Can’t get path correct for storage
I’m using a Mac and docker desktop. I changed the path on the .env file to /volumes/8tbHDD/immich.
I copied this path from a mounted HDD i have connected via a DAS
I started uploading and come to find out it’s uploading the photos to my internal ssd where i have docker desktop downloaded. And it created the path in my docker path
/Users/okayguysdan/docker/immich-app/Volumes/8tbHDD/immich.
This path did not exist until i started uploading files.
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.I am 99.9% sure that you did not set your path to
/volumes/8tbHDD/immich
you probably set it to ./volumes/8tbHDD/immichlet me check
i do have ./volumes/8tbHDD/immich
ill try to change it
you can't change it now
why
you either need to blow away the whole install and start over, or shut down immich, move all the files, set the variable, and start back up
otherwise immich will be missing tons of files
well it was only like 2k photos can i shut it down, delete those photos change it and then turn it on again?
if you reset the
DB_DATA_LOCATION also, then yesdo i delete the DB_DATA_LOCATION also?
sure
thanks for the info let me try
yea that broke it haha. im going to delete it all and try again.
Error response from daemon: Mounts denied:
The path /volumes/8tbHDD/database is not shared from the host and is not known to Docker.
You can configure shared paths from Docker -> Preferences... -> Resources -> File Sharing.
See https://docs.docker.com/desktop/settings/mac/#file-sharing for more info.
okayguysdan@Mac-mini immich-app %
i went to docker and added the file sharing and restarted docker but its not keeping the file share
This is a docker desktop issue, sorry. We recommend Linux for this reason
I’d try rebooting, google for solutions etc
im using a mac dang
so come to find out docker app has been changed to where that feature has been turned off. ive been told i need to bind the mount but thats where im confused. if i try to just edit the .env file and it doesnt work but then im told i need to edit the docker-compose.yml file but in the docker-compose.yml it says dont change it here. make the change on the .env file
that's correct, if you're using our setup you should only need to change the UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env
But when i change the .env file it doesn’t work. Apparently because i don’t have the mounted HDD bound to docker. But im told that i have to bind the HDD in the docker-compose.yml
if i were to set immich on the same drive that docker is downloaded and then change the .env to go to my HDD and then provide the logs would that be helpful?
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i figured it out by removing the .env