Immich won't read external library | Immich | Page 1

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 9:16 PM

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I will provide my docker-compose

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📎 message.txt

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Matrexx has all the photos

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 9:30 PM

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This is the path to your external library I assume? /mnt/media:/Matrexx:ro ?

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 9:32 PM

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civic turret This is the path to your external library I assume? `/mnt/media:/Matrexx:ro` ?

Yes

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 9:33 PM

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what is the relationship of your D drive with /mnt/media on your Windows?

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 9:34 PM

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What do you mean

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Oh

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 9:35 PM

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quiet ether

This

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I thought mnt media is what you tell it

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On the external path

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 9:50 PM

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the left handside is the path on your machine

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the right handside of the colon is the path in the container

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<path-on-your-machine>:<path-in-container>

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like so

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 9:54 PM

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So I would write D:/External Libraries:/Matrexx:ro

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Is that right?

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 10:12 PM

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Yes, I advise remove the space of External Libraries or use "D:/External Libraies:/Matrexx:ro"

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 10:14 PM

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Ok

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is this right (i fixed the typo on libraries after sending)

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📎 message.txt

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 10:33 PM

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quiet ether

is this supposed to be a forward slash

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 10:48 PM

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you have space in your directory name

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so you should put them around double quote

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as shown above

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 10:52 PM

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i did this

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D:/External Libraies:D:/External Libraies:ro

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ooh

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 10:53 PM

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civic turret so you should put them around double quote

i thought you did that just to highlight it

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is this right

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📎 message.txt

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i changed folder name accordingly

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and external path name

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this is my import path on my user

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matrexx is a folder inside external libraries

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:02 PM

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quiet ether this is my import path on my user

or does it have to show the whole thing

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:11 PM

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quiet ether

external path would be /Matrexx

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:11 PM

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im really lost

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ok

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what would the import path be then

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:11 PM

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this is wrong

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the left hand size is D:/ExternalLibraries

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the right handside is /Matrexx

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:12 PM

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but i want to have a subfolder

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:12 PM

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the right handside is the starting mount in the container

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:12 PM

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should i do D::ExternalLibraries:ro

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:12 PM

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so in the container you can access the subfolder with /Matrexx/Matrexx

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:13 PM

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civic turret the right handside is the starting mount in the container

ok

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:13 PM

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I suggesst the value would be D:/ExternalLibraries:/mnt/libraries:ro

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:13 PM

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what does mnt libraries represent

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:13 PM

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So the external path setting would be /mnt/libraries

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just the mount path you specifies as /mnt/libraries

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but it is what the container see

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the container doesn't see D:/ExternalLibraries

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/mnt/libraries is an example, you can pick anything you want

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:15 PM

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does it just represent a folder inside external libraries

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:16 PM

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it represents the folder inside the docker's container

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:16 PM

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civic turret

so these

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:16 PM

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basically you tell docker to "hey, mmount this D drive location into mnt/libraries path inside the container so Immich can read it"

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:17 PM

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so i have to create a folder called mnt/libraries?

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:18 PM

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it will automatically create it for you when you spin up the containers

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:18 PM

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Alright

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and you said i can call mnt libraries anything

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mnt represents mount

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that cant be changed correct?

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:19 PM

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just a directory, it can be changed to anything

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it is a common convention for Linux related system to specify the mount point starting with /mnt

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so your USB can be mounted into something like /mnt/usb1

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:19 PM

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ok

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sorry im not getting these seemingly basic things im very new

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:20 PM

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no worry

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:20 PM

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thanks for the help i greatly appreciate it

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:20 PM

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Docker has some good documentation on the internet that can help cement these concepts

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:20 PM

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okay wil look into it

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:21 PM

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let's say you are specifing the volume as D:/ExternalLibrabies:/mnt/libraies:ro

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then in your external path it would be /mnt/libraies

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:21 PM

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📎 message.txt

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:21 PM

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and when you setup a new library, it would be /mnt/libraies/Matrexx

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:21 PM

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civic turret let's say you are specifing the volume as `D:/ExternalLibrabies:/mnt/libraies:ro...

in admin page?

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:22 PM

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civic turret and when you setup a new library, it would be `/mnt/libraies/Matrexx`

ok

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:22 PM

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in the admin page it would be /mnt/libraies

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:22 PM

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quiet ether in admin page?

nvm yeah docker compose

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:22 PM

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civic turret in the admin page it would be `/mnt/libraies`

right ok

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giving it a shot

civic turret Nov 26, 2023, 11:22 PM

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okat

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gtg, shout to the general-dicussion if you can't figure it out, other folks can help as well

quiet ether Nov 26, 2023, 11:25 PM

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ok

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is a folder supposed to be created in external library

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I DID IT

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 4:55 PM

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quiet ether I DID IT

could you tell me how you made it to work. I tried both / and \ slash. amount path with just /LaptopPhotos:ro , /mnt/LaptopPhotos:ro etc. Restarted my docker but it still didn't work

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:09 PM

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quaint sphinx could you tell me how you made it to work. I tried both / and \ slash. amount pa...

what is the value you put in for the user's external path setting in the admin panel?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:10 PM

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civic turret what is the value you put in for the user's external path setting in the admin p...

