Switching distros

[steel geyser]

Hey, I installed Immich with docker compose and now I wanna change distro on my server.

The problem is everything installed on one partition. Any ideas how to switch distros without re-uploading all photos and setting immich again?
Thanks

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https://immich.app/docs/administration/backup-and-restore

[uneven mirage]

Just backup your immich folders UPLOAD_LOCATION and DB_DATA_LOCATION. install your new distro, copy the backup and remount in docker. as long as you install the same immich and db version

[golden ember]

Generally we recommend copying a backup of the db and not the DB_DATA location, it's more reliable

[steel geyser]

So I can basically copy those folders, which in my case

UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres

Reinstall distro, install fresh immich and replace newly generated folders with old ones?
(im sorry, I have bad understanding how all this and docker works)

[uneven mirage]

you have your folders as a relative path? ... ok

just backup library and postgres, copy to a path in your new server
I suggest to define them as absolute paths in your .env file and then start docker compose

[steel geyser]

Thanks, I'll try it