restoring immich
hi
I've been backing up the entire immich backup folder to google drive and idrive through rclone
I recently erased my HDDs to start over and I was wondering what the best way would be to migrate the immich back up folder I have into the new immich docker container.
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I have not yet created a new docker container for immch yet
just wondering what the best method would be
hey thanks
this is what i have on google drive
could it be as simple as just replacing the folders ?
Did you take a backup of your database?
I'm not entirely. I dont think so.
You will need to import/upload all the files again then
if you want to be able to restore by just copying folders, you can pass appdata folders from the host system instead of using docker volumes so you back them up as well. This approach requires stopping the server before backing up though.
GitHub
Release v1.79.0 · immich-app/immich
v1.79.0
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Welcome to release v1.79.0 of Immich. This release introduces the most requested feature since the beginning of Immich; the ability to serve existing photos in a streamlined and ...
Can we do this?
Library would work as well, but it doesn't have any user data, albums, shared links, etc. You should backup your database either way in the future.
Like library is an option for re-importing, yes. But you still need to backup if you want to restore anything else next time.
damn. so do you recommend that i just reupload everything?
I can.
its just gona take a week lol
unless immich has made things more efficient since januaryt
Without the database you don't have too many choices.