Hello!

So I’ve been planning on getting off Google photos for a while now and want to test Immich as a replacement. To that end I’ve got myself a raspberry pi 5 (8gb) and paired it with a 1tb nvme SSD. I have been familiarising myself with immich documentation and content on securing rpi network, but I would appreciate if you could provide me with more insight or basics that I should look out for. I am still in uni so it will be connected via eduroam.

Thank you!

  • jvh@feddit.ukEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’d recommend dietpi and docker on your pi then manage services such as Immich with portainer and use caddy as a reverse proxy (super simple config and comes with things like let’s encrypt SSL built in). Also I’d suggest storing images on a mirrored raid array using two USB HDDs. And also storing an encrypted backup once a day somewhere on the cloud. Or at least in another location. This is what I’ve done anyway. Hope that gives you some things to look into!

  • Avid AmoebaEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    I’ve only just bootstrapped it once for testing. I used the docker setup and it was trivial.

  • minnix@lemux.minnix.devEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    I don’t know anything about eduroam but if it’s your uni’s network then you’ll have to settle for local access only through a personal router.

  • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    So I have a large immich database and a slow CPU and really wish I spun up a docker swarm to kick in some extra CPU when needed. Otherwise, it does work exceptionally well on lower power devices, just takes a looooong time.

    Oh, and read changelogs because not all updates go smooth. ;) My stack has been down since the last release and I haven’t had time to fix it.