#change media location

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tacit storm
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Hello, i'm new to immich, have just installed it on proxmox via github helper scripts.
Via proxmox, i've added a mount point to it that basically allows immich to have mounted my NAS.
but i don't know which is the correct procedure to change default media location, as for now, once installed i've changed in the .env file the variable IMMICH_MEDIA_LOCATION to my nas, and then rebooted and registered the admin account.
but from what i've read from immich server commans , there is a proper way to do it by issuing immich-admin change-media-location, unfortunatelly the commands fails in my installation, it just says can someone help me???

the error message i got:

Initializing Immich 
skipping get-cpus.sh - not found in PATH or failed: using default UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE
Missing history for endpoint: Retrieve auth status
(node:491) ExperimentalWarning: WASI is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND redis
    at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookupall [as oncomplete] (node:dns:122:26) {
  errno: -3007,
  code: 'ENOTFOUND',
  syscall: 'getaddrinfo',
  hostname: 'redis'
}
copper cliffBOT
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vernal ocean
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The command is for a docker install and won't work with the helper scripts lxc.

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Immich media location is also definitely not why you want to change, please look at /opt/immich/.env and see what the upload location is set to

tacit storm
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in /opt/immich/.env by default it was set to
IMMICH_MEDIA_LOCATION=/opt/immich/upload

now i want to change it to /mountPoint, which is the correct procedure to perform such operation?

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because if i try to change it right after fresh install, if i restart then i see on the logs that immich is not able to find upload folder. So if i copy content from old location to new location, it will start properly, but is it the proper way to proceed?
btw, owner of upload folder is immich user/group, whe i move the files to new location it will be root, and there is no way to change it back to immich user

vernal ocean
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Moving files is indeed the proper way, why is it not possible to change the owner?

tacit storm
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when i try to copy:

root@immich:/opt/immich# cp -rp /opt/immich/upload/* /mountPoint/immich/
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/backups/.immich': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/backups': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/encoded-video/.immich': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/encoded-video': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/library/.immich': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/library': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/profile/.immich': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/profile': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/thumbs/.immich': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/thumbs': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/upload/.immich': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for '/mountPoint/immich/upload': Operation not permitted

same if i try to perform it manually with

root@immich:/mountPoint/immich# chown -R immich:immich *
chown: changing ownership of 'backups/.immich': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of 'backups': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of 'encoded-video/.immich': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of 'encoded-video': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of 'library/.immich': Operation not permitted
...
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i see that immich user in sudoers is nologin, don't know if it is related or should be with allowed login

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okay maybe i found the issue with permissions, anyhow, can you confirm i'm following the correct procedure?
1 create new folder
2 move files from upload into it
3 change .env file
4 restart

don't need to change anything in DB or somewhere elese?

vernal ocean
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I'd advise you to shut the services down before moving anything @tacit storm

tacit storm
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postgres, redis and ML right?

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it is a fresh install btw, no photos in it yet

vernal ocean
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With the helper script just shutting off the immich-web service should suffice

tacit storm
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the issue is due because of how i mount my nas to the lxc container on my Proxmox node, i don't think there is a way to proceed, to be able to mount my nas i need to change immich UID and GUID, by doing so i will not be able to start the DB anymore

mounting the NFS share directly to the cointainer is not an option, so i'm not able to continue
i don't want to get the installation directly on my NAS

vernal ocean
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The database shouldn't use network storage anyway

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I'm pretty sure you can mount it this way but you better ask the proxmox guys @tacit storm

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We only support docker deployments here

tacit storm
vernal ocean
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That is a pretty nice guide

tacit storm
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totally agree

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one more question, any change to get more than 3 files per time for uploading from smartphone?

vernal ocean
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No

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Files are hashed by the CPU and this will be your limiting factor anyway

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Well unless your upload speed is bonkers slow

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Personally I reach 100MB/s upload with the app

tacit storm
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okay great, giving it that threadripper

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🙂

vernal ocean
tacit storm
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proceeds to cancel order

vernal ocean
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It's how deduplication checks go to prevent uploading and then discarding things

tacit storm
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tacit storm
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btw thanks so much for the help

vernal ocean
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vhsdream is the developer of the LXC script so I'd trust him over anyone else honestly