Server Migration
Hello, I've had Immich setup before, but due to my boot drive failing, I've had to switch over to a new server. I know the wiki here (https://immich.app/docs/administration/backup-and-restore) says to back everything up via docker exec, but I don't have access to that anymore.
I have everything setup in one directory, /pool/immich, which contains the directories library, library-cache, and postgres. So, with some basic thinking, I assume that I can just make sure the password is the same as the old install and just CP over the /pool/immich/postgres Or is everything slightly more involved than that?
I have everything setup in one directory, /pool/immich, which contains the directories library, library-cache, and postgres. So, with some basic thinking, I assume that I can just make sure the password is the same as the old install and just CP over the /pool/immich/postgres Or is everything slightly more involved than that?
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.If the data is fully intact that should work fine
Make sure to retain permissions when copying
I've had to change a couple of things as I've changed my current system, and immich is now running inside a vm where I have some different services running.
The database is setup correctly, but it doesn't want to actually load any files, and right now it can't startup due to
The database is setup correctly, but it doesn't want to actually load any files, and right now it can't startup due to
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'upload/encoded-video/.immich
The log is full of many repeated copies of this(attached message.txt)
the line that confuses me is line 63,
microservices worker error: Error: Failed to read "<UPLOAD_LOCATION>/encoded-video/.immich - Please see https://immich.app/docs/administration/system-integrity#folder-checks for more information."
First of all, why doesn't it expand UPLOAD_LOCATION, as it is a valid variable in the docker container(see image). And secondly, after following that wiki page it links to, it appears like the file doesn't exist or something, which, even after I created it to debug, still behaves as if it doesn't exist.
Please follow the second link. Your setup is wrong in many ways
You need to move each old folder into that newly mounted folder as wwll
gotcha, thanks
I don't know what I was doing back when I first set this up, and clearly I don't now as well
followed the second link, fixed both .env and docker-compose.yml
still getting that error message
if I have to, I can just start fresh and re-import everything, but I'd rather not as I have multiple users and about 500 gigs of stuff right now
may be the easiest solution
please post the following
new compose
new env
output of
tree -L 2 inside every folder on your host that currently contains immich content(Renamed .env to .env.txt for discord)
The first tree
The second tree
I have just done a migration and am seeing exact same error - could it be a recent code change, as I have done successful server migrations before.
Are you changing immich versions?
No, same version v 1.123.0 to v v1.123.0
Huh interesting. I'm considering trying to fix my migrated version as this current one has a bunch of problem pictures, including this one which was recent.
Yes a bit co-incedental both of us seeing this error on a recent migration
something to note. my vm that I ran immich in got restarted, and now it's broken again. quite confused
may just have to re-install immich and hope it works this time. quite weird, given that it worked all of January
Sounds like your mounts aren't properly working
Update, server crashed again. had to fix some apparmor file that broke it. upon starting back up, it works 🪄
and broke another vm. I think my current problems are way outside immich