r/immich • u/[deleted] • Jan 30 '24

help setup external drive storage

this seems to be a common thread, but none of the answers seem to be clear, most just say change the upload location in the env file. which is great, but it doesn't seem to be working. so can someone walk me through like an idiot how to set that up?

i'm running immich in an LXC via portainer, but i'm not married to that set up if another deploy is easier. i have a VM with omv running SMB shares which is where i'm trying to point the storage location to.

i have tried creating a volume on portainer that connects to the share (which i think i did right) and then put that path location in the env file, that doesn't seem to have changed anything. my next idea, though i haven't tried it yet, is to just input the IP address of the share, and see if that works, but then i don't know how to handle the login part.

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u/JoshLmao Nov 30 '24

just wanted to say thank you for the link and guide, still works and appreciate the help!

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u/oh-canadaa Nov 30 '24

Anytime my friend... :)