Setting up Immich on a flashdrive in Windows 10
Hi, I'm new to Immich and fairly new to Linux systems in general, and I'm having trouble with setup. I've installed Docker Destop with defaults, then I created immich-app on my flashdrive (G:) and placed .env and docker-compose.yml inside immich-app. My .env is:
The compose file is default, I haven't changed it at all. Immich starts normal, and I can set it up from a browser, upload, and interface with the photos without issue. But the files aren't being stored on the G: drive when I upload them. Instead, they are put in \wsl.localhost/docker-desktop/mnt/host/g/immich-app. I'm not sure how to change this so they are stored just on my flashdrive, not taking up space on my main C: drive.
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.You shouldn't put things on a flash drive if you can help it
It'll be horribly slow
I don't really have the space on my C: drive
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wsl.localhost/docker-desktop/mnt/host/g/ is the WSL equivalent of G:Ok, I kind of parsed that, but I guess my question still is, does that mean when I upload photos, are they actually being stored on G:? Or are they taking up space on my C: drive?
Have you considered just navigating to G: and checking it out?
Right, checking there was what had me concerned in the first place. The compose creates both the library and postgres folders in G:, but nothing is inside
and if you move up a folder and into upload
moving a folder up just goes into immich-app, which I have in the root of my G: drive
That means it wasn't mounted properly to the docker container (which is like with usb drives)
So yes, right now they are stored on your C: drive
Got it. Is there a tutorial somewhere I can follow to mount it?
You're doing everything correctly, it's just that USB sticks + Windows = unreliable
There are good reasons we strongly recommend a linux host and this is one of them
Alright, I have a shitty windows laptop with a half terabyte drive I left around somewhere. I’ll find it and put Linux and immich on that. Does immich work with Ubuntu server well?
Sure! Any modern unix OS works fine
Thanks for all the help, I’ll close the ticket
Just be sure to follow the docker guidelines to install it, and not just blindly apt install docker
https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
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