Immich•4mo ago

Error in windows 11 Docker WSL2

I keep receiving below errror trying setup on windows 11 Docker Personal: Initializing Immich v1.132.3 Detected CPU Cores: 22 Starting api worker Starting microservices worker [Nest] 7 - 05/18/2025, 11:08:34 AM LOG [Microservices:EventRepository] Initialized websocket server [Nest] 19 - 05/18/2025, 11:08:35 AM LOG [Api:EventRepository] Initialized websocket server microservices worker error: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND database, stack: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND database at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookupall [as oncomplete] (node:dns:120:26) microservices worker exited with code 1 Killing api process Initializing Immich v1.132.3 Detected CPU Cores: 22 Starting api worker

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Immich•4mo ago

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Mraedis•4mo ago

Please post your compose and env

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

@Mraedis I think i dont have .env file. Only compose . i think hardcoded environment variables directly in the docker-compose.yml

docker-compose.yml

Mraedis•4mo ago

Try adding

      - DB_HOST=db

      - DB_HOST=db

To the ml container

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

you mean like this: version: '3.8' services: db: image: postgres:14-alpine restart: unless-stopped environment: POSTGRES_USER: postgres POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres POSTGRES_DB: immich volumes: - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data redis: image: redis:6-alpine restart: unless-stopped volumes: - redis_data:/data backend: image: immich/backend:latest depends_on: - db - redis restart: unless-stopped environment: - DB_HOST=db - DB_PORT=5432 - DB_USERNAME=postgres - DB_PASSWORD=postgres - DB_DATABASE=immich - REDIS_HOST=redis - REDIS_PORT=6379 - JWT_SECRET=change_this_to_a_real_secret ports: - "2283:2283" volumes: - immich_data:/app/data ml: image: immich/ml:latest depends_on: - db - redis restart: unless-stopped environment: - DB_HOST=db - DB_PORT=5432 - DB_USERNAME=postgres - DB_PASSWORD=postgres - DB_DATABASE=immich - REDIS_HOST=redis - REDIS_PORT=6379 - ML_SECRET=change_this_to_a_real_secret ports: - "2293:2293" volumes: - ml_data:/app/data volumes: db_data: redis_data: immich_data: ml_data:

Mraedis•4mo ago

What the heck happened there? Did you ChatGPT this?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

yesss 😦

Mraedis•4mo ago

Don't do that

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I am novice, sorry

Mraedis•4mo ago

Delete everything you have, use ONLY this compose:

#
# WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://immich.app/docs/install/docker-compose
#
# Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.

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:
      - .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:
      - .env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8-bookworm@sha256:42cba146593a5ea9a622002c1b7cba5da7be248650cbb64ecb9c6c33d29794b1
    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:
  pgdata:

#
# WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://immich.app/docs/install/docker-compose
#
# Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.

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:
      - .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:
      - .env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8-bookworm@sha256:42cba146593a5ea9a622002c1b7cba5da7be248650cbb64ecb9c6c33d29794b1
    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:
  pgdata:

Use this env:

# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION="F:/ImmichHot/storage"

# The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database
DB_DATA_LOCATION=pgdata

# To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
TZ=Asia/Dubai

# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=release

# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
# Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces
DB_PASSWORD=postgres

# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION="F:/ImmichHot/storage"

# The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database
DB_DATA_LOCATION=pgdata

# To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
TZ=Asia/Dubai

# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=release

# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
# Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces
DB_PASSWORD=postgres

# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

But maybe change the postgres password if you really want to.