/mnt/LaptopPhotos

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This is the one currently I have setup.

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:10 PM

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Can you capture that screenshot?

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as well as the screenshot for the external library path?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:11 PM

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civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:12 PM

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can you help capture the screenshot of the user's setting as well?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:12 PM

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I tried without exclusion pattern as well

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:13 PM

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civic turret can you help capture the screenshot of the user's setting as well?

THat screenshot is from my account(administrator)-->Account settings

quiet ether Nov 30, 2023, 5:13 PM

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quaint sphinx could you tell me how you made it to work. I tried both / and \ slash. amount pa...

will take screenshots one moment

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:13 PM

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civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:13 PM

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No, in the administration page > User > click on the pencil icon, there is an external path entry there

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Yep, you will have to fill in that entry as well

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:14 PM

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quiet ether Nov 30, 2023, 5:14 PM

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📎 message.txt

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:15 PM

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quiet ether

thanks

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:16 PM

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civic turret Yep, you will have to fill in that entry as well

THanks. If I am adding multiple folders in compose yml file, which path to add here?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:16 PM

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/mnt/LaptopPhotos

quiet ether Nov 30, 2023, 5:17 PM

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this is the real folder structure: D:\ExternalLibraries\Matrexx

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one windows

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:18 PM

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I added here also now. restarted docker. But job not refreshing

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:18 PM

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Have you trigger the rescan?

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quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:20 PM

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civic turret

I selected that. and also all three options. but still below job shows 0

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:20 PM

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quaint sphinx I selected that. and also all three options. but still below job shows 0

Can you check the log of the microservices container?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:21 PM

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sorry I am not sure how to troubleshoot the log

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:22 PM

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You said you restart the container

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I think that won't register the changes

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try to bring stop/bring down the containers

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then bring them backup

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:24 PM

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civic turret try to bring stop/bring down the containers

yes i stopped and then started using this option

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right side top corner buttons

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:24 PM

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Now can you go into the microservices container, meaning going into the shell

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and check if you can see the folder at /mnt/LaptopPhotos?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:25 PM

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Mount has only these two

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i tried to search the log for LaptopPhotos under Logs and Inspect. it doesn't have anything

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:26 PM

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So the container doesn't actually registered the changes you made in your docker-compose file

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I don't use docker for windows so I am not sure

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try to delete the stack and bring them back up

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:27 PM

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civic turret try to delete the stack and bring them back up

sorry i am not familiar with docker or web hosting. which one to delete?

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and how do i bring it back after deletion?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:28 PM

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this red button

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:28 PM

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delete everything?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:29 PM

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yeah, those are just the container, the persistent data stay in tack

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if you see any option ask you to delete the VOLUME, say no

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:29 PM

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I had my photos imported from my phone. Will they be affected or will I end up importing the phone photos again? like facial recognizaiton jobs of my phone photos are already completed. will they be affected due to this deletion?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:30 PM

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quaint sphinx I had my photos imported from my phone. Will they be affected or will I end up i...

those are kept in the database volume, which is persisted regardless of the container removal

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:30 PM

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civic turret those are kept in the database volume, which is persisted regardless of the cont...

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:31 PM

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Hmm

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Fuck I hate Docker on Windows

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hit cancel

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click on this

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:32 PM

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civic turret Fuck I hate Docker on Windows

I deleted 🤣

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:32 PM

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now try to bring them backup

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:32 PM

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docker-compose up -d

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Is this the command to run?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:32 PM

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yes

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:33 PM

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📎 docker-compose.yml

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:33 PM

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can you find out which is line 35?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:33 PM

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civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:34 PM

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change \ to /

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:35 PM

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same error

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originally it had like this

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34 to 36 was commented out. I uncommented to add NVDA hard decoding

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:36 PM

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ah

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you see the extends word

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:36 PM

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as per this note https://immich.app/docs/features/hardware-transcoding

Hardware Transcoding [Experimental] | Immich

This feature allows you to use a GPU or Intel Quick Sync to accelerate transcoding and reduce CPU load.

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:36 PM

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you need to have it on the same indentation with the word image above

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yaml is space/indentation sensitive

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:37 PM

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should i replace like 34 like below?

