Immich•2w ago

Move Immich to a new OS while keeping all data?

Hey, I want to swap my OS with a newer version. I will be reinstalling (including reinstalling docker etc). Is the proper way to do it by simply copying over the Immich configuration directory and starting like usual? (where docker compose and postgres reside - it will still point to the same drive with my actual photos) chatgpt is telling me to also backup some docker volumes (?) but I'm unsure how to do that. I've found this page in docs, but is it required for what I want to do? https://immich.app/docs/administration/backup-and-restore/

Backup and Restore | Immich

A 3-2-1 backup strategy is recommended to protect your data. You should keep copies of your uploaded photos/videos as well as the Immich database for a comprehensive backup solution. This page provides an overview on how to backup the database and the location of user-uploaded pictures and videos. A template bash script that can be run as a cron...

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Immich•2w ago

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bo0tzz•2w ago

Yes, that guide is the way to go. Be very careful relying on LLMs for this stuff, you're much better understanding it yourself. Otherwise you risk having a bunch of important things wiped out

jakjasie1OP•2w ago

I realise, I just thought it would be useful to ask what has to be done and look into it further. Since the actual images are stored on a 2nd HDD, which part do I need to back up? the .env file

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/srv/data_hdd/immich_upload

# The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database
DB_DATA_LOCATION=/srv/data_hdd/postgres

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/srv/data_hdd/immich_upload

# The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database
DB_DATA_LOCATION=/srv/data_hdd/postgres

Alterus•2w ago

I think. If all your db/photos are on the same disk which isn't going to be messed with. Compose and env files and also ml and transcoding if you use them. Save them. After the new instal run those files back and all should be good. At least that worked for me when i had to reset the whole immich-doker stack (i messed up something and had start from fresh install). Also i would recomend do backup db dumps just in case.

bo0tzz•2w ago

If you're moving that HDD as is to the new system, then you can technically do that without backing it up - but that said, you should be always backing up all the things anyways

jakjasie1OP•2w ago

Thanks! I will make the backup and then try

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