Where Does Tube Archivist Store Config and Media?
Tube Archivist Docker volumes for media, cache and search index on Linux.
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Tube Archivist keeps videos in a media volume with the search index in Elasticsearch beside it. App config lives in environment plus mounted files.
Backing up means snapshotting media plus the index together. Rebuilding the index from media takes hours on large libraries. Exact host paths follow your compose file.
Where Tube Archivist stores this, by platform
/opt/tube-archivist/data/
Conventional data root (media, cache, index volumes beneath). Real paths come from docker-compose.yml volumes; inspect it for host mappings. Stop writes before snapshots.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Tube Archivist media stored?
In the media volume mapped in compose, often under the data root above. The index only references files; deleting media orphans entries until reindex.
How do I back up Tube Archivist?
Snapshot media plus Elasticsearch data plus env and compose files together. Restoring one without the others yields missing videos or empty search.
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