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tilman

database permission errors during setup

Hi, I really want to try out Immich!

I just setup a new linux server (fedora server) on an old computer of mine and tried to install immich.

I setup docker by just installing it via sudo dnf install docker. It seems that got my a package called moby-engine.

I did not setup docker rootless, so I have to run all docker commands as root.

Then I followed the installation guide (see below for env and compose).

But I cannot reach the server at :2283. In docker ps I can see that the db and immich are constantly restarting. docker logs immich_postgres shows this:

Using SSD storage
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied
find: ‘/var/lib/postgresql/data’: Permission denied
chown: changing ownership of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied
Using SSD storage
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied
find: ‘/var/lib/postgresql/data’: Permission denied
chown: changing ownership of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied


I really would like this to work, so thanks in advance for any help or pointers what could be wrong!
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