Clone Device / Backup to Multiple devices

    Hello everyone,

    We use a single profile on one TV in our household. I would like to install two more Kodi instances in the bedroom and hobby room.

    Since my “master system” is all set up, I thought I could make a backup of Libreelec and install it on the other two systems. After the recovery, I would then change the computer name and IP address on each system.

    Is this a good, feasible way or not a good idea?

    It should work fine, but since all three devices are network connected it's easier (after basic install, and assuming all three devices are the same, e.g. all RPi4 boards) to stop Kodi on the new devices and then scp the existing config/bits over from the master system to the new ones, then restart Kodi. I would scp the the contents of /storage/.kodi/addons and /storage/.kodi/userdata only.

    Code
    scp -r /storage/.kodi/addons [email protected]:/storage/.kodi
scp -r /storage/.kodi/userdata [email protected]:/storage/.kodi
    Quote from chewitt

    It should work fine, but since all three devices are network connected it's easier (after basic install, and assuming all three devices are the same, e.g. all RPi4 boards) to stop Kodi on the new devices and then scp the existing config/bits over from the master system to the new ones, then restart Kodi. I would scp the the contents of /storage/.kodi/addons and /storage/.kodi/userdata only.

    Code
    scp -r /storage/.kodi/addons [email protected]:/storage/.kodi
scp -r /storage/.kodi/userdata [email protected]:/storage/.kodi

    Thank you. I have a similar situation. How do I stop Kodi on the target devices?

    Cheers.

    Quote from hoodafukisalice

    Thank you. I have a similar situation. How do I stop Kodi on the target devices?

    Cheers.

    I'm using LibreELEC 21.3 (2025.11) on the primary device. I noticed a System backup option under Settings -> LibreELEC and it generated a tar file, which I've copied to an external USB drive. Once LibreELEC is installed (same version as on the primary device) on the target devices, I guess the restore option on the target does the same as your suggestion, chewitt, only easier, since everything is archived in a single file? If there are any differences between the manual and native backup procedures, do let us know.

    Since I have multiple identical devices, I should be able to re-use the already configured primary device settings (and addons) on all targets (except changing the hostname on the latter ones).

    Thanks and cheers.

    Quote from hoodafukisalice

    I'm using LibreELEC 21.3 (2025.11) on the primary device. I noticed a System backup option under Settings -> LibreELEC and it generated a tar file, which I've copied to an external USB drive. Once LibreELEC is installed (same version as on the primary device) on the target devices, I guess the restore option on the target does the same as your suggestion, chewitt, only easier, since everything is archived in a single file? If there are any differences between the manual and native backup procedures, do let us know.

    Since I have multiple identical devices, I should be able to re-use the already configured primary device settings (and addons) on all targets (except changing the hostname on the latter ones).

    Thanks and cheers.

    Answering my own question. Lol.

    I tried the System backup and restore option under Settings -> LibreELEC, and it worked like a charm! Hope this helps anyone with the same problem.

    Cheers.