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).
You can point Immich to your photo uploads as an external library, too. Then make a cron job to rescan regularly.
That being said, I now have my old photos as external libraries and new stuff directly in Immich. After using it a while, I realized that it’s just that good.
It’s still indexing, but seems to be working as I expect. I really only want it for the contextual search, but it’s nice to know that I can do more with it if/when I move away from the Synology ecosystem. 🫣
Yes, that’s how I use it. It has access to a read only bind mount of my photo directory. The ML doesn’t write exif data to the images, just keeps that in its database.
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 :ro to 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
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).
Yes, and:
You can point Immich to your photo uploads as an external library, too. Then make a cron job to rescan regularly.
That being said, I now have my old photos as external libraries and new stuff directly in Immich. After using it a while, I realized that it’s just that good.
It’s still indexing, but seems to be working as I expect. I really only want it for the contextual search, but it’s nice to know that I can do more with it if/when I move away from the Synology ecosystem. 🫣
Yes, that’s how I use it. It has access to a read only bind mount of my photo directory. The ML doesn’t write exif data to the images, just keeps that in its database.
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.This is what I was thinking, too.
Alright, looks like I’ll be setting it up soon! LOL
Yes, set the external library bind mount in the docker compose project to
:ro(read only).Figured it out :) It’s indexing my media now!
You can also try out photoprism for that. Immich is best for an all-in-one solution as a replacement for google photos.
Photoprism also has face recognition, maps, and many more features geared towards photography than immich.
I realized after using photoprism that I am too basic for that haha
I don’t think Photoprism has contextual search. Anyway, immich installed and running on my NAS 🤭
Yes, pretty easy - that’s exactly how I use it