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•Created by mglakner on 4/14/2025 in #help-desk-support

Immich-CLI docker container exits immediately

Immich OS: Linux Debian CLI Issue: Installed Immich-CLI Docker through CLI. In Portainer, it immediatley exits, logs are

Usage: immich [options] [command]

Command line interface for Immich

Options:
  -V, --version                       output the version number
  -d, --config-directory <directory>  Configuration directory where auth.yml
                                      will be stored (default:
                                      "/root/.config/immich/", env:
                                      IMMICH_CONFIG_DIR)
  -u, --url [url]                     Immich server URL (env:
                                      IMMICH_INSTANCE_URL)
  -k, --key [key]                     Immich API key (env: IMMICH_API_KEY)
  -h, --help                          display help for command

Commands:
  login|login-key <url> <key>         Login using an API key
  logout                              Remove stored credentials
  server-info                         Display server information
  upload [options] [paths...]         Upload assets
  help [command]                      display help for command

I used the compose from the immich site

docker run -it -v "$(pwd)":/import:ro -e IMMICH_INSTANCE_URL=https://your-immich-instance/api -e IMMICH_API_KEY=your-api-key ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-cli:latest

It installed fine, but just exits with a code 1. Now i am not familiar with Immich-CLI and to be honest the page for it here https://immich.app/docs/features/command-line-interface/ lacks much needed instruction for those who haven't used it before. Question: Do i need to run the docker compose inside a specific folder or point to something specfic? Does it need an .env? A little nudge in the right direction and I think ill be able to handle it.

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