Database / config backup

[frakkingtoaster]

Describe the solution you'd like
Requesting a scheduled and on-demand database backup and restore feature that backups the database and the config.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Just copying the db file but that needs to separately be set up on a schedule and isn't always helpful if something happens to the app.

[sct]

Should this really be the responsibility of Overseerr? You can set up another tool to backup your config folder however often you like.

[frakkingtoaster]

Hmm, I think it should, given that almost all other apps have this functionality (all the *arrs, plex, tautulli). I guess it's debatable.
edit: not necessarily a responsibility, as in it doesn't have to create backups by default, but it would be great if it did have the ability to.

[sct]

Okay. We can make this happen. Will be a lower priority but not entirely against creating a folder of backups at an interval.

[frakkingtoaster]

Awesome! Totally fine, definitely not expecting it with any priority. Btw the way I run these is by creating a volume just for the backup folder that sits on my nas, so this would be great!

[douglasparker]

Lots of apps will do a quick db backup before an update, which I admit is nice for when updates go wrong.

However, in my opinion that is not a true backup because if your drive dies or you get hit with ransomware, you're pretty much screwed. Sure, you could throw in some redundancy somewhere but once again ransomware or any kind of natural disaster or really bad luck with hardware failure and you're screwed.

Which brings me around to the 3-2-1 backup rule, which indeed falls on the system administrator. When following best practice to protect your data, you're put in a position where you need to handle backups on your own; including offsite backups.

This is very easily done in a cronjob on Linux or task scheduler on Windows.

Literally all you need is a script that stops Overseerr, copies the Overseerr directory to a temp backup directory, compress & archive, and then send to whatever storage provider offsite using a tool like rclone.

I think documenting examples of how this might be done in the Wiki is worthwhile. It's super easy and trivial to do, it just looks daunting from someone who isn't familiar with using the command-line.

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