4
May, 2024

I install Immich on my Nas Synology

My goal

I want to use Immich and to do so, I will install it on a Docker on my Synology NAS.

I launch Container Manager

I install (or open) Container Manager in the Package Center.

 

I will need a folder on the NAS, I add the imich-app folder to the docker folder.

 

On https://github.com/immich-app/immich/tree/main/docker I retrieve the files:

 

 

 

  • I open the example.env file in a text editor and add a password to DB_PASSWORD (obviously, it is fictitious)

 

  • I rename example.env in .env

 

 

For some reason, some folders are not created by the installation script, so I have to add them manually before starting the project creation. I therefore add a file library and a file postgres.

 

In Container Manager, I will create a new imich-app project

 

I define the file imich-app which I created in docker in path.

 

 

 

 

I don't link to Web Station at this point to avoid port or other conflicts.

 

The creation of the project starts … I can follow the creation on the terminal that has just opened.

 

I get a very nice little popup:

 

The terminal ends with Exit Code: 0 which is a good sign and the imich-app project goes green! 

 

All the containers needed for the application are also well launched.

 

I will then enter the IP address of my added nas of port 2283, which is that of immich:

 

I launch Immich for the first time

Perfect, here I am on the first page of immich

 

I continue the last phase of configuration

 

I re-identify as …

 

I am updating Immich

The update is quite an adventure, perhaps because I don’t have a good command of Container Manager, but I struggled quite a bit to figure out how to do it.

I thought that putting IMMICH_VERSION=release in the environment variables (.env file) would always give me the right version, and no, if I restart the creation of the project, the release must be cached and the new version does not load. I did not understand why.

I have therefore tried several things, including specifying the version number. It works, manually so but it works.

I will look for the number of the latest version available on Github and I note this number: 1.111 for example

I'm going to File station, to the docker's folder.

I rename .env to env.txt

This allows you to have the option to edit the file

So, to install version 1.111, I will edit the .env file and specify:

IMMICH_VERSION="v1.111.0"

I save and rename the file as .env

Then I'll clean up the imich-app project and then recreate it.

The containers are therefore version 1.111

 

And when I launch Immich, I have the right version: