Immich•12mo ago

Why does IMMICH_HOST have no effect?

I want to bind Immich to 10.149.216.4, which is an IP of my WireGuard interface

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I have in my

.env

.env

(the second variable should be superluous, I know):

IMMICH_HOST=10.149.216.4
HOST=10.149.216.4

And I updated the image doing:

# docker compose up -d --force-recreate

However, Immich still listens on 0.0.0.0:

# netstat -tulpn | grep 2283
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2283 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 212763/docker-proxy
tcp6 0 0 :::2283 :::* LISTEN 212770/docker-proxy

(I'm a Docker n00b.)

Immich•1/5/25, 5:22 PM

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bo0tzz•1/5/25, 5:39 PM

This is because it's running inside of a container

bo0tzz•1/5/25, 5:39 PM

You probably want to use whatever invocation docker needs to bind to a particular interface, and keep the bind inside of the container at the default

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 6:59 PM

Thanks. Looks like it needs to be edited in the

docker-compose.yml

docker-compose.yml

: https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-spec/blob/main/spec.md#ports

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:07 PM

I now have in my

docker-compose.yml

docker-compose.yml

ports:
  - '10.149.216.4:2283:2283'

ports:
  - '10.149.216.4:2283:2283'

Indeed it is listening on that IP now:

# netstat -tulpn | grep 2283
tcp        0      0 10.149.216.4:2283       0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      232300/docker-proxy

# netstat -tulpn | grep 2283
tcp        0      0 10.149.216.4:2283       0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      232300/docker-proxy

However, I cannot connect to 10.149.216.4:228310.149.216.4:2283, neither locally on the server (lynxlynx) nor via a remote client. There is just no response.

Mraedis•1/5/25, 7:09 PM

Do you still have immich host etc defined in your env vars?

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:16 PM

I tried with and without IMMICH_HOSTIMMICH_HOST /

HOST

HOST

. Neither works.

Mraedis•1/5/25, 7:20 PM

That's what I mean, don't do that

Mraedis•1/5/25, 7:20 PM

You don't need those vars, they serve a different purpose

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:20 PM

Well, I tried with and without.

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:20 PM

But now it's without.

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:21 PM

And I can curl the homepage: curl 10.149.216.4:2283curl 10.149.216.4:2283

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:21 PM

However, in the browser nothing shows up. Weird.

Mraedis•1/5/25, 7:23 PM

tried private mode?

Ffeklee However, in the browser nothing shows up. Weird.

Zeus•1/5/25, 7:24 PM

Does the browser work with the old docker config?

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:34 PM

It worked the very first time I tried it on my server's main address. But I want to have it behind WireGuard.

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:36 PM

Now I can curl locally, but not remotely. For testing, I just moved the address to: http://10.149.216.3:2283/

So, locally, on the server, I can to: curl http://10.149.216.3:2283/curl http://10.149.216.3:2283/

However, from a remote client, connected via WireGuard, I cannot do that.

But I can see another service (not Immich) on the same IP, locally and remotely: http://10.149.216.3:8080/http://10.149.216.3:8080/

So WireGuard doesn't seem to be the issue. Must be something with Docker.

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:38 PM

It could be my nftables config, checking...

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:42 PM

It is nftables now. (but the initial problem was unrelated)

fekleeOP•1/5/25, 7:49 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions!

fekleeOP•1/6/25, 9:51 AM

As for nftables, I solved that too now. I had a chain forwardforward, which blocked connections into the Immich Docker container:

type filter hook forward priority filter
policy drop

type filter hook forward priority filter
policy drop

Allowing connections to all Docker bridges solved the issue, i.e. I added:

iifname br-* accept comment "allow from Docker bridges"

iifname br-* accept comment "allow from Docker bridges"

Anyhow, Immich is now scanning the photos on my disk, and I'm already blown away! Just bought a server license to support the project.

Mraedis•1/6/25, 9:58 AM

Thanks for posting your solution, I'm sure it will come in handy to someone.

Mraedis•1/6/25, 9:59 AM

Double thanks for the buy, I don't get paid from it but it keeps the project running.

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