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extends: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}

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copy pasted image sytax to extends

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I don't know if this correct

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:38 PM

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no

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that is incorrect

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just remove the space here

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:39 PM

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got it. but the yml file was downloadedfrom the website itself

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:40 PM

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Can you post the content of your docker-compose file?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:40 PM

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let me get yaml file

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📎 docker-compose.yml

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line 7 is commented out

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civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:41 PM

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quaint sphinx got it. but the yml file was downloadedfrom the website itself

version: "3.8"

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# WARNING: Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
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# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
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# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.
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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
      - D:/Fun/Photos:/mnt/LaptopPhotos:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - 2283:3001
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
      - typesense
    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
      - D:/Fun/Photos:/mnt/LaptopPhotos:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
      - typesense
    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

  typesense:
    container_name: immich_typesense
    image: typesense/typesense:0.24.1@sha256:9bcff2b829f12074426ca044b56160ca9d777a0c488303469143dd9f8259d4dd
    environment:
      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY}
      - TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR=/data
      # remove this to get debug messages
      - GLOG_minloglevel=1
    volumes:
      - tsdata:/data
    restart: always

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:80cc8518800438c684a53ed829c621c94afd1087aaeb59b0d4343ed3e7bcf6c5
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: postgres:14-alpine@sha256:50d9be76e9a90da4c781554955e0ffc79d9d5c4226838e64b36aacc97cbc35ad
    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:
  tsdata:

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copy this and try again

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:42 PM

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still same error

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yaml: line 7: did not find expected key

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civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:43 PM

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try docker compose up -d

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:43 PM

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should i remove the space on 36 and 37 to bring to extends level?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:43 PM

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quaint sphinx should i remove the space on 36 and 37 to bring to extends level?

No, those are child properties of the extends grtoup

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:43 PM

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civic turret try `docker compose up -d`

same error

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:43 PM

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version: "3.8"

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# WARNING: Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
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# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
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# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.
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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
      - D:/Fun/Photos:/mnt/LaptopPhotos:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - 2283:3001
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
      - typesense
    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
      - D:/Fun/Photos:/mnt/LaptopPhotos:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
      - typesense
    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

  typesense:
    container_name: immich_typesense
    image: typesense/typesense:0.24.1@sha256:9bcff2b829f12074426ca044b56160ca9d777a0c488303469143dd9f8259d4dd
    environment:
      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY}
      - TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR=/data
      # remove this to get debug messages
      - GLOG_minloglevel=1
    volumes:
      - tsdata:/data
    restart: always

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:80cc8518800438c684a53ed829c621c94afd1087aaeb59b0d4343ed3e7bcf6c5
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: postgres:14-alpine@sha256:50d9be76e9a90da4c781554955e0ffc79d9d5c4226838e64b36aacc97cbc35ad
    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:
  tsdata:

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now try this

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:44 PM

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i added # to 35 to 37 like the original file and its running now

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But tech note says 35 to 37 is needed for NVDA transcoding 😦

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:45 PM

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Did you have hwaccel.yml file in the folder?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:45 PM

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📎 hwaccel.yml

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:47 PM

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pretty sure the indentation is wrong with that file when you modified it

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:47 PM

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if i add back, its coming back with same error

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so must be something with 35 to 37

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:47 PM

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version: "3.8"

# Hardware acceleration for transcoding - Optional
# This is only needed if you want to use hardware acceleration for transcoding.
# Depending on your hardware, you should uncomment the relevant lines below.

services:
  hwaccel:
    # devices:
    #   - /dev/dri:/dev/dri  # If using Intel QuickSync or VAAPI
    # volumes:
    #   - /usr/lib/wsl:/usr/lib/wsl # If using VAAPI in WSL2
    environment:
      - NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all # If using NVIDIA GPU
    #   - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/wsl/lib # If using VAAPI in WSL2
    #   - LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=d3d12 # If using VAAPI in WSL2
    deploy: # Uncomment this section if using NVIDIA GPU
      resources:
        reservations:
          devices:
            - driver: nvidia
              count: 1
              capabilities: [gpu,video]

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Here is the new content for the hwaccel.yml file

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:48 PM

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civic turret Here is the new content for the hwaccel.yml file

this worked 🙂

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let me try to scan the folder

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Library scan also working now

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:49 PM

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Great!

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:49 PM

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Thanks a lot for your time

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:49 PM

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No problem

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enjoy

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:49 PM

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One last question 🙂

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if I want to add more external paths, I shoudl edit the composer file correct?

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but which one should be updated under user account settings?

