Cannot find uploaded files? [Solved]

[EliasGagnef]

Hello!

I installed PhotoPrism via Docker on my Windows machine, but when I upload an image I can't find it on my Hard Drive through the Windows Explorer for the life of me, am I just missing it or is there any way to choose image location? I want to be able to browse the files separately from PhotoPrism, too.

Thank you!

[andrewlow]

If you didn't specify file mount paths in your docker configuration - those files are very possibly landing inside of your docker container.

If you can (without sharing say your password) copy and paste the docker configuration you are using.

It will look like this

docker run -d \
  --name photoprism \
  --security-opt seccomp=unconfined \
  --security-opt apparmor=unconfined \
  -p 2342:2342 \
  -e PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW="true" \
  -e PHOTOPRISM_ADMIN_PASSWORD="please_change" \
  -v /photoprism/storage \
  -v ~/Pictures:/photoprism/originals \
  photoprism/photoprism

Assuming you followed https://docs.photoprism.org/getting-started/docker/

If you didn't supply a path to the 'import' folder, that folder is living inside of the docker image itself.

[EliasGagnef]

Thank you for your reply!
I tried setting my local path, and I followed the "Docker Compose" guide, because I cannot figure out how to run the step 1 in Windows without getting errors.

Here's my docker-compose.yml:

> version: '3.5'
> 
> # Example Docker Compose config file for PhotoPrism (Linux / AMD64)
> #
> # Documentation : https://docs.photoprism.org/getting-started/docker-compose/
> # Docker Hub URL: https://hub.docker.com/r/photoprism/photoprism/
> #
> # Please run behind a reverse proxy like Caddy, Traefik or Nginx if you need HTTPS / SSL support
> # e.g. when running PhotoPrism on a public server outside your home network.
> #
> # ------------------------------------------------------------------
> # DOCKER COMPOSE COMMAND REFERENCE
> # ------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Start    | docker-compose up -d
> # Stop     | docker-compose stop
> # Update   | docker-compose pull
> # Logs     | docker-compose logs --tail=25 -f
> # Terminal | docker-compose exec photoprism bash
> # Help     | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism help
> # Config   | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism config
> # Reset    | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism reset
> # Backup   | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism backup -a -i
> # Restore  | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism restore -a -i
> # Index    | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism index
> # Reindex  | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism index -a
> # Import   | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism import
> # -------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Note: All commands may have to be prefixed with "sudo" when not running as root.
> #       This will change the home directory "~" to "/root" in your configuration.
> 
> services:
>   photoprism:
>     # Use photoprism/photoprism:preview instead for testing preview builds:
>     image: photoprism/photoprism:latest
>     # Only enable automatic restarts once your installation is properly
>     # configured as it otherwise may get stuck in a restart loop:
>     # https://docs.photoprism.org/getting-started/faq/#why-is-photoprism-getting-stuck-in-a-restart-loop
>     # restart: unless-stopped
>     security_opt:
>       - seccomp:unconfined
>       - apparmor:unconfined
>     ports:
>       - 2342:2342 # [local port]:[container port]
>     environment:
>       PHOTOPRISM_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "password"          # PLEASE CHANGE: Your initial admin password (min 4 characters)
>       PHOTOPRISM_HTTP_PORT: 2342                     # Built-in Web server port
>       PHOTOPRISM_HTTP_COMPRESSION: "gzip"            # Improves transfer speed and bandwidth utilization (none or gzip)
>       PHOTOPRISM_DEBUG: "false"                      # Run in debug mode (shows additional log messages)
>       PHOTOPRISM_PUBLIC: "false"                     # No authentication required (disables password protection)
>       PHOTOPRISM_READONLY: "false"                   # Don't modify originals directory (reduced functionality)
>       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # Enables experimental features
>       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # Disables built-in WebDAV server
>       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # Disables Settings in Web UI
>       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # Disables using TensorFlow for image classification
>       PHOTOPRISM_DARKTABLE_PRESETS: "false"          # Enables Darktable presets and disables concurrent RAW conversion
>       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # Flag photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
>       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # Allow uploads that MAY be offensive
>       # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"         # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
>       PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # Use MariaDB (or MySQL) instead of SQLite for improved performance
>       PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
>       PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database schema name
>       PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database user name
>       PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB database user password
>       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_URL: "http://localhost:2342/"  # Public PhotoPrism URL
>       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_TITLE: "PhotoPrism"
>       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "Browse Your Life"
>       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: ""
>       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: ""
>       # You may optionally set a user / group id using environment variables if your Docker version or NAS does not
>       # support this natively (see next example):
>       # UID: 1000
>       # GID: 1000
>       # UMASK: 0000
>     # Uncomment and edit the following line to set a specific user / group id (native):
>     # user: "1000:1000"
>     volumes:
>       # Your photo and video files ([local path]:[container path]):
>       - "F:\Photos"
>       # Multiple folders can be indexed by mounting them as sub-folders of /photoprism/originals:
>       # - "/mnt/Family:/photoprism/originals/Family"    # [folder_1]:/photoprism/originals/[folder_1]
>       # - "/mnt/Friends:/photoprism/originals/Friends"  # [folder_2]:/photoprism/originals/[folder_2]
>       # Mounting an import folder is optional (see docs):
>       # - "~/Import:/photoprism/import"
>       # Permanent storage for settings, index & sidecar files (DON'T REMOVE):
>       - "./storage:/photoprism/storage"
> 
>   mariadb:
>     image: mariadb:10.5
>     restart: unless-stopped
>     security_opt:
>       - seccomp:unconfined
>       - apparmor:unconfined
>     command: mysqld --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max-connections=512 --innodb-rollback-on-timeout=OFF --innodb-lock-wait-timeout=50
>     volumes: # Don't remove permanent storage for index database files!
>       - "./database:/var/lib/mysql"
>     environment:
>       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: please_change
>       MYSQL_DATABASE: photoprism
>       MYSQL_USER: photoprism
>       MYSQL_PASSWORD: insecure
> 
> # Uncomment the following lines to upgrade automatically, whenever there is a new Docker image available:
> #
> #  watchtower:
> #    image: containrrr/watchtower
> #    restart: unless-stopped
> #    volumes:
> #      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"

[EliasGagnef]

Fixed it!

Changed the "Your photo and video files ([local path]:[container path]):
- "F:\Photos"
to:

  # Your photo and video files ([local path]:[container path]):
  - "F:/Photos:/photoprism/originals"

This way it saves to (not inside of the Docker :p) F:/Photos.

Thank you @andrewlow , couldn't have done it without your help!