cant change the UPLOAD_LOCATION to a new one and i cant find the old
hi after i have setup my immich server i have notice that the UPLOAD_LOCATION is not the one i have coose i have notice that i have left the . but when i delete it i encounter this error and the server keep rebooting any idea?
[Nest] 7 - 05/15/2025, 6:09:31 PM ERROR [Microservices:StorageService] Failed to read upload/encoded-video/.immich: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'upload/encoded-video/.immich'
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.", stack: Error: Failed to read "<UPLOAD_LOCATION>/encoded-video/.immich - Please see https://immich.app/docs/administration/system-integrity#folder-checks for more information."
at StorageService.verifyReadAccess (/usr/src/app/dist/services/storage.service.js:84:19)
at async /usr/src/app/dist/services/storage.service.js:38:21
at async /usr/src/app/dist/repositories/database.repository.js:250:27
at async /usr/src/app/node_modules/kysely/dist/cjs/kysely.js:535:20
at async DefaultConnectionProvider.provideConnection (/usr/src/app/node_modules/kysely/dist/cjs/driver/default-connection-provider.js:12:20)
at async /usr/src/app/dist/repositories/database.repository.js:247:13
[Nest] 17 - 05/15/2025, 6:09:31 PM LOG [Api:EventRepository] Initialized websocket server
microservices worker exited with code 1
Killing api process
Initializing Immich v1.132.3
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Successfully submitted, a tag has been added to inform contributors. :white_check_mark:i have tried to make a fresh one but keep rebooting, the problem could be that the hdd is not the same one that immich portainer is running?
i want to use a dedicated hdd for the photo
So you can't find the original upload location?
yes
Then you will probably just want to start over and delete your database
i have tried
If you delete the postgres folder it will be as if starting from new
do i use this command to find it? find . -type f -name "*.jpgv"
No, the postgres folder is seperate from the upload location. It's location is specified in your env
it is not there
i have written /opt/portainer
Can you post your compose and env. If it's trying to to read the .immich files, it has an existing postgres install somewhere
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Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
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name: immich
services:
immich-server:
container_name: immich_server
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
# extends:
# file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
# service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
volumes:
# Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
- ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
env_file:
- stack.env
ports:
- '2283:2283'
depends_on:
- redis
- database
restart: always
healthcheck:
disable: false
immich-machine-learning:
container_name: immich_machine_learning
# For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag.
# Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
# extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
# file: hwaccel.ml.yml
# service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the
-wsl version for WSL2 where applicable
volumes:
- model-cache:/cache
env_file:
- stack.env
restart: always
healthcheck:
disable: false
redis:
container_name: immich_redis
image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8-bookworm@sha256:ff21bc0f8194dc9c105b769aeabf9585fea6a8ed649c0781caeac5cb3c247884
healthcheck:
test: redis-cli ping exit 1
restart: always
database:
container_name: immich_postgres
image: docker.io/tensorchord/pgvecto-rs:pg14-v0.2.0@sha256:739cdd626151ff1f796dc95a6591b55a714f341c737e27f045019ceabf8e8c52
environment:
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
volumes:
# Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
- ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
healthcheck:
test: >-
pg_isready --dbname="$${POSTGRES_DB}" --username="$${POSTGRES_USER}" exit 1; Chksum="$$(psql --dbname="$${POSTGRES_DB}" --username="$${POSTGRES_USER}" --tuples-only --no-align --command='SELECT COALESCE(SUM(checksum_failures), 0) FROM pg_stat_database')"; echo "checksum failure count is $$Chksum"; [ "$$Chksum" = '0' ] || exit 1
interval: 5m
start_interval: 30s
start_period: 5m
command: >-
postgres -c shared_preload_libraries=vectors.so -c 'search_path="$$user", public, vectors' -c logging_collector=on -c max_wal_size=2GB -c shared_buffers=512MB -c wal_compression=on
restart: always
volumes:
model-cache:
------------------------------------------
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/media/simone/FOTO NUOVO/immich
DB_DATA_LOCATION=/opt/portainer
DB_PASSWORD=postgres
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immichAnd an
ls -l /opt/portainer/ produces?
sudo it
i forgor
I would change that db location. That's wherre portainer is installed so it's bad idea.
The db was probably failing to write to that directory, so hard to say where it actually went
Down the stack. Change the db directory env to something else and bring it up again
ok i do the same one where i want to store the photos?
Yes just have a top level folder like
immich then under have immich/pgdata/ and immich/photos or somethingI think It Is working
Sure that works
Bring stack down, change two env variables, and bring back up
No wayyyy
Omgggg
That whas dumb
Thx
So One last question
If i have 2 hdd ad i want tò make a backup of the photos i use immich or Ubuntu to Copy the files in the other hdd?
Or a raid?
Do i Just drag and drop my poto on the upload folder?
https://immich.app/docs/administration/backup-and-restore
So when people say "x is not a backup tool" what they are actually saying is "you probably don't actually want a single point in time copy of your data", which is what that tool is doing.
And that "backup tools" exist today that:
- can run on a schedule
- only copy new/changed data (incremental)
keep track of changes over time in the backup, with the option to restore to a previous version
This gives you the ability to recover a file that was deleted some time ago, restore to a point prior to data corruption, etc., all while being space efficient (similar blocks are deduplicated)
Popular backup tools are restic and borg.
Basically you will want to read up on proper backups. RAID is not a backup. You will need a copy of your database and the assets to do a complete restore. You will want to copy these to another machine and probably also a cloud service.
I know it seems like a lot but when you are managing your own media you want to make sure you can recover or photos will be lost forever.
Right
Thx for the link
And for mooving the photos inside immich ?
Don't touch anything inside the upload folder. That is all managed by the application.
They are oustide
Oh. No you can't just drag them in. For bulk ingest we recommend either
A) Immich cli
B) Immich-go
(These will put them into the internal library which immich manages)
C) Use an external library and point to this location. You can then manage the files yourself.
Up to you how you wan to import them.
I basically set the folder where all my photos are as the one I thought it would acquire them automatically but it created other folders in the folder
Ok i use the commands
Ok found the commands on the site
Omg
Thx so much
I was going crazy
Good luck!
I Hope
This chat Will be not deleted right?
No
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