#Missing /var/lib/postgresql/

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sudden heath
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Hey, ive just got a new computer and am trying to move immich over but it hasnt updated in a while. now it wont run because it is missing permission to own the /var/lib/postgresql/ directory that doesnt exist.

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tame jettyBOT
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torpid plover
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We need the logs

sudden heath
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how do i get a log file? i can only find live ones for the terminal

swift meteor
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docker logs immich_postgres

sudden heath
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its repeating
Using SSD storage
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied
find: ‘/var/lib/postgresql/data’: Permission denied
chown: changing ownership of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied

hard fox
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What filesystem are you using? And OS?

sudden heath
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hdd which i have now changed. on Fedora Workstation

torpid plover
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"hdd" isn't a filesystem

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What filesystem is on the hdd?

sudden heath
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ext4

hard fox
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Fedora issue

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Selinux or seccomp stuff

sudden heath
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thats what i thought. know how to fix it?

hard fox
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Not sure, I don’t use fedora sorry

sudden heath
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dang ok

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in docker-compose.yml should it be default ssd or should it be hdd?

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i believe i have hdd but it didnt seem to be the problem

grand maple
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For selinux add :Z to the mount paths in the yml

swift meteor
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try addind :Z at the end of this line ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data

sudden heath
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i have tried that, but now it acts like its the first time and i have to setup admin

hard fox
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That means your database was stored elsewhere prior, which explains why you didn’t get this error

sudden heath
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what?

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figured it out

young veldt
# sudden heath figured it out

Please, can you tell how did you figured out? I have exactly same problem, now I need to locate old v2 postgres but I have no idea where to find it.

young veldt
swift meteor
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you DB is in pgdata docker volume. just restore a backup on your new instance.

young veldt
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I found old pgdata and set DB_DATA_LOCATION in variables to /var/lib/docker/volumes/immich_pgdata/_data with - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z in yml and it looks like everything is restored. Thanks!

swift meteor
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the moment you do a cleanup your DB will be dead. don't mount the docker volume filesystem, use an external volume instead, or better, just point to an actual location managed by you

young veldt
rich grove
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You can do it that way if you like to play around, otherwise I'd recommend doing a backup/restore cycle. It's fast and you can be sure the new location is clean.