#Help with quick-start install

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haughty citrus
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I followed the simple quick start. I start it with docker compose up -d I get:

  • Browser to http://localhost:2283/ 'This site can't be reached. Localhost refused to connect'
  • Log has no errors, shows listening:
[Nest] 19  - 06/23/2025, 9:11:34 PM     LOG [Api:Bootstrap] Immich Server is listening on http://127.0.0.1:2283 [v1.
135.3] [production]
  • Guest is NOT listening:
# docker exec -it immich_server ss -tuln | grep 2283
# (nothing)
  • Host is listening:
#  ss -tuln | grep 2283
tcp   LISTEN  0       128                  0.0.0.0:2283           0.0.0.0:*
tcp   LISTEN  0       128                     [::]:2283              [::]:*

I was only getting listening on IPv6, so I added HOST=0.0.0.0 to the docker-compose.yml and IMMICH_HOST=0.0.0.0 to the .env, so now I get IPv4. But still can't connect. (see attached files)
Help please. I tried reading the docs, and I tried asking ChatGPT for help. I don't know what to try next.

(Server running Ubuntu 18.04. Guest running Immich v1.135.3)

modern baneBOT
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boreal grove
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oh yeah, I see chatgpt been here.
what do you see when you try to browse http://IP:2283 ?

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and please include the output of docker ps

haughty citrus
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OK! I got it working! I had HOST= and IMMICH_HOST= respectively in the wrong files (docker-compose and .env). Those should really be in the downloaded .env and docker-compose if they are necessary for it to work.

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I only learned about them from ChatGPT. Who knows if I ever would have found them searching through the docs

boreal grove
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actually no, those variables shouldn't be anywhere

haughty citrus
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Hmm. I set the Storage Template to name folders and files a certain way, but I only see UUID files in the library /upload folder. Where is the main library stored?

boreal grove
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in library

haughty citrus
boreal grove
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because you remove them from the compose file, that's why it works

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HOST is useless, doesn't exists. and IMMICH_HOST default value is 0.0.0.0

haughty citrus
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Now I'm confused why my install didn't work and after adding those it worked. Was I perhaps waiting for some long running background setup process?

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Wow this interface is fantastic. I added a few test photos. Fast fluid photo viewing. The map view is amazing. Hmm my photos are still sitting in /upload/xx/xx/UUID.jpg. When do they make it to library/

haughty citrus
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Thanks! I removed HOST= and IMMICH_HOST= and restarted, and it works now. Must have been some delay creating the databases etc.