NinjaEd
IImmich
•Created by NinjaEd on 1/17/2025 in #help-desk-support
Attempting to restore immich from a database backup
Hi devs,
I recently was migrating which volume my docker apps resided on, on my nas, and somehow in the process of the mgiration seemed to break soemthing with the immich app. It looked to be running healthily, but I couldn't get to the main page. I thought I would redeploy the docker container, but upon starting up the app realised that the library did not port over like other docker apps when the volume doesn't change.
I attempted to follow the instructions here https://immich.app/docs/administration/backup-and-restore/#manual-backup-and-restore and got as far as the gunzip line (With some minor modifications to the prompts). I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the most tech savy.
When I try to paste the commands as is (with the exception of modifying the file path of the sql.gz file), I get a variety of errors "-bash: syntax error near unexpected token
When I try to paste the commands as is (with the exception of modifying the file path of the sql.gz file), I get a variety of errors "-bash: syntax error near unexpected token
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-bash: syntax error near unexpected token |'"
I imagine this probably has to do with how I'm pasting the commands in. Should these lines be pasted all together "gunzip < "/volume3/docker/immich-app/library/backups/dump.sql.gz" \
| sed "s/SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '', false);/SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', 'public, pg_catalog', true);/g" \
| docker exec -i immich_postgres psql --username=postgres"
I'm accessing a nas through the terminal app on a mac computer (if that's relevant)
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