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Immich

Immich

vrelease

Self-hosted photo and video backup solution with mobile app

Install

$curl -fsSL https://virtua.sh/i/immich | bash
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What's included

  