Immich always reset at restart
Hello,
I'm having an issue with my Immich setup deployed using Docker Compose.
The directory used for the PostgreSQL database remains completely empty, and every time I restart the Immich stack, it resets as if it were a fresh installation. No data is being persisted.
Details:
- The PostgreSQL container starts without any visible errors.
- The database volume is mounted like this:
(runned as root)
The db-data folder on the host stays empty even after the container starts:
ls db-data/data/
→ empty
Immich runs, but no data persists across restarts.
Do you know why PostgreSQL might not be writing any data into the directory?
Is there a specific directory required by this Immich PostgreSQL image, or any known issue related to mounting /var/lib/postgresql/?
Thanks in advance for your help.11 Replies
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.Where did you get your compose file from? /var/lib/postgresql is not the right mount point
docker ps
from the website ! i just edit for match with my server
You’ve mounted the wrong folder ?
That is not what our compose file uses
Okay, I don't know what I did, but I just figured it out from your message. It's resolved.
thanks you a lot
I've been looking for three hours. 😂
helium:~/immich/db-data# ls
PG_VERSION pg_commit_ts pg_ident.conf pg_notify pg_snapshots pg_subtrans pg_vectors postgresql.auto.conf postmaster.pid
base pg_dynshmem pg_logical pg_replslot pg_stat pg_tblspc pg_wal postgresql.conf
global pg_hba.conf pg_multixact pg_serial pg_stat_tmp pg_twophase pg_xact postmaster.opts
helium:~/immich/db-data#
i change /var/lib/postgresql to /var/lib/posgresql/data
By any chance, would you happen to know how to import a large number of photos into immich? (+200GB)
Or #immich-go
thanks you a lot
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