immich truenas data migration to new folder structure, but keep library at the same place?
TrueNas: Fangtooth 25.04
Immich: App Version: v1.141.1 Version: v1.9.24
So im currently migrating my apps to an ssd App pool (2x 512Gib single stripe). And i want to migrate immich overe and change to the new folder structure. My problem is that i have different Users and the immich library applies the folder structure in a way so that each usere has its own user dataset where the library is put into. This way if i give SMB access they can only access there own immich library, for backups etc. Now i don't want to move all of the library to the ssd storage, because then i would have to rsyn the 100reds of Gib images on top, which i would like to avoid.
Now is there a way to define the libary dataset the old way (old: /mnt/tank/Media/User/) and the rest as the new folder structure. I would also like to avoid mount bind a folder to the new /immich/data/library folder.
the second problem i have is that inside my .ix-apps/immich there is a folder pgData (Dont know if it is a relic from truecharts) and i have no idea where to put that.
the second problem i have is that inside my .ix-apps/immich there is a folder pgData (Dont know if it is a relic from truecharts) and i have no idea where to put that.
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.Could you explain a bit more what you define "the old way" and not binding volumes?
Because Otherwirse, it should be fairly simple
As for your pgData, you'll have to share your current Immich config in TrueNAS, so I can tell what I think it correspond to
With old way i mean that you bind all the subfolders of /data individually to the container as seen in images (this is deprected). and the new way you only need to mount the /data dataset. The problem is that my library is in a diffren dataset then /data and i dont/cant move it to the ssd. with bind mount i mean that i dont want to manuly make a mount in the shell indipendent of the container. Binding a folder to a container is no problem.
Images are the current mounted folders
ok so for pgData vs postgres_data, I think the most recent one is pgData, but you would have to double check (like is there any dates on the file, or is there a big size difference betweeen the 2?)
As for binding mounts, yes it is also possible: see https://immich.app/docs/install/truenas/#additional-storage-advanced-users (Check Multiple Datasets for Immich Storage)
As for migrating, the steps are also explained here: https://immich.app/docs/install/truenas/#migration-from-old-storage-configuration
Let me know if you need more help about it, I can assist with more detailed steps/explanation if necessary
Hi, srr that i write back this late but i had no time bc of exames. Today i tried to reinstall the container but get this error:
[2025/09/24 11:53:51] (ERROR) app_lifecycle.compose_action():56 -
Failed 'up' action for 'immich' app: Network ix-immich_default
Creating\n Network ix-immich_default
Created\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-redis-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-machine-learning-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-redis-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-machine-learning-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-server-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-server-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Starting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Started\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Exited\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1
Starting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Exited\n Container ix-immich-redis-1
Starting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Exited\n Container ix-immich-machine-learning-1
Starting\n Container ix-immich-redis-1 Started\n Container ix-immich-machine-learning-1 Started\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1 Started\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1 Waiting\n Container ix-immich-redis-1 Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Exited\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1
Error\n Container ix-immich-redis-1
Healthy\ndependency failed to start: container ix-immich-pgvecto-1 is unhealthy\n All the mountet folders have the user and group apps as modifie Ok i fixed this Problem. Smt with permissions missing. But now the Server conteiner will not start anymore when i replace the PG Data with the old pg data
Creating\n Network ix-immich_default
Created\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-redis-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-machine-learning-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-redis-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-machine-learning-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-server-1
Creating\n Container ix-immich-server-1
Created\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Starting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Started\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Exited\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1
Starting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Exited\n Container ix-immich-redis-1
Starting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Exited\n Container ix-immich-machine-learning-1
Starting\n Container ix-immich-redis-1 Started\n Container ix-immich-machine-learning-1 Started\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1 Started\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1 Waiting\n Container ix-immich-redis-1 Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Waiting\n Container ix-immich-permissions-1
Exited\n Container ix-immich-pgvecto-1
Error\n Container ix-immich-redis-1
Healthy\ndependency failed to start: container ix-immich-pgvecto-1 is unhealthy\n All the mountet folders have the user and group apps as modifie Ok i fixed this Problem. Smt with permissions missing. But now the Server conteiner will not start anymore when i replace the PG Data with the old pg data
What do you mean when you replace with old pgdata?