Immich Server

Self-hosted photo and video backup and management server with web UI, mobile sync, and shared albums.

Port	2283
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server
Source	https://github.com/immich-app/immich
Website	https://immich.app/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
beta	Beta release built from upstream v3.0.0-rc.2.	Alternative build.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  immich-server:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server:latest"
    container_name: immich-server
    environment:
      - DB_HOSTNAME=immich-postgres  # Postgres database hostname
      - DB_USERNAME=postgres  # Postgres database user
      - DB_PASSWORD=postgres  # Postgres database password
      - DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich  # Postgres database name
      - REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich-redis  # Redis hostname
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - SKIP_CHOWN=  # Skip the startup recursive chown of /config and /data (default false). Set true on a second container that shares the same /data mount, or once ownership is known-correct, to avoid a slow chown on every start.
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/immich-server:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/immich-server/data:/data"
    ports:
      - "2283:2283"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=immich-server
DB_HOSTNAME=immich-postgres
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_PASSWORD=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich
REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich-redis
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
SKIP_CHOWN=

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  immich-server:
    name: immich_server
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '2283:2283 proto:tcp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - DB_HOSTNAME: !ENV '${DB_HOSTNAME}'
        - DB_USERNAME: !ENV '${DB_USERNAME}'
        - DB_PASSWORD: !ENV '${DB_PASSWORD}'
        - DB_DATABASE_NAME: !ENV '${DB_DATABASE_NAME}'
        - REDIS_HOSTNAME: !ENV '${REDIS_HOSTNAME}'
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - SKIP_CHOWN: !ENV '${SKIP_CHOWN}'
    volumes:
      - immich-server: /config
      - immich-server_data: /data
volumes:
  immich-server:
    device: '/path/to/containers/immich-server'
  immich-server_data:
    device: '/path/to/containers/immich-server/data'

Makejail:

# Makejail 

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server:${tag}

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name immich-server \
  -p 2283:2283 \
  -e DB_HOSTNAME=immich-postgres \
  -e DB_USERNAME=postgres \
  -e DB_PASSWORD=postgres \
  -e DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich \
  -e REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich-redis \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e SKIP_CHOWN= \
  -v /path/to/containers/immich-server:/config \
  -v /path/to/containers/immich-server/data:/data \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server:latest

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="2283:2283 proto:tcp" \
  -e DB_HOSTNAME=immich-postgres \
  -e DB_USERNAME=postgres \
  -e DB_PASSWORD=postgres \
  -e DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich \
  -e REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich-redis \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e SKIP_CHOWN= \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/immich-server /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/immich-server/data /data <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server:latest immich-server

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Ansible

- name: Deploy immich-server
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: immich-server
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      DB_HOSTNAME: "immich-postgres"
      DB_USERNAME: "postgres"
      DB_PASSWORD: "postgres"
      DB_DATABASE_NAME: "immich"
      REDIS_HOSTNAME: "immich-redis"
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      SKIP_CHOWN: ""
    ports:
      - "2283:2283"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/immich-server:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/immich-server/data:/data"

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
DB_HOSTNAME	immich-postgres	Postgres database hostname
DB_USERNAME	postgres	Postgres database user
DB_PASSWORD	postgres	Postgres database password
DB_DATABASE_NAME	immich	Postgres database name
REDIS_HOSTNAME	immich-redis	Redis hostname
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
SKIP_CHOWN	``	Skip the startup recursive chown of /config and /data (default false). Set true on a second container that shares the same /data mount, or once ownership is known-correct, to avoid a slow chown on every start.

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration directory (unused but mounted)
/data	Media storage (photos, videos, thumbnails)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
2283	TCP	Web UI/API

This image is part of the Immich Stack.

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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