July 4, 20251 yr Hi I've tried to have Immich library run in Array and thumbs on SSD, but it always puts thumbs on array.What can I do to change it to SSD.This is my docker template.
July 4, 20251 yr Community Expert Are we supposed to guess which container/template you're using? Edited July 4, 20251 yr by Kilrah
July 4, 20251 yr Author 2 hours ago, Kilrah said:Are we supposed to guess which container/template you're using?Sorry thought it was obvious because of the headline, but Immich docker template.
July 5, 20251 yr Community Expert GitHubSetting path for generated content/originals in new insta...Hello, I see that in version 1.52, there is now the ability to separate the library from the cached content: "Users can now store thumbnails and encoded videos at a different location," but I am un...https://forums.unraid.net/topic/160883-how-to-put-immich-on-nvme-and-thumbnails/It is my understadning that this is done via 2 locations. 1 Postgress handles and holds theis data and 2 some picture data that exisit on disk.If postgress is on the nvme this should be fine in an of itself using the default storage tempatle that immich ships with...To start in this porject you have to edit teh immich storage temapte on how and where fiels are stored..The immich app unraid template doen't support this out of the box yo need to add a new path and tell the immich server int eh configs to edit where the thumbnail data is stored...view the doc on chaing the settings:https://immich.app/docs/administration/system-settings/#image-settings-thumbnails-and-previews
July 5, 20251 yr Community Expert Solution The container path for thumbnails has to be /photos/thumbs for it to work. Edited July 5, 20251 yr by MowMdown
July 5, 2025Jul 5 Community Expert 11 hours ago, MowMdown said:The container path for thumbnails has to be /photos/thumbs for it to work.I could see making a new path in the template point it to the NVME thus the docker using that path is now on this drive...I don't like dual docker pathing like this since/photo would be set to xyz by default path tot eh array and you symlinking essential the /photo/thumbs to the nvme.......Was doing some research when I came across this as the issue I have is Compose vs CA.In compose its define a EnV value and point it to the new path (AS seen in the github link above.)https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables/as the Unriad CA is using imagegenious monalithic docker in the template...I don't know if a Immich Variable will pass through the docker and into immich if defined in the template...Also Since Immich was and is looking to phase out redis. Looks like imagegenius is looking to move to valkey...GitHubGitHub - imagegenius/docker-immich: Monolithic (Single) D...Monolithic (Single) Docker Container for Immich. Contribute to imagegenius/docker-immich development by creating an account on GitHub.My solution would be to transition to the docker compose to still use immich docs and data to define a Docker ENV value for the placement of files and docker volumes...Immich Via Compose################################################################################### # Upload File Location # # This is the location where uploaded files are stored. ################################################################################### LIBRARY_LOCATION=/mnt/user/Immich/ THUMBS_LOCATION=/mnt/apps/Immich-Cache/thumbs/ UPLOAD_LOCATION=/mnt/apps/Immich-Cache/upload/ PROFILE_LOCATION=/mnt/apps/Immich-Cache/profile/ VIDEO_LOCATION=/mnt/apps/Immich-Cache/encoded-video/ And then i added this volumes to the following dockers in docker-compose:immich-machine-learningimmich-microservicesimmich-server volumes: - ${LIBRARY_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/library - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/upload - ${THUMBS_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/thumbs - ${PROFILE_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/profile - ${VIDEO_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-videohttps://forums.unraid.net/topic/190532-guide-immich-docker-setup-docker-compose/#findComment-1556636Thanks MowMdownas I was not finding a easier / good solution for this. Edited July 5, 2025Jul 5 by bmartino1 Data - Typo and weird forum glicth with line spacing
July 7, 2025Jul 7 Community Expert Yeah unfortunately this was the only way I could get it to work when using the pre-built container of Immich.It’s not clean but gets the job done.
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