UPLOAD_LOCATION in .env not being respected
Hello, I've set up immich on windows 11 via docker desktop.
In the .env I set the UPLOAD_LOCATION and DB_DATA_LOCATION.
Postgres successfully went to the DB_DATA_LOCATION folder, but when I did a test upload of an image it did not go into the UPLOAD_LOCATION folder.
I thought initial this might be because the UPLOAD_LOCATION folder is on a network drive, so I deleted the image, changed the UPLOAD_LOCATION folder to a local drive, restarted, and tried uploading again, but again it did not go into the UPLOAD_LOCATION folder.
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.If your mount doesn't work then docker "won't respect" it, please post compose/env
is that just my .env file?
yea your
docker-compose.yml and .env fileOK so first off, for windows you should use a docker volume https://immich.app/docs/install/requirements/#special-requirements-for-windows-users
Second, after you changed locations did you wipe the DB? If not, it will remain the same
What commands did you use after changing env?