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

sorry, but is it possible for you to point me to official steps to setup Immich on widows 11 including where to keep those env file and docker file - in same folder? I used chatgpt for all till now

Mraedis•4mo ago

https://immich.app/docs/install/docker-compose/ This is the same on windows and linux really, "mkdir" means "make the directory" and "cd" means "go inside the folder" 1. Make a folder for immich, jike you used "ImmichHot" for instance 2. Go inside the folder, make a text file called docker-compose.yml and put the contents I pasted above inside 3. make a text file called .env the dot at the start is important, put the env I pasted above inside Not sure how to get docker compose to work here though 👀

Daniel•4mo ago

Side note; how does your backup strategy look like?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

@Mraedis @Daniel thanks but actually i have a laptop with internal nvme ssd and i have partitioned it and created another volume 500 GB for ImmichHot -- the intention was to let ML (face / object /geolocation detection, grouping to be fast) (fastest IOPS). And have bought a separate DAS (USB 3.2 10gbps ) and put 2x4tb HDD in it. Naed 1x4tb as MediaSrc and another 4tb as MediaBkp. Intention is to offload all media from ImmichHot to MediaSrc when ML is done. And nightly delta backup routine from MediaSrc to MediaBkp I am trying to understand how to fit instructions by @Mraedis into my storage strategy 🙂

Mraedis•4mo ago

Yeah that won't work 👀 What you want for fastest response time is thumbnails (and the database!) on your SSD, and the images on your DAS https://immich.app/docs/guides/custom-locations/ this is an example, do not blindly copy it relevant would be - ${THUMB_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs Do not, under any circumstances, move files around if immich is not the one doing the moving, you're going to break things ML will be fine with reading from your HDDs, it does not need more speed Wait actually if you will be moving the entirety of the library, not just random sets then that will work, sorry for the confusion This requires composing down, moving the folder, changing the UPLOAD_LOCATION in the env and composing up

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Hmmm, I am trynig to make sense of all documentation from the URL you shared with help of chatgpt and my storage drives. My understanding was that since ML needs higher IOPS, internal temp storage for sometime would help, but as you said it wont.

Mraedis•4mo ago

the storage will not be the limiting factor in ML processing will very likely be your bottleneck

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

yes, the first nightly will copy all, then following nightly jobs will copy the delta My pc processing spec looks like below: Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 155H 3.80 GHz Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.5 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor so I guess this would be enough, without bottleneck?

Mraedis•4mo ago

Probably, you can run it off your SSD and move the folder later for sure But keep the database and thumbs on the SSD like I suggested that will make immich feel very responsive Make special note of the pgdata: change I showed you https://immich.app/docs/install/requirements/#special-requirements-for-windows-users If you do not put postgres on a docker volume when hosting on Windows, it will break

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

OK, let me just go through everything you said and try to make sense of it and experiment implementing it. Thanks!

NoMachine•4mo ago

if you have doubts ask here, not chatgpt 😂

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

What should i mention in place of following 3 values?: environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD} POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME} POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME} i think that's not acceptabele values right

Mraedis•4mo ago

No that's how it works

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

so even if i keep that as-is, no issues? it's not hackable remotely?

Mraedis•4mo ago

What would be hackable there?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

since people can read this password here in group chat they can't check media in my immich folders? Also, side question -- I have around 1.5 TB media data now that i want to move to UPLOAD_LOCATION="F:/ImmichHot/storage" which is only 500 GB slice of a 1TB internal ssd of windows laptop. So, I will just upload first day upto 500 GB from my 1.5 TB collection. And thinking to run a nightly to move that 500 GB to external hdd MediaSrc (D:) in a DAS. But to before I move that first batch of 500GB media from "F:/ImmichHot/storage" to MediaSrc (D:), I must know that the ML related processing is complete for all 500 GB data. How do I check that? - And where do I define this location MediaSrc (D:) for my purpose stated? - And then I will use an app to do nightly backup of all-time media in MediaSrc (D:). I guess we dont need to mention this location anywhere in immich related meta right?

