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Immich•4d ago
kroovy

Migration from /usr/src/app to /data broke something

I've been running immich on Unraid using docker-compose for a while now with no issues. I recently discovered custom locations and wanted to try it out to store some files on my cache drive. The instructions for custom locations was using /data paths but I was using /usr/src/app. I got the custom location working but now I wanted to try migrating to start using /data. This is on 1.138.1 This led me to a github thread where it was suggested to use immich-admin change-media-location to change your paths. So I did this, updated my compose file to use /data, and now immich wont boot. I get these errors: 
[Nest] 7  - 08/20/2025, 6:30:43 PM     LOG [Microservices:StorageService] Successfully verified system mount folder checks
[Nest] 7  - 08/20/2025, 6:30:43 PM     LOG [Microservices:StorageService] Media location changed (from=/usr/src/app/upload, to=/data)
Error: Detected an inconsistent media location. For more information, see https://immich.app/errors#inconsistent-media-location
    at /usr/src/app/server/dist/services/storage.service.js:96:31
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
    at async /usr/src/app/server/dist/repositories/database.repository.js:379:27
    at async /usr/src/app/server/node_modules/kysely/dist/cjs/kysely.js:535:20
    at async DefaultConnectionProvider.provideConnection (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/kysely/dist/cjs/driver/default-connection-provider.js:12:20)
    at async
[Nest] 7  - 08/20/2025, 6:30:43 PM     LOG [Microservices:StorageService] Successfully verified system mount folder checks
[Nest] 7  - 08/20/2025, 6:30:43 PM     LOG [Microservices:StorageService] Media location changed (from=/usr/src/app/upload, to=/data)
Error: Detected an inconsistent media location. For more information, see https://immich.app/errors#inconsistent-media-location
    at /usr/src/app/server/dist/services/storage.service.js:96:31
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
    at async /usr/src/app/server/dist/repositories/database.repository.js:379:27
    at async /usr/src/app/server/node_modules/kysely/dist/cjs/kysely.js:535:20
    at async DefaultConnectionProvider.provideConnection (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/kysely/dist/cjs/driver/default-connection-provider.js:12:20)
    at async
I reverted my compose file to /usr/src/app, and immich boots, but it wont load images. I can see when I look at info on a picture my files are expected in /data/library Any suggestions on how to fix it to stick with /data? My next step would be to revert back to /usr/src/app on change-media-location but I wanted to see how I can move forward instead.
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Immich
Immich•4d ago
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kroovy
kroovyOP•4d ago
Env File: 
# 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=/mnt/user/images/immich
THUMB_LOCATION=/mnt/cache/appdata/immich/thumbs
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=/mnt/cache/appdata/postgres

# 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=Etc/UTC

# 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=/mnt/user/images/immich
THUMB_LOCATION=/mnt/cache/appdata/immich/thumbs
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=/mnt/cache/appdata/postgres

# 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=Etc/UTC

# 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
Compose file (relevant section since I hit char limit) 
   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
      - ${THUMB_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
   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
      - ${THUMB_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
Compose file when I try using /data which causes errors 
   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}:/data
      - ${THUMB_LOCATION}:/data/thumbs
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
   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}:/data
      - ${THUMB_LOCATION}:/data/thumbs
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
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kroovy
kroovyOP•4d ago
Also the help page for the error mentions IMMICH_MEDIA_LOCATION but I do not have this configured anywhere. https://immich.app/errors/#inconsistent-media-location I went ahead and did the change-media-location back to /usr/src/app/upload, restarted, everything was working, then changed my compose file to use the /data dirs, and now it seems to work. Not sure what happened the first time I did that
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