2025-02-17, 10:19 PM
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/admini...nd-restore
The current proper way to backup your Jellyfin server is to turn it off, then make a copy of its config folder.
It's different on each install type. You want to copy your config and your data Jellyfin folders.
On Docker installs by default, you want to copy the entire config folder as it has everything inside it (including another sub config folder).
On plain Linux, you'd copy the /var/lib/jellyfin and /etc/jellyfin directories.
Just look at the documentation to figure out what you need.
I also say it's important to have your server turned off so you can be sure your copy isn't while the database is in the middle of something, causing your copy to have a corrupted database.
The current proper way to backup your Jellyfin server is to turn it off, then make a copy of its config folder.
It's different on each install type. You want to copy your config and your data Jellyfin folders.
On Docker installs by default, you want to copy the entire config folder as it has everything inside it (including another sub config folder).
On plain Linux, you'd copy the /var/lib/jellyfin and /etc/jellyfin directories.
Just look at the documentation to figure out what you need.
I also say it's important to have your server turned off so you can be sure your copy isn't while the database is in the middle of something, causing your copy to have a corrupted database.