I have setup Openelec on my Raspberry Pi more times than I can remember. I'm about to do it again. I've been spending a lot of time lately with Docker and some with Vagrant, where you script the configuration so it is easy to redeploy on different servers. I thought it would be nice if Kodi supported the same (scripted configuration). Searches turn up very little. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience (or ideas) of such functionality? Perhaps a config file can be written.
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Per the advice on Kodi's documentation for backing up:
Nearly all of Kodi's settings are stored in the userdata folder. Some files, such as add-ons that are not included by default, are stored in the parent folder to userdata, the Kodi folder.
[Note: On Linux, the userdata folder is at ~/.kodi/userdata/]
I haven't tested this approach, but my understanding of it (somewhat backed up by anecdotal reports) is that all you need to do is complete a fresh install and copy over the .kodi and userdata folders from your configured setup. That should bring in all your plugins.
answered Jan 26, 2017 at 14:04
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Yes thanks goobering - that certainly is a solution that works. Though I was hoping for some ability to script it so that deployments can be customised, such as servers that host media etc....– HankCaCommented Jan 26, 2017 at 23:09
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Potentially tricky. As many Kodi add-ons have dependencies it may be difficult to pin down which files and folders need to be in place for which add-ons to function. I think you could do some pretty tedious legwork, put together a few different complete builds and choose between those, but I don't think that you're going to be able to pick and choose which individual packages are included in a given installation. There is the JSON API, but I can't see anything useful for you in there. Commented Jan 26, 2017 at 23:50
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Great thanks for the feedback. I was thinking of a Docker image that could encapsulate the dependencies and just leave the configurable bits to file and directory paths. Generally though, I don't know much about the architecture but the problems you suggest make me think of code smells.– HankCaCommented Jan 27, 2017 at 2:03