External library mapping issue
Hello everyone!
Nice to meet you all!
I might have a dumb question, but cant figure out...
I am on a Proxmox server, I have just installed Imitch on a VM by following all the steps described into the "Docker Compose" section of the website, including the edit of the .env file for the folder location, with /mnt/Photos. I have verified, I have access to this folder through the VM in SSH.
I can start the web UI, no issue, but we I try to map my external library by following the instructions from the website, I am facing a challenge:
- As per instructions, I have added as well the path of my local folder /mnt/Photos into the docker-compose.yml, saved, restarted my VM
-Went into the web UI, to the external library section up to the point I need to enter the /usr/src/app/external into the path, which is immediately showing "path failed verification". I have tried as well with /mnt/Photos but same path failed verification issue...
I've browsed FAQ and this Discord sections but haven't seen anything related to that, I think I must be missing something obvious... Any chance to show me the way? 🙂
Thank you in advance! Happy to provide more information if needed 🙂
zig
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Kindly post the info the bot requested , especially your compose file.
Sure, here you are
So the way you have it now, the path is the UI should be
/mnt/Photos obviously
Nothing stands out from the compose files or such
Is this a volume on your proxmox server, or is it a network mount or ... ? What is the filesystem?This is a mount point I am using for some time already (with Photoprism) that I have in my node with CIFS through /fstab. The folder is stored into my standalone server with TrueNas on it, so ZFS. Any challenge with that? Should not as long as I can see the folder through my VM in SSH, at least, I assume
That all sounds good, yes
You are doing compose up after every edit?
Can you navigate to the path in the container? You can open a shell with
docker exec -it immich_server /bin/bashI was restarting the VM, I suppose this has the same effect, but I just tried and had "yaml: line 23: block sequence entries are not allowed in this context" I assume this is not the expected feedback...?
Did it
Ah, you miswrote
env_file: - .env
Put that on the next line
And stop restarting the VM 😛 you only need to docker compose up -d
Indentation is important for YAMLOh god... I must haven't noticed that change... 😅 Thank you! Indeed the path is accepted now, but now If I click "scan" it goes very quickly still showing 0 assets and 0 size, and still 0 jobs as well in the jobs folder...
Anything visible inside the VM?
Sure
(Before you ask, same thing with a standard user 🙂 )
Oh sorry I meant inside the container
The question is does it actually mount 🙂
Looks like yes
Is PhotoPrism inside a docker container or directly on the VM?
My guess is now that it's some kind of permission issue
You could try to
head or tail any image file from inside the container to see if you're allowed to readPhotoprism was a headache, I have removed everything, but it was into a CT, so nothing related to my new Immich VM.
Not sure if this is what to be exected?
yeah a bunch of nonsense is fine
That's just (part of) the image header,
Ok so it's all mounted, readable...
I don't suppose you have any exclusion paths defined?
Correct, no exclusion... Just restarted the VM (dont hit me 😆 ), still the same...
Deleted the external library, remapped it, now I hqve something showing... I suppose there was an error kept in the loop in the initial settings... Jobs have triggered as well. So looking fine! 😉
Hurray
Thank you very much for your kind assisstance! How can I formally "thank you"?
Just a thumbs up is fine for me, if you're ready you can /close the thread
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