Change UPLOAD_LOCATION= with an smb share

[Master-of-Mouse]

Hi, I installed immich a while ago, I think it was version 1.99. Then there were a lot of updates, and I didn't have time to keep up with it.

I have a Debian VM with Docker installed. I had previously managed to change the path from local to an SMB share managed by TrueNAS, and everything worked perfectly.

I made the following changes in the docker-compose.yml file:

name: immich

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    volumes:
      - uploadnas:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - 2283:3001
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always
..
..
volumes: 
  uploadnas: 
    drivers: local 
    driver_opts: 
      type: cifs 
      device: //{server_ip}/immich/ 
      or: addr={ip_server},vers=3.0,username={username},password={password},file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777

In the .env file, I changed the path to:

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=./uploadnas

I deleted the old container and started over, but I can't get it to work.
The most I get is a constant loop of immich-server restarts.

I'm no expert, so I guess I'm stuck on something stupid, but I can't find it.

Could you tell me how to edit the .env and .yml files to get the same functionality as in the old version?

Thanks.

[bo0tzz]

You're not using the UPLOAD_LOCATION var in the compose file, so it's not applying at all.

[Master-of-Mouse]

Sorry for my ignorance, I don't understand you.

The docker-compose.yml file says:
# Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file.

This makes me think I only need to edit the .env file.
I want the network share to be mounted and accessible exclusively to the immich container. I assume I need to add the volume mount to the end of the docker-compose.yml file.
Then I edit the .env file so that it uses the new path and not the default one.

[bo0tzz]

The docker-compose.yml file says:
# Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file.

It does usually say that, but in the compose file you posted that line is missing and you have in fact edited the volumes section. You're using a volume definition there that's pointed at a network share, so if that's working right you shouldn't need UPLOAD_LOCATION at all.

[Master-of-Mouse]

I wasn't clear with Google Translate.
What I posted are the two old .env and docker-compose.yml files I used in the very old, now deprecated, version from a year ago.

The same changes made on the new version don't work.

[Str1atum]

I noticed I use

UPLOAD_LOCATION=/mnt/photos/

in my .env file because everything is stored on a network share. So this seems to overrule the location in the docker-compose file - am I right?

[Master-of-Mouse]

How do you mount the network share?

[Str1atum]

just regular fstab or autofs

[Master-of-Mouse]

Oh okay, I prefer not to mount the share in the OS with fstab/autofs.

It would be simpler not to mount the volumes in the container, but it would expose the share outside of the immich container.

In the end, I don't think I'm asking for anything too complicated, just mount the share in the container and tell immich to use it as the default folder for everything.

[Str1atum]

But I still don't get the difference of the two upload folders in docker-compose and .env

[Master-of-Mouse]

I think I succeeded by editing the files like this:

docker-compose.yml

volumes:
  truenas-share:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: cifs
      device: //{server_ip}/immich/
      o: addr={ip_server},vers=3.0,username={username},password={password},file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
  model-cache:

.env

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=truenas-share