Jellyfin Backups & Migration

[LeviSnoot]

Basing this thread off the following Fider request: https://features.jellyfin.org/posts/1603...nd-restore

I'm sure this feature is being actively developed still, so I want to add my 2¢ to the discussion.

What I'd like to see in the backup/restore feature is the following:

• A simple GUI for creating and restoring backups.
  
• A "restore" button in the Web UI setup wizard that comes up on first launch. That way we won't have to configure the server just to restore it right after.
  
• Backups should be platform agnostic, so they can be restored from any system.
  
• Library database items shouldn't be linked to a full file path since this can change in a migration. Give the user an option to define the new library paths on restore, and use a variable for the file paths based on that in the database.
  
• MariaDB option.
  
• Backup as a scheduled task so it can run regularly.
  

It's definitely no small task to get all of this worked out, but it will definitely give users more peace of mind that their server is safe. Feel free to further contribute to the discussion of the feature in this thread!