NoMachine•4mo ago

normally you will never expose your DB externally, so even if we know your password, there's nothing we can do. but anyway, if you want to modify those values you have to edit the .env file https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/example.env (rename to .env) no, once you upload your library to Immich and is copied to UPLOAD_LOCATION, you are not suppose to modify that folder directly and move assets out of it

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

i am confused because here I saw hope -https://discord.com/channels/979116623879368755/1374034370637201479/1374735236407103508 aaah I think I see what was meant so I will have to do that change every day, not possible

NoMachine•4mo ago

maybe you are confused what Immich is actually for... this is a self hosted service like google photos (and whatever iOS equivalent), you upload assets to it and they stay in the library where is your 1.5Tb data stored?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I understand, I am currently using Apple Photos Library but it's creating issues on and off. So, I am planning to move to Immich and let me and my family upload to same library and view anytime in network or remotely 1.5 tb is in external ssd

NoMachine•4mo ago

is that always connected?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

exported via apple photos gradually external ssd not connected always, its via usb nvme enclosure

NoMachine•4mo ago

And thinking to run a nightly to move that 500 GB to external hdd MediaSrc (D:) in a DAS is this that same media ?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

yes, first batch of that 1.5 tb

NoMachine•4mo ago

you could have your library stored in an external media, while everything else is in your internal SSD, but ideally it should be always available (attached) something like this

      - ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - ${INTERNAL_LOCATION}/thumbs:/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs
      - ${INTERNAL_LOCATION}/encoded-video:/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video
      - ${INTERNAL_LOCATION}/profile:/usr/src/app/upload/profile
      - ${INTERNAL_LOCATION}/upload:/usr/src/app/upload/upload

      - ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - ${INTERNAL_LOCATION}/thumbs:/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs
      - ${INTERNAL_LOCATION}/encoded-video:/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video
      - ${INTERNAL_LOCATION}/profile:/usr/src/app/upload/profile
      - ${INTERNAL_LOCATION}/upload:/usr/src/app/upload/upload

Zeus•4mo ago

      - ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/library
      - ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/backups

      - ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/library
      - ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/backups

duplicate

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

hmmm. I am trying to follow your responses. SO, attached is how my stroage drives look like. C: and F: are same internal ssd of windows laptop, just logical volume splits. D: and E: are from external DAS that I always plan to keep connected via usb to this laptop and intends to serve as permanent Immmich library

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

my DAs has more 1 & 2 tb drives but I dont show here because it should not be usable by Immich but there's a slight chance that I may either shut down laptop on and off Or shut down the DAs sometimes. I hope that doesnt break anything related to Immich library/database/ML so you're saying I should not use # The location where your uploaded files are stored UPLOAD_LOCATION="F:/ImmichHot/storage" Instead, I should use UPLOAD_LOCATION="D:/ImmichHot/storage"? duplicate, sorry what do you mean? I am so getting confused right now 😦

NoMachine•4mo ago

      - D:/ImmichHot/storage:/usr/src/app/upload
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/thumbs:/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/encoded-video:/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/profile:/usr/src/app/upload/profile
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/upload:/usr/src/app/upload/upload

      - D:/ImmichHot/storage:/usr/src/app/upload
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/thumbs:/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/encoded-video:/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/profile:/usr/src/app/upload/profile
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/upload:/usr/src/app/upload/upload

is that clearer? ~~your DB should be in F too~~ sorry your DB should be in a volume https://immich.app/docs/install/requirements/#special-requirements-for-windows-users

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

ok so changing from postgres to pgdata wont have any disadvantage? I think that's already done in the file shared by @Mraedis here - https://discord.com/channels/979116623879368755/1374034370637201479/1374730555920355511 ok great, so I understand now that F: (internal ssd portion) is used as temp storage until ML is completed and then automatically media moves to D:,removing it from F:?

      - D:/ImmichHot/storage:/usr/src/app/upload
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/thumbs:/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/encoded-video:/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/profile:/usr/src/app/upload/profile
      - F:/ImmichHot/storage/upload:/usr/src/app/upload/upload

NoMachine•4mo ago

kind of, you'll need to enable storage template so the files are moved to D https://immich.app/docs/administration/storage-template everything else (thumbs, encoded videos) will be served from F

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Thank you, you guys are an awesome support. I will try these

NoMachine•4mo ago

and don't forget to do proper backup

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

@NoMachine proper backup? Nightly backup strategy from D: not enough?

