Thread: Where are backend configuration files stored?

I'm trying to create one long installation script so that when I muck up my MythTV installation playing around with it and learning how to use it, I can automatically reinstall and configure everything next time I reload Ubuntu.

Where are the backend server configuration files? I'm interested in the files that hold the Tuner and Sources configuration. There's no sense in me re-doing those steps each time if I can just copy (or create) and configuration file from a script.

Originally Posted by ignisuti

I'm trying to create one long installation script so that when I muck up my MythTV installation playing around with it and learning how to use it, I can automatically reinstall and configure everything next time I reload Ubuntu.

Where are the backend server configuration files? I'm interested in the files that hold the Tuner and Sources configuration. There's no sense in me re-doing those steps each time if I can just copy (or create) and configuration file from a script.

the mythconverg database (in mysql).

Use the provided scripts to make a known good database backup and restore it when re-installing.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore

It looks like all that sort of config is in one of the many SQL tables in the mythconverg DB.

You can make your own backup with

mysqldump -umythtv -p mythconverg > your_backed_up_Mythtv_DB.sql

The file is text and so can be edited "with care" .It also makes it easier to poke around and find out where things are stored.

The file can then be reloading into an emprt DB with

mysql -umythtv -p mythconverg < your_backed_up_Mythtv_DB.sql


Zaf

Unless you know your way around MySQL, you shouldn't be calling mysqldump manually. Unless you have a good working knowledge of MythTV's internal database schema, you shouldn't be manually tinkering with the database. Unless you're clinically insane, you don't actually believe editing a several hundred MB text file is easier than a couple SQL queries.

Take a look at the mythconverg_backup/restore.pl scripts instead. Also note that such a backup is automatically performed at any schema update.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore