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 — recommended.
`beta`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	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=true  # Skip the startup recursive chown of /config and /data once ownership is recorded in /config/.chown_done (default true). Set false to force a chown on every start. The marker lives in /config, so /config must be a persistent volume for the skip to take effect across restarts.
    volumes:
      - "/containers/immich-server:/config"
      - "/containers/immich-server/data:/data"
    ports:
      - "2283:2283"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

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=true

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  immich-server:
    name: immich_server
    options:
      - container: '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: '/containers/immich-server'
  immich-server_data:
    device: '/containers/immich-server/data'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Warning

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 jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

To avoid exposing ports, just remove the expose option in your appjail-director.yml or from your command-line arguments.

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=true \
  -v /containers/immich-server:/config \
  -v /containers/immich-server/data:/data \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server:latest

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

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=true \
  -o fstab="/containers/immich-server /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/containers/immich-server/data /data <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server:latest immich-server

Save the files above, then run sh run.sh.

Warning

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 jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

To avoid exposing ports, just remove the expose option in your appjail-director.yml or from your command-line arguments.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

services:
  immich-server:
    name: immich-server
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - 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=true
    volumes:
      - "/containers/immich-server:/config"
      - "/containers/immich-server/data:/data"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up. Or via CLI:

bastille create -O \
  --env DB_HOSTNAME=immich-postgres \
  --env DB_USERNAME=postgres \
  --env DB_PASSWORD=postgres \
  --env DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich \
  --env REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich-redis \
  --env PUID=1000 \
  --env PGID=1000 \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --env SKIP_CHOWN=true \
  --volume /containers/immich-server /config \
  --volume /containers/immich-server/data /data \
  immich-server ghcr.io/daemonless/immich-server:latest inherit

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: "true"
    ports:
      - "2283:2283"
    volumes:
      - "/containers/immich-server:/config"
      - "/containers/immich-server/data:/data"

Save as immich-server-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook immich-server-deploy.yaml.

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`	`true`	Skip the startup recursive chown of /config and /data once ownership is recorded in /config/.chown_done (default true). Set false to force a chown on every start. The marker lives in /config, so /config must be a persistent volume for the skip to take effect across restarts.

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Holds the startup ownership marker (.chown_done). Mount as a persistent volume so the chown is skipped on later starts.
`/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, aarch64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
.daemonless		.daemonless
.github/workflows		.github/workflows
root/etc		root/etc
Containerfile		Containerfile
Containerfile.j2		Containerfile.j2
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
compose.yaml		compose.yaml
sbom-aarch64.json		sbom-aarch64.json
sbom.json		sbom.json

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