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.
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!
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
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