Been hosting on my Synology NAS for a while now. This is app kicks hard. I love it.
Still requires docker?
If you’re using Arch, the AUR package works well
I’m fully aware of the joy of containers, but I just don’t want all that extra faff
Extra faff?
I’m planning to do it with podman. It’s supposed to be quite easy to convert between the two.
Can confirm, works without problems in rootless podman.
Docker to rootful podman is easy. Docker to rootless podman can get annoying due to the file permissions and slightly more limited networking
Is it easy to self-host immich so that it operates on a READ-ONLY basis with my images? I really only want to use it for the local-AI indexing/search, but not as a backup or photo management solution (Synology Photos works just fine for that).
I think you can use Immich external libraries for this, also to be extra safe you can just mount your external images folder as read only by adding
:roto the docker volume mount so that the container won’t be able to modify anything as a precaution.also to be extra safe you can just mount your external images folder as read only by adding :ro to the docker volume mount so that the container won’t be able to modify anything as a precaution.
This is what I was thinking, too.
Alright, looks like I’ll be setting it up soon! LOL
Yes, pretty easy - that’s exactly how I use it