NoMachine•4mo ago

a copy is not a backup 😛

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

😮 means more expenses like off-site NAS backup or cloud backup in TBs?

Zuri3l•4mo ago

the best way of deploy in windows is usin wsl in terminal, your directories appear like linux an works realy good, use the route

 /mnt/your-disk/route/to/ur/library

 /mnt/your-disk/route/to/ur/library

NoMachine•4mo ago

I mean something like deduplication backup tools (like borg, restic, etc), having an offsite/cloud option would be ideal, but in the end, it all depends how much you care about keeping your library safe 😬

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Oh ok 😦 I’m not that technical Btw one question- will it be better if I setup Immich on Mac mini M1 (I will buy used) instead on Dell laptop I have? DAS will still hold media data.

Daniel•4mo ago

But you're sure self-hosting Immich is the right call for you?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Why not? I wanna save on subscription long run

Daniel•4mo ago

If you're saying you're not "technical" enough for proper backups self hosting your precious memories may not be a good idea IMHO Self-hosting rarely saves money

bo0tzz•4mo ago

It's very important data and if you're not confident about what you're doing then you risk losing it

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I bought external DAS and hdds for it only 😦 I can’t return now Really?? Then why the hassle? 😮

bo0tzz•4mo ago

Privacy, control, fun

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Sorry but I mean cloud providers won’t steal my data really right, they use it anonymously to train models Fun?

Daniel•4mo ago

People consider self-hosting a hobby

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

It’s a hobby risky for people with less budget huh it seems 😀

bo0tzz•4mo ago

I mean, it's not a cheap hobby usually, but there definitely are people that manage on really cheap equipment It all depends on what you're willing to accept, both in terms of performance and in terms of risk

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Got you. Thanks But really which ones best for Immich performance vs heat management I feel win 11 Immich container via docker heats up over the day since windows consume its own resources Thoughts? I’m refraining from using ChatGPT as you initially advised so asking you experts 🙂

Daniel•4mo ago

Really you should use neither MacOS nor Windows. If you want to choose between the two, MacOS would probably be the better choice and the Mac Mini is incredibly efficient and performant

bo0tzz•4mo ago

(but ideally you use Linux)

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Gotcha! Ubuntu or Debian? Which one is better for Immich and backups and why?

Mraedis•4mo ago

I prefer Debian personally because Ubuntu sometimes makes changes that veer away from what is widely know as good/stable and causes confusion for example, snap installs so annoying

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Amazing so I think Debian for me. I’ll install it and then follow the steps you shared to install and configure Immich on it Which nightly backup tool you suggest on Debian to copy 1st hdd data of Immich to 2nd hdd?

bo0tzz•4mo ago

Restic or Borg are our usual suggestions

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Ok let me check if they are free without limits or donations based

NoMachine•4mo ago

they are completely free, command line tools, but there are a lot of GUIs or WebUI available I personally use backrest in docker

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Gotcha, thanks! But if I thought if I use Debian I won’t have to use docker for Immich, unlike in windows 11 Then in Debian I will need to install backrest so not resource hungry?

bo0tzz•4mo ago

You should probably still use docker But it'll work a lot better than in windows

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Ok, so install docker in Debian first and then Immich and then backrest Thanks for this formula 😍 Is GNOME better than KDE Plasma for Debian?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Chatgpt tell me this which gives me impression that KDE might be better to install but I am not sure, as new Linux user

NoMachine•4mo ago

that's just a matter of personal preference. both are pretty good. me personally, I like my servers headless

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Installing Debian twice has ruined my win 11 bootloader today I tried Debian live too I think I’m better off with docker on windows 11 lol Let the pc burn

Mraedis•4mo ago

You can run. Vm on windows too @Hypolumar

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

@Mraedis ok, which one do you suggest? Free

Mraedis•4mo ago

https://www.solveyourtech.com/how-to-create-a-virtual-machine-in-windows-11-a-step-by-step-guide/ https://www.debian.org/download

