From 73d78db7155e51bb193a643f280606047a06bb5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ducoterra <git@ducoterra.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 20:18:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add docker immich docs

---
 active/podman_immich/immich.md            | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 active/podman_immich/release-compose.yaml |  6 +++---
 active/podman_immich/release-env          |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/active/podman_immich/immich.md b/active/podman_immich/immich.md
index 5b4edac..394ff2c 100644
--- a/active/podman_immich/immich.md
+++ b/active/podman_immich/immich.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 - [Podman immich](#podman-immich)
   - [Setup immich Project](#setup-immich-project)
-  - [Install immich](#install-immich)
+  - [Install immich with Docker](#install-immich-with-docker)
+  - [Install immich with Rootless Podman](#install-immich-with-rootless-podman)
     - [Create the immich user](#create-the-immich-user)
     - [Write the immich compose spec](#write-the-immich-compose-spec)
       - [A Note on Volumes](#a-note-on-volumes)
@@ -30,7 +31,19 @@
 - [ ] Expose the quadlet service
 - [ ] Install a backup service and timer
 
-## Install immich
+## Install immich with Docker
+
+<https://docs.immich.app/install/docker-compose/>
+
+```bash
+scp active/podman_immich/release-compose.yaml immich:
+scp active/podman_immich/release-env immich:.env
+
+mkdir /srv/immich
+docker compose -f release-compose.yaml up -d
+```
+
+## Install immich with Rootless Podman
 
 ### Create the immich user
 
@@ -157,7 +170,7 @@ ssh immich systemctl --user restart immich
 npm i -g @immich/cli
 
 # immich login [url] [key]
-immich login http://192.168.1.216:2283/api HFEJ38DNSDUEG
+immich login http://192.168.1.216:2283/api <key here>
 
 # Check the upload
 immich upload --dry-run --recursive directory/
diff --git a/active/podman_immich/release-compose.yaml b/active/podman_immich/release-compose.yaml
index e4e0f96..dea76f0 100644
--- a/active/podman_immich/release-compose.yaml
+++ b/active/podman_immich/release-compose.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
       - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
     env_file:
-      - .env
+      - /root/.env
     ports:
       - '2283:2283'
     depends_on:
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - model-cache:/cache
     env_file:
-      - .env
+      - /root/.env
     restart: always
     healthcheck:
       disable: false
 
   redis:
     container_name: immich_redis
-    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8@sha256:81db6d39e1bba3b3ff32bd3a1b19a6d69690f94a3954ec131277b9a26b95b3aa
+    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:9@sha256:fb8d272e529ea567b9bf1302245796f21a2672b8368ca3fcb938ac334e613c8f
     healthcheck:
       test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
     restart: always
diff --git a/active/podman_immich/release-env b/active/podman_immich/release-env
index 6641cce..75d93ef 100644
--- a/active/podman_immich/release-env
+++ b/active/podman_immich/release-env
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://docs.immich.app/install/environment-variables
 
 # The location where your uploaded files are stored
-UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
+UPLOAD_LOCATION=/srv/immich-data/library
 
 # The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database
-DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres
+DB_DATA_LOCATION=/srv/immich-db/postgres
 
 # To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
 # TZ=Etc/UTC