Umbrel 1.1 - Immich database restore

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Hello,

how to restore Immich database backup on Umbrel 1.1?

docker compose down -v  # CAUTION! Deletes all Immich data to start from scratch.
docker compose pull     # Update to latest version of Immich (if desired)
docker compose create   # Create Docker containers for Immich apps without running them.
docker start immich_postgres    # Start Postgres server
sleep 10    # Wait for Postgres server to start up
gunzip < "/path/to/backup/dump.sql.gz" | docker exec -i immich_postgres psql --username=postgres    # Restore Backup
docker compose up -d    # Start remainder of Immich apps

I found here:

that docker and docker compose cannot be controlled directly, but how to execute above command with umbreld client? Is it even currently possible?

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You can do this by doing something like:

  1. Acessing the terminal
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  2. Executing this command:
    cd /data/umbrel-os/home/umbrel/umbrel/app-data/immich/ and the ls. Doing that, you will be able to see the docker-compose.
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@Tomas did you figure out how it works? Iā€™m not able to restore it

4

No :cry: I ended up importing the photos with Immich Go and creating the library from scratch: GitHub - simulot/immich-go: An alternative to the immich-CLI command that doesn't depend on nodejs installation. It tries its best for importing google photos takeout archives.

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Too bad, thanks for replying. Than I hope it newer brakes, before there is a easier way of backing up.

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