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

@NoMachine What's the difference between - ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/library and - ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload So, I have decided to install Immich via docker desktop in win 11. Can you check my env and docker files to ensure it will work 100%?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

env.txt

docker-compose.yml

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I have changed letters of my drives (internal and external). D:/ is internal NVME's partition. E:/ is external HDD that will serve as primary backup location of media uploaded from mobile app. F:/ will be backup of E:/ all time

Mraedis•4mo ago

/usr/src/app/upload is an internal directory, it contains multiple folders:

/usr/src/app/upload/upload
/usr/src/app/upload/library
/usr/src/app/upload/profile
/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs
/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video

/usr/src/app/upload/upload
/usr/src/app/upload/library
/usr/src/app/upload/profile
/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs
/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video

So if you use ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/library you are only putting that one directory on EXTERNAL_LOCATION But if you use ${EXTERNAL_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload then you are putting all of the directories there

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Sorry, what’s the difference in purpose between: /usr/src/app/upload/upload /usr/src/app/upload/library @Mraedis sorry for asking too much, but can you please fix my env and compose files? I’m literally scratching my head over the config for sometime now 😦

Mraedis•4mo ago

upload is where files get uploaded library is where files are moved to if you enable storage templating You're not supposed to use the + at the start of the line @Hypolumar it's to indicate that the line was added What is the actual folder you want to use on your HDD and SSD @Hypolumar ? You seem to be nesting a lot of things

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Actual folder to upload to in external hdd - E:/ImmichHot/storage

Mraedis•4mo ago

And for the SSD? er HDD, whatever

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Internal nvme partition to use - D:/ImmichHot/storage/ F:/ is where I’d like to keep backup

Mraedis•4mo ago

Env:

UPLOAD_LOCATION=D:/ImmichHot/storage/
UPLOAD_UPLOAD=E:/ImmichHot/storage/upload
ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION=E:/ImmichHot/storage/encoded-video
BACKUP_LOCATION=E:/ImmichHot/storage/backups

UPLOAD_LOCATION=D:/ImmichHot/storage/
UPLOAD_UPLOAD=E:/ImmichHot/storage/upload
ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION=E:/ImmichHot/storage/encoded-video
BACKUP_LOCATION=E:/ImmichHot/storage/backups

(abbreviated) Yaml:

    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - ${UPLOAD_UPLOAD}:/usr/src/app/upload/upload
      - ${ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video
      - ${BACKUP_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/backups
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env

    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - ${UPLOAD_UPLOAD}:/usr/src/app/upload/upload
      - ${ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video
      - ${BACKUP_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/backups
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env

I have left "backups" on your HDD because these are database dumps not full immich backups, so they don't take a huge amount of space

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Aaah! I thought backup folder is literally backup of my media uploads, so I could skip setting up nightly backup with app like backrest Thanks Can I update localtime:ro (I guess that’s for Romania?) to my country’s abbreviation (UAE)?

Zeus•4mo ago

lol, good one. That means read only So, no. You should set your timezone in the .env as we explain the example

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Thanks HI, i have made changes And i need you to certify it before i start immich

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

env.txt

docker-compose.yml

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

D:/ is 500 GB partition of my 1tb internal ssd in windows pc. E:/ is 4 tb is main library drive F:/ also 4 TB but to be used as backup/clone of E:/ @Zeus @Mraedis @NoMachine @Daniel @Zuri3l

Daniel•4mo ago

There is no need to ping everyone in this thread!

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

OK, i thought you guys might be away and this may notify you sorry Dan

Daniel•4mo ago

The whole point is to not get notifications for every help desk thread but rather look at them when we have time :P

NoMachine•4mo ago

you should update your DB section with the latest updates, since you are starting fresh

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I will take care not to do it update your DB section with the latest updates? like change which line and to what? Path for Immich's internal database backups DB_BACKUP_LOCATION=E:/ImmichHot/storage_db_backups this?

