Chris wrote:
You can keep the app configuration and databases on the SSD while putting downloads and library folders on the external drive: SparkBox stores the Media Center app data under its install folder, and the Media Root is the shared location the apps use for media. Before resetting anything, make sure the SparkBox install folder is on the SSD and don’t delete the Media Center config folder if you want to keep those databases. First, in the dashboard open Settings → Media, set Media Root to /mnt/external-media/data, and save; SparkBox will restart the affected apps for the new path. What SparkBox version is on the Pi, and by “reset” do you mean recreate the containers while keeping their existing configuration, or erase and recreate the app databases?
Chris wrote:
A correction to my reply above, sorry: there is no Settings → Media tab. This way works on every SparkBox version, from a terminal on the Pi: 1. Check the drive is really mounted there: findmnt -no SOURCE,FSTYPE,TARGET -T /mnt/external-media should end in /mnt/external-media. If it ends in just /, the drive isn't mounted and files would land on your SSD, so stop there and tell us. 2. sudo mkdir -p /mnt/external-media/data 3. sudo sparkbox set-env MEDIAROOT /mnt/external-media/data and then sudo sparkbox restart media. The media apps restart on the drive and create Movies, TV and downloads there. 4. sudo sparkbox check-media-perms should end with an [OK] line. Your app settings and databases stay under /opt/sparkbox on the SSD; nothing is moved or deleted. (From the dashboard instead: Settings → Server Config → Media folders → Open media settings, or on the classic dashboard Settings → Server Config → Advanced.) If you still want a completely fresh Media Center: SparkBox 1.6.862, out now, fixes Clean Slate so that switching the Media Center back on afterwards sets Jellyfin, Seerr and the other media apps up again by themselves, like a new install. Run sudo sparkbox upgrade first. A Clean Slate erases every media app's settings and history (indexers, Sonarr and Radarr lists, Jellyfin users and watch history, requests); it never touches your media files or your VPN settings. The menu path has been corrected in what our assistant knows, so the next person gets the right one.