Using synology docker I set myself up as a new user and used immich-go to upload 45000 pics. Then added my son as a separate user with an external library. Subsequent to initial setup, I created separate upload names rather than ID's, enabled the templates, updated Storage template migration and thumbnail migration. At that point, I was starting to get huge number of thumbnail and metadata number (like 750,000). It's like it was a loop or something.
I listened to AI. I know, should not have. It told me to mkdir -p /volume1/docker/immich/library which I did, move harry (me) and robert (external user) out of immich/upload and to mv /volume1/docker/immich/upload/library/* /volume1/docker/immich/library/. So I did that. Then he had me update my portainer stack file to fix the problem.:
immich-server:
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
container_name: immich-server
hostname: immich-server
user: 1027:100
security_opt:
- no-new-privileges:true
env_file:
- stack.env
ports:
- 8212:2283
volumes:
- /volume1/docker/immich/upload:/data:rw
- /volume1/docker/immich/library:/library:ro
- /volume1/homes/robert/Photos/MobileBackup/iPhone:/external/robert-photos:ro
restart: on-failure:5
depends_on:
immich-redis:
condition: service_started
immich-db:
condition: service_started
And then to go into admin settings and create a library for myself (already had one for robert, the external use) with the path /library.
Well, it started to add up pictures and size in the library settings, but after 2011 pictures, it stopped. And that was it. And now, I see if have a library in both locations. So it's a mess. I clearly don't understand libraries, who needs them, or where they should be located.
I'd be happy to pay $200 to an expert, I mean someone here who really knows there stuff, to get this cleaned up.