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because it has only one option

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here only one option

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civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:51 PM

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that would be the root the mount, does it make sense

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so you woulh mount D:/Fun instead

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:51 PM

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if I add another external library called /mnt/LaptopAnotherPhoto

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:52 PM

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The external path is the top level folder

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the library can be treated as subfolder

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:52 PM

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oh. SO if my photos sitting under E:\Photos what happens then?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:53 PM

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quaint sphinx oh. SO if my photos sitting under E:\Photos what happens then?

can you elaborate?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:53 PM

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do I need to bring all my photos under one Parent folder?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:53 PM

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quaint sphinx do I need to bring all my photos under one Parent folder?

yes

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:53 PM

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Mean

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Now I mapped D:\Fun\Photos

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But if I want to do the same with C:\photos, it seems it won't work?

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is it?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:54 PM

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quaint sphinx But if I want to do the same with C:\photos, it seems it won't work?

for the same user?

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:54 PM

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yes

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:54 PM

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each user can only have 1 parent path get mounted for external library

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:55 PM

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civic turret each user can only have 1 parent path get mounted for external library

oh okay. Got it.

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:55 PM

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then in the parent folder, you can have different subfolder and specified as different library

quaint sphinx Nov 30, 2023, 5:56 PM

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will it allow me to amount C:/Fun/Photos:/mnt/LaptopPhotos/anotherDrive:ro

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so I can load both C drive and D drive photos together in my user?

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D:/Fun/Photos:/mnt/LaptopPhotos:ro

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C:/Fun/Photos:/mnt/LaptopPhotos/anotherDrive:ro

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both together?

civic turret Nov 30, 2023, 5:58 PM

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I haven't try this scenario yet, feel free to try

formal pivot Dec 6, 2023, 5:51 PM

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Hello chaps, just wondering if you have some time to help a complete newbie to Immich - I'm trying to configure Immich (set up on a Pi 4 to recognise (and scan successfully) photos on an external USB hard drive. The path of the photos on the hard drive on the OS is:

media/mwraspberrypi/Backup/Pictures/Pictures

so in my docker-compose file, I've got: -

${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload

- /mnt/media/mwraspberrypi/Backup/Pictures/Pictures:ro

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In my env file, I've also set this HDD to be the upload location as follows:

(comment) The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/mnt/media/mwraspebrrypi/Backup/immich_library

and further down in this file as

UPLOAD_LOCATION=/mnt/media/mwraspberrypi/Backup/immich_library

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Finally, in the immich setup, I've tried to add an external library and to set the correct path as the image shows

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However, Immich doesn't find the images in the above photos folder when scanning

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Any pointers would be much appreciated, thanks for your time!

civic turret Dec 6, 2023, 8:04 PM

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can you post the content of the docker-compose file?

formal pivot Dec 6, 2023, 8:17 PM

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Here it is, thanks

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📎 docker-compose.yml

civic turret Dec 6, 2023, 8:24 PM

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that "+" should be removed

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volume mount should be - /mnt/media/mwraspberrypi/Backup/Pictures/Pictures:/mnt/library:ro

formal pivot Dec 6, 2023, 8:32 PM

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Ah OK - thank you!

civic turret Dec 6, 2023, 8:35 PM

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use /mnt/library as the value of the user's external path

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and the path of the external library

formal pivot Dec 8, 2023, 9:39 AM

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Hi again @civic turret just checking my understanding: under 'volumes', UPLOAD_LOCATION, the path to the left of the colon (:) is the mount point in the OS and to the left is the mount point in the container. So I'm mapping my external HD to where the library is located inside the 2 containers (immich_server and immich_microservices). Do I also need to add anything information about the external HD in the 'volumes' section of the immich_proxy container?

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Also do I need to mirror the above mapping for UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file?

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Thanks again for your time, appreciate the support as I learn all this!

unkempt flare Dec 8, 2023, 12:18 PM

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formal pivot Hi again <@285511635735543828> just checking my understanding: under 'volumes', ...

No you don't need to add it to the proxy or env file.

formal pivot Dec 16, 2023, 11:04 AM

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Hello again people - just wondering whether - in order for Immich to scan images successfully - the location where external library files are stored needs to have read-write-execute (full) permissions? If this was an NTFS formatted drive, is there an extra step needed for Immich to be able to scan the contents?

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I think I've followed all the steps including checking that the immich_server and immich_microservices can 'see' the location I've mapped (/mnt/library mapped to a folder on a test USB drive) but it's still not 'seeing' the files in Immich

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This is what the container can 'see' at /mnt/library

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This is the external path of the user in Immich

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This is the external path of the new library in Immich

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How I've set it up in docker-compose

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Finally this is the actual path in the filesytem

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Many, many thanks in advance and apologies if you were about to make a cup of tea and really didn't need the interruption

formal pivot Dec 16, 2023, 11:45 AM

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TLDR: I'm trying to add the images within an external usb drive at /media/mwraspberrypi/2GB/immich_test_gallery (mapped to /mnt/library in the container) to the gallery and can't work out what's missing to get it to see these images.

eternal escarp Dec 16, 2023, 12:09 PM

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try without the /mnt @formal pivot

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