NoMachine•4mo ago

just get the latest version, and copy replace the server part with yours no, that's env, I'm talking about the compose file

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

OK let me check. And in the env file, i have this currently: Path for initial uploads before processing by storage templates INITIAL_UPLOAD_LOCATION=D:/ImmichHot/storage_upload but what's the use case of using this internal ssd partition (D:/) as temp placeholder? if it's all going to go to UPLOAD_LOCATION=E:/ImmichHot/storage anyway because last time I recall somebody mentioned I can't have ML services done on ssd by first uploading to internal slice (D:/) first and then immich automoving to final library drive, right?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

doesn't seem the only thing to update? I see more differenced

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

please calrify. And given my situation and use case as explain above today, should I Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' as below? POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums' # Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD'

NoMachine•4mo ago

use this

docker-compose.yml

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Sorry guys, but not working. I get this error starting docker: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd d:/ PS D:> docker compose up -d time="2025-06-06T06:59:22+04:00" level=warning msg="The "DB_PASSWORD" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-06-06T06:59:22+04:00" level=warning msg="The "DB_USERNAME" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-06-06T06:59:22+04:00" level=warning msg="The "DB_DATABASE_NAME" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-06-06T06:59:22+04:00" level=warning msg="The "UPLOAD_LOCATION" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-06-06T06:59:22+04:00" level=warning msg="The "INITIAL_UPLOAD_LOCATION" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-06-06T06:59:22+04:00" level=warning msg="The "THUMBNAIL_LOCATION" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-06-06T06:59:22+04:00" level=warning msg="The "ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-06-06T06:59:22+04:00" level=warning msg="The "PROFILE_LOCATION" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-06-06T06:59:22+04:00" level=warning msg="The "DB_BACKUP_LOCATION" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." invalid spec: :/usr/src/app/upload: empty section between colons PS D:>

Mraedis•4mo ago

your env is missing it's supposed to be named .env

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

env file is there

Mraedis•4mo ago

I think it's .env.txt in your case Could you dir inside of D: @Hypolumar ?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

@Mraedis Hey, I am already inside of D: as you can see in screenshot

Mraedis•4mo ago

... yes

NoMachine•4mo ago

enable the option to show file extensions in explorer, and remove .txt in your .env

Mraedis•4mo ago

I told you to perform the command dir in cmd this will likely show that's not .env but .env.txt

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

aaah, I see this: PS D:> dir Directory: D:\ Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- d----- 6/5/2025 5:59 PM Backup_env_compose d----- 5/26/2025 6:43 PM ImmichHot -a---- 6/5/2025 5:59 PM 1535 .env.txt -a---- 6/6/2025 6:47 AM 3274 docker-compose.yml

Mraedis•4mo ago

open it up in notepad, press "save as" and select all files:

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

DOne, I unhid extensions and it was .txt. I removed .txt and saved and then reran this command but still error: PS D:> docker compose up -d unable to get image 'ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:release': error during connect: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2FdockerDesktopLinuxEngine/v1.49/images/ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:release/json": open //./pipe/dockerDesktopLinuxEngine: The system cannot find the file specified. PS D:>

Mraedis•4mo ago

Yes now you're getting somewhere 🙂 You need to either start docker desktop for the docker daemon to start, or use WSL2

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

ahaaa, started docker desktop now something is happening

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

sorry I thought docker is already running, lets see DOne it seems: [+] Running 7/7 ✔ Network immich_default Created 0.1s ✔ Volume "immich_model-cache" Created 0.0s ✔ Volume "immich_pgdata" Created 0.0s ✔ Container immich_redis Started 12.4s ✔ Container immich_postgres Started 12.4s ✔ Container immich_machine_learning Started 12.5s ✔ Container immich_server Started 12.4s PS D:> So i guess, finally all set and i am good to go I forgot the command to check if no issues with any of the service, especially ML service that kept restarted after few seconds the last time docker exec -it immich-server bash?

