Immich on nixos issues
I'm trying to setup on my nixos install, and running into trouble.
This is my config (pretty straight forward):
the problem is that the default location (
/var/lib/immich) is in my root partition. I don't want my things there: I want it in my home partition for now, but I'd like to be able to know how to, for example, put it on a NAS server in the future.
If I try to change the media location, it doesn't want to start up.
for those unfamiliar with nix:
https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Immich
...and the settings available:
https://search.nixos.org/options?show=services.immich.
Thanks in advance12 Replies
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.If you're changing the media location then you need to either move over the existing files, or delete the database to start completely from scratch.
okay, I'll go look up how to do that.
For reference, I did rm-rf on /var/lib/immich, redis-immich and the postgresql directory. Is that a scenario where I should be doing my own legwork, or is it reasonable to ask for a bit of direction?
That error is indeed what I expected; if you properly nuked postgres then it shouldn't happen anymore.
cheers.
Sanity check: Should
rm -f /var/lib/postgresql do the trick, or am I missing something in my naivety?I don't know anything about running pg on nixos, but I'd assume so
so the goal is to have my data not take up space in my root partition, so I want to set the location to my home partition. I've nuked what you suggest.
if the directory doesn't already exist, i get that error
so i create the file, and use setfacl to give
immich traversal rights to my home directory, but the directory isn't there
so I crate the directory, and chown and chmod it, but:
perhaps nuke everything, get it making the immich directory in /var/lib, then move it to where i want it, reconfigure, and restart?You shouldn’t need to create it. This is a filesystem permission issue that isn’t allowing immich to create folders, which it should be able to
That new error means PG was properly reset , so I’d say you’re in “own legwork” territory at this point. Some kind of perm/ACL issue on your end
Righto. Thanks for helping me get this far.
pretty sure it's a permissions issue. I've done rm -rf on the directories that get created in /var/lib, but they keep coming back up. I've tried
setfacl, but all in all, I'm out of my depth, i thinkYeah, we don’t support/ship that package so we would recommend using the normal docker installation per our docs
righto. Thanks