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[Immich] What is the "proper" way to navigate migration from another service (all photos are already on the server) (feddit.nl)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I got immich with SSO up and running. It runs like a dream compared to Photoprism and is simple enough for me, but also has necessary features like user accounts.

There is one thing I couldn't find in the docs:

I already have a library of 5000 photos and 150 videos on my server that sync to my phone with Syncthing to 4 different directories (one for each phone I took the photos on) in Immich. Right now I have that directory as an external library, but I don't think this is the "right way."

My goal:

  • No duplicates between phone app and desktop app
  • Don't have to re-upload every image from my phone as my network is 100/30 mbps
  • Am able to manage my photos from the Immich app and web app (deleting photos that will propagate between devices)

Can I just map the "Upload" folder to that syncthing photo base folder and get parity between my phone and my server? Or do I have to re-upload everything from my phone? Or am I waiting for a feature that doesn't quite exist yet? I noticed some feature discussions about photo hashing and de-duplication.

I tried asking in a discussion on the repo, but nobody answers those much.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Don’t have to re-upload every image from my phone as my network is 100/30 mbps

Is your immich server in a different network? But your photos are already on that server, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Runs through my reverse proxy, so technically yes? The photos are indeed on the server through syncthing

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

Reverse proxy can mean different things in different contexts. What kind are we talking?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Right now, most services are running via traefik with authelia over it. I haven't done the work of making traefik able to route from local ip addresses without the hostname and I have no idea if my ISP router does NAT hairpinning.

Some services I have only or also local without traefik or authelia, depending on the service.

In this case immich is running completely through the reverse proxy, through a cloudflare proxy with whitelisted IPs.