Mraedis•4mo ago

Nah just docker ps See if it's up and running If everything is up 15 minutes and one container is 10 seconds you know it's restarting 😉

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

ok sir! I will keep a watch, so far all 4 services up for 5 mins and running 🙂 but there is no port info for last line immich_machine_learning is that normal?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I thought I already upgraded to latest version but I see this dialogue . So i just do: docker compose pull && docker compose up -d And then: docker image prune?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

and same in future even if I have media in hdd library and in sdd ? but my env file already had belowbut still it auto didnt take it?: The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0" IMMICH_VERSION=release

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I see these 3 main changes only :

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

But in my existing docker file, should I only update these 2

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

and then docker compose pull && docker compose up -d and then docker image prune? Thank

Mraedis•4mo ago

Are you comparing from the github main branch? Vectorchord 0.4.1 isn't out yet for immich

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

yes sir, main https://github.com/immich-app/immich/blob/main/docker/docker-compose.yml ok,so what should I do

Mraedis•4mo ago

You should only use the files linked on the releases page @Hypolumar Main is for development

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

ok is it docker/docker-compose.yml or e2e/docker-compose.yml I found this related to files changes from latest release docker/docker-compose.yml https://github.com/immich-app/immich/blob/ce6631f7e05df5c2d116dc382ea3914b6d517c47/docker/docker-compose.yml that still says under database: image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.1-pgvectors0.2.0 i guess i was looking at wrong commit. This is the one from last week for https://github.com/immich-app/immich/commit/58ae77ec9204a2e43a8cb2f1fd27482af40d0891 [chore: version v1.134.0] but it lacks docker-compose file

Mraedis•4mo ago

https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

As per this, can i just update my env file with IMMICH_VERSION=v1.134.0 like this 2nd screenshot attached @Mraedis

Mraedis•4mo ago

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

gocha, thanks

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I see 3 changes from my current cocker compose. Should I only update image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.3.0-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:fa4f6e0971f454cd95fec5a9aaed2ed93d8f46725cc6bc61e0698e97dba96da1 and leave other two changes as is? 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 - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data

Mraedis•4mo ago

No you don't actually need the hash, so just keep everything as is also YOU do need the pgdata lines, so pay attention to that in future updates 🙂 the default is DB_DATA_LOCATION but that's not what YOU want

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

My current compose has image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.3.0-pgvectors0.2.0. And the docker compose file from Releaase as per image you shared has: image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.3.0-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:fa4f6e0971f454cd95fec5a9aaed2ed93d8f46725cc6bc61e0698e97dba96da1 https://discord.com/channels/979116623879368755/1374034370637201479/1380538149448454265 So if i remove hash, i will be left with what i have image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.3.0-pgvectors0.2.0. So, how do i move from v1.132.3 to v1.134.0? that's where I am stuck at, understanding-wise

Mraedis•4mo ago

Going to 134 is a matter of docker compose pull (and then docker compose up -d again)

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Gosh, really, that simple??? I feel so dumb this is so simple really then

Mraedis•4mo ago

if you do pull it will sync with the registry You have IMMICH_VERSION=release so it will sync with the release image release at this time is 1.134 🙂 On a new release the "release" image just changes tags to, say, 1.135 If you need a specific version you would put IMMICH_VERSION=v1.134.0

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

amazing, love you guys I am now on latest thanks much!!!! 1 concern right now, I promise i will be last for today lol. i just uploaded 3 GB to immich via usb and it only shows in 500 GB Internal SSD Partition D:\ImmichHot\storage_upload\128abc2d-7863-45be-9b0e-92c4c6f082d7. But it should also move to external HDD E:\ImmichHot\storage automatically right? This one shows zero kb used still.

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

but in immich it shows space from HDD using 220 MB. Which isnt correct as you can see in 2nd screenshot of that folder size in win explorer

Mraedis•4mo ago

Did you enable storage templating?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

i dont know what that is, sorry and how to enable I thought only contents in env and compose files are good to take care of everything, no?

Mraedis•4mo ago

https://my.immich.app/admin/system-settings?isOpen=storage-template

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

thanks, what's the difference between these 2

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Another issue. When I upload these videos, some of them shows error but when i click on arrows next to error files and open in new tab, they play in web browser

NoMachine•4mo ago

I don't see error. it's saying the asset is duplicated, so of course it will play since it already exists in the server

Mraedis•4mo ago

Migration is legacy

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

ok my bad ok, but i wanted to have more than 1 file migrate at once. is this feature planned in future?

NoMachine•4mo ago

no, and you don't need more really. 1 is safe and enough

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Can somebody please tell me why I have similar type-named folders in D: and E:? Which ones are not used?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

D:/ is pc's internal NVME partition. E:/ is external HDD in DAS how to ensure these processes happen in NVME, not HDD (if that's possible) before imported files move from D:/ to E:/ via STORAGE TEMPLATE MIGRATION?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

these are my env and compose

env

docker-compose.yml

Mraedis•4mo ago

You can't

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

😦 If you guys can add this enhancement, then it will be amazing I’m sharing 800 kb HEIC photo from Immich and it gets shared as 2.5 MB JPEG how can I keep Immich to share as-is format and as-is file size

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I also see a lot of these files, maybe bad image files i want to delete, how do I bulk search for those 4 kb files and delete within immich or windows explorer?

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

Mraedis•4mo ago

Set the transcode options to ignore heic where are these files coming from

HypolumarOP•4mo ago

I imported media from external ssd maybe they were some corrupted files but seems like they got imported as-is now i wanna delete such all from immich library and another question - what happens if i directly copy new 100 GB media to D:\ImmichHot\storage_upload or E:\ImmichHot\storage\library\admin instead of importing it?

Mraedis•4mo ago

Nothing It will sit there, undetected Not a lot of ways to do this apart from selecting them in GUI and deleting YOu can shift+ or ctrl+ click

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

Hello sir, will this upload media from phone that’s missing on Immich server library? Or will it match album content on Immich to be same as latest album content on iPhone? Meaning if I uploaded something earlier and deleted from iPhone, next time I click this sync button, will it cause deletion of same asset into Immich server album? Thanks!

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

And is it possible to set up internal library as well as external library at the same time? For example, I want to set up internal library for all my family phones personal media captures, including videos, and I want to set up an external library with the external DAS that has a 6 TB blank hard drive in which I can upload my action camera videos only but I will want it to be shown in Immich and do all machine learning stuff from that video for example, index all the faces, objects and geolocations captured in the video. So that I can still search anything within those action camera videos by going inside Immich

Mraedis•3mo ago

Sync albums will create albums on the server to match the ones you upload from the phone. It will also move the ones you uploaded in there Sure but you can't move things around in internal libraries from file explorer

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

So it won’t delete files in existing album from server if file was later deleted after last sync?

Mraedis•3mo ago

it won't delete anything while syncing no

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

Thanks Sorry I don’t understand if it’s a glitch or something smart that I don’t understand yet? I see Remainder as 0 for last few mins but still the uploading file info keeps loading with new file names

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

Mraedis•3mo ago

The counters are a bit broken right now

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

ok so you mean as long as it it shows remainder 0, all upaloaded?

Mraedis•3mo ago

No I mean as long as it stops doing the animation it's all uploaded

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

This is a known issue?

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

Mraedis•3mo ago

Are they videos?

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

No, they are Live Photos Extension HEIC

Mraedis•3mo ago

Yes, I mean is the live part of the live photo actually working

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

I am trying to setup Backrest 1st time in life. I have attached compose and env files. Can you please tell me what all folders (paths) should I setup backrest for, apart from library folder? @Mraedis

docker-compose.yml

env

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

Can anybody support? I forgot the name but one of you mentioned earlier you personally use backrest

Mraedis•3mo ago

If you have UPLOAD_LOCATION covered you have basically everything

HypolumarOP•3mo ago

@Mraedis thanks but what about E:\ImmichHot\storage_db_backups? how do I ensure in backrest that when it's copying UPLOAD_LOCATION (=E:/ImmichHot/storage) and E:\ImmichHot\storage_db_backups, the containers are paused or stopped because i read in some forums that otherwise it's corrupted backup right?

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