I was working with another user with a QNAP NAS and the /config folder was located in something like ".qpkg/jellyfin/config".

Doesn't mean much to me, hopefully that is enough for you to figure out where to actually find that folder.

[Rincevan]

thanks.
May i copy frome the old version the folders "cache" and "database" in the new version to keep my librarys and plugins

[ffm777]

Hello TheDreadPirate.

I manage an acces to the root with winSCP. What are the essential folders you have to backup for metadata. Is there any other folders or files important to back up ?
Thank you.

Hi, could you please explain how you managed to get access to the filesystem of the Jellyfin app on QNAP? Thank you!

Edit: Found out myself how to do it. Sorry! For anyone who is interested, see here:
https://www.qnap.com/en/how-to/faq/artic...-by-winscp
https://github.com/pdulvp/jellyfin-qnap/discussions/80