Immich - getting it to upload files to a NAS
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caycecan · 2023-12-29 01:30

I am setting up Immich via docker compose on a windows 11 machine and
trying to set the upload location as a path on my NAS.  I already have
a mapped drive to Z: and am attempting to use that path to no avail.

Here is my .env and compose

    # 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=Z:\path\path\path
    # The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific
version like "v1.71.0"
    IMMICH_VERSION=release

    # Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random
password
    DB_PASSWORD=password

    # The values below this line do not need to be changed
    ##################################################################
#################
    DB_HOSTNAME=immich_postgres
    DB_USERNAME=name
    DB_DATABASE_NAME=dbname-dbname

    REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich_redis


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    version: "3.8"

    #
    # WARNING: Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current
release:
    #
    # https://github.com/immich-
app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
    #
    # The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest
release.
    #

    name: immich

    services:
      immich-server:
        container_name: immich_server
        image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-
server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
        command: [ "start.sh", "immich" ]
        volumes:
          - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
          - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
        env_file:
          - .env
        ports:
          - 2283:3001
        depends_on:
          - redis
          - database
        restart: always

      immich-microservices:
        container_name: immich_microservices
        image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-
server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
        # extends:
        #   file: hwaccel.yml
        #   service: hwaccel
        command: [ "start.sh", "microservices" ]
        volumes:
          - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
          - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
        env_file:
          - .env
        depends_on:
          - redis
          - database
        restart: always

      immich-machine-learning:
        container_name: immich_machine_learning
        image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-
learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
        volumes:
          - model-cache:/cache
        env_file:
          - .env
        restart: always

      redis:
        container_name: immich_redis
        image: redis:6.2-
alpine@sha256:b6124ab2e45cc332e16398022a411d7e37181f21ff7874835e0180f5
6a09e82a
        restart: always

      database:
        container_name: immich_postgres
        image: tensorchord/pgvecto-rs:pg14-
v0.1.11@sha256:0335a1a22f8c5dd1b697f14f079934f5152eaaa216c09b61e293be2
85491f8ee
        env_file:
          - .env
        environment:
          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
          POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
          POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
        volumes:
          - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
        restart: always

    volumes:
      pgdata:
      model-cache:


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2 things:  nothing populates in my upload location I set in the .env
so how do I properly set a folder on my NAS as the upload location...

Immich clearly runs and allows uploads so where do these go if not the
folder i set?

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morbidpete84 · 2023-12-29 03:19

In what context does the docker on windows run (I’ve never used docker
on windows) if it runs as system it won’t have access to a mapped
drive if mapped via a user (admin or not) you would have to mount the
drive as system for the container to see it. Can you just put the UNC
path in compose with your creds if needed?

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caycecan · 2023-12-29 04:26

>Update: I don’t think system is your problem as I typed below. Looks
like you want to switch to bind. Quick google turned this up. Worth a
shot
>
>https://www.tutorialspoint.com/docker-add-network-drive-as-volume-on-
windows

Thanks,  going to run this down.  I have found these articles before
but as someone very new to docker its hard to get the plane off the
ground without the core concepts to understand them.   Looking for
human to human help feels less cognitively costly as a first step.
All the same thanks for your time.

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caycecan · 2023-12-29 06:18

Very little luck here,  at best i can only get files to upload to the
/mnt/ folders inside the docker desktop container using a gpt
suggestion of /mnt/z/...  but that is clearly just putting files into
a local folder and not a NAS one that WSL somehow understands the
/mnt/ as an automated pathing of mounted drives ( GPT suggests this is
the case).


Trying now to mount a path inside wsl though tools like sudo and cifs
are just not installed with the wsl that docker desktop installs.
Going to start up again tomorrow.  Starting to feel like turning my
spare computer into a linux box might be easier than windows docker
and NAS pathing.

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someguynamedlou · 2023-12-29 12:36

Double check to make sure you don’t have a version of mismatched
between the app on your phone and the server version. This usually
causes that kind of problem.