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Recommendations to setup immich (self.selfhosted)

submitted 9 months ago by reap to c/selfhosted

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Hello!

So I've been planning on getting off Google photos for a while now and want to test Immich as a replacement. To that end I've got myself a raspberry pi 5 (8gb) and paired it with a 1tb nvme SSD. I have been familiarising myself with immich documentation and content on securing rpi network, but I would appreciate if you could provide me with more insight or basics that I should look out for. I am still in uni so it will be connected via eduroam.

Thank you!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

I'd recommend dietpi and docker on your pi then manage services such as Immich with portainer and use caddy as a reverse proxy (super simple config and comes with things like let's encrypt SSL built in). Also I'd suggest storing images on a mirrored raid array using two USB HDDs. And also storing an encrypted backup once a day somewhere on the cloud. Or at least in another location. This is what I've done anyway. Hope that gives you some things to look into!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I've only just bootstrapped it once for testing. I used the docker setup and it was trivial.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So I have a large immich database and a slow CPU and really wish I spun up a docker swarm to kick in some extra CPU when needed. Otherwise, it does work exceptionally well on lower power devices, just takes a looooong time.

Oh, and read changelogs because not all updates go smooth. ;) My stack has been down since the last release and I haven't had time to fix it.

[–] hi_its_me 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I’m curious, how would you setup a docker swarm to scale the cpu when needed?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I don't know anything about eduroam but if it's your uni's network then you'll have to settle for local access only through a personal router.