---
title: Immich
description: Immich open source photo manager
published: true
date: 2025-03-11T19:50:43.585Z
tags: 
editor: markdown
dateCreated: 2025-03-09T12:36:13.098Z
---

# Immich
[Immich](https://immich.app) is an opeb source photo management tool which is like google photos. 

## Login 

- **email** : lukas96.forsberg@gmail.com
- **password** : Cuernavaca0521

## Setup 
Install instructions taken from [here](https://immich.app/docs/install/docker-compose) using docker. 

Fetch the docker compose file and the default .env file. The .env file can be edited for user preference. 
```cmd
wget -O docker-compose.yml https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
wget -O .env https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/example.env
```

### Edits 

Changed the path for the postgres server in docker-compose.yaml

```cmd
volumes:
  - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data:delegated
```

and

```cmd
volumes:
  - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload:delegated
```

Changed postgre db location due to it needs to be placed in a linux file system not exFAT, in .env

```cmd
DB_DATA_LOCATION=/home/lukas/docker_volumes/immich/postgres
```

### Run 

Start the docker instance with 

```cmd
sudo docker compose up -d
```