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Frank e8fd009419 docs: fact-check sweep, Jellyfin, *arr stack, and ROM scraping guides
Fact-check results:
- RomM 5.2.0: MariaDB+Redis now required (was SQLite), auth var renamed, 11 metadata providers
- Copyparty v1.20.19: 3 CVEs fixed, WOPI integration, docker editions documented
- Calibre-Web 0.6.27-ls397: version pinning, kepubify auto-config, CVE fixes
- Calibre 9.9.0: content server security fix noted

New documentation:
- docs/Dankserver/Jellyfin.md — full media server guide (compose, Caddy, GPU, metadata, clients)
- docs/Dankserver/ARR-Stack.md — automated download stack overview
- docs/Dankserver/RomM-Scraping.md — metadata providers, naming, cover art, emulator integration
- docs/Dankserver/sonarr.md, radarr.md, lidarr.md, readarr.md, prowlarr.md, qbittorrent.md
- docs/Dankserver/mariadb.md, redis.md — supporting services for RomM

Infrastructure updates:
- dankserver/compose.yaml: added mariadb, redis, jellyfin, *arr services
- dankserver/Caddyfile: added hostnames for all new services
- dankserver/.env.example: added all new environment variables
- docs/index.md: linked all new documentation pages

Tested: 52/52 tests pass.
2026-08-20 23:40:07 -07:00

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MariaDB (RomM Backend)

MariaDB 11 provides the database backend for RomM on Dankserver. RomM 5.2.0 requires MariaDB (or PostgreSQL) for its data store.

Host: Dankserver — Docs: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/docker-mariadb-information/

Facts

Item Value
Image docker.io/mariadb:11
Port 3306 (internal, within appnet)
Database name romm
Data volume /opt/romm/mariadb

Docker Compose

mariadb:
  image: docker.io/mariadb:11
  container_name: romm-mariadb
  restart: unless-stopped
  environment:
    MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}"
    MARIADB_DATABASE: romm
    MARIADB_USER: "${ROMM_DB_USER}"
    MARIADB_PASSWORD: "${ROMM_DB_PASSWD}"
  volumes:
    - /opt/romm/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql
  healthcheck:
    test: ["CMD", "mariadb-admin", "ping", "-h", "localhost"]
    interval: 10s
    timeout: 5s
    retries: 3

Backup

Back up the volume directory periodically:

sudo rsync -a /opt/romm/mariadb /mnt/backup/romm-mariadb/

See Also

  • RomM — service that uses this database