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Immich•3w ago
nbkt

Move Immich from root to user account

Hi, I currently have my Immich data stored on a storagebox mounted via sshfs. 
sshfs uXXXXXX@uXXXXXX.your-storagebox.de:/home/Immich /root/sbmount/Camera/Immich/ -C -p 23 -o reconnect,ServerAliveInterval=15,ServerAliveCountMax=3
sshfs uXXXXXX@uXXXXXX.your-storagebox.de:/home/Immich /root/sbmount/Camera/Immich/ -C -p 23 -o reconnect,ServerAliveInterval=15,ServerAliveCountMax=3
As you can see, I was being lazy and had all my stuff under the root account. I am trying to rectify this. My current .env looks like this: 
# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=~/sbmount/Camera/Immich/ImmichUpload
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=~/sbmount/Immich/postgres

# TZ=Etc/UTC

IMMICH_VERSION=release

DB_PASSWORD=[redacted]

DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich
# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=~/sbmount/Camera/Immich/ImmichUpload
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=~/sbmount/Immich/postgres

# TZ=Etc/UTC

IMMICH_VERSION=release

DB_PASSWORD=[redacted]

DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich
I'd like to mount the storagebox Immich folder under /home/new-user/docker/immich-app/sb/. I would also like to move the postgres db to the new users account under /home/new-user/docker/immich-app/postgres/. Also, the .env and docker-compose.yml would move to /home/new-user/docker/immich-app/ Then, my .env should be able to look like: 
# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=./sb/ImmichUpload
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres
# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=./sb/ImmichUpload
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres
Questions: - Can I safely move the mountpoint for the image uploads? - How do I move the postgres DB? - Am I missing anything? docker-compose.yml is attached. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

docker-compose.yml

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Immich
Immich•3w ago
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Zeus
Zeus•3w ago
You'll have to do all of this. THe postgres folder can just be moved while immich is off wait... you are using a sshfs mount for your database???
nbkt
nbktOP•3w ago
yes? should I not?
Zeus
Zeus•3w ago
absolutely NOT, no
Immich
Immich•3w ago
nbkt
nbktOP•3w ago
oh no just the upload dir is mounted via sshfs the db isnt the file paths are really confusing because I fucked up during the initial setup the upload dir is under .../Camera/Immich/... and the db is .../Immich/... I don't really care if Immich runs as root, I just want to manage it from the user account. do I still need to do this? ^ fabulous
Immich
Immich•3w ago
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