Ability to configure Jellyfin to use an external SQL Database

[ruphuselderbeer]

I think it would be a nice option for Jellyfin to be able to use an external SQL database such as MySQL, Postgres SQL, or others. For me at least, I could then more easily reference the same place for user auth across multiple apps/services I run internally. It would also allow me to make more automated database backups.

[oddstr13]

Existing feature request over here; https://features.jellyfin.org/posts/315/mysql-server-back-end

TLDR; planned, but the road is long.

[bkowens]

I've been hoping this feature would get introduced but I decided to let Claude take a crack at it. I've been testing a fork of the repo with some enhancements and it handles mysql quite nicely!:
https://github.com/bkowens/JellyFinhanced

[JPVenson]

External database support has been added with 10.11 as an Experimental feature. Plugins like https://github.com/JPVenson/Jellyfin.Pgsql can now provide new EFCore compatiable database adapters.