Source folder in docker desktop disappeared
I know, I know, installed immich on Windows environment (Docker Desktop on WSL2)....
Fortunately, I haven't done too much with it yet. I was preparing to upgrade to latest version of immich (running v2.1.0) before importing my entire Google Photos library and lo and behold, my immich source folder (which contains the compose file and .env file) has disappeared. It was located in Linux-->docker-desktop/home/[user]/docker/immich. Now the home folder is empty. Ironically enough, the immich container still runs fine.
I don't know if this means the source folder is still there, just hidden from me for some reason, or if Docker Desktop is able to run the containers from cache or something. Even after shutting down wls2 and restarting docker desktop, the container runs.
Any ideas how to find my source folder so I can update immich?
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Successfully submitted, a tag has been added to inform contributors. :white_check_mark:Can you download any originals from the web interface @Travillion
Yes, my immich instance is fully functional.
Then surely they are somewhere on the file system 😛
Have you tried a
find for instance to look for a specific filename?
perhaps in /var/lib/docker ?
find /var/lib/docker -type f -name <insert_known_filename>I will try this when I get home from work today. I remember reading some online tutorials that talked about docker-desktop not retaining data files in certain folders, but I thought I had avoided that.
I was not able to locate the files using a search. Doing a bit more reading online and my guess is the containers are "orphaned," that is, running through daemon knowledge instead of the compose.yml file.
I think I have to start from scratch, but this time without docker desktop. Do you think it will be less resource heavy to install a Linux distro on WSL2 and then docker engine (not desktop) on that distro, or to run a full Linux VM through hyper V?
Not a fan of anything docker in WSL personally, but it can work. VM overhead is minimal imho and you get more control over the VM than with whatever Windows is doing to WSL.
If you do want to try and get old data out, try this command to see where the storage is mounted right now:
docker inspect immich_server | jq .[].MountsEven if they are orphaned through docker compose they would still show in
docker ps -a and the files should show up in your file system
it's like you're on a whole new distro/disk 👀 don't know if that's possible but wouldn't suprise meI think Docker on Windows treats the WSL container as disposable and cleans them on update (some directories like volumes are preserved)
I appreciate the advice, I'm very in the dark with things non-Windows. My understanding is that if I set up a VM, I have to allocate a fixed amount of RAM and number of cores, whereas WSL will dynamically use resources. Am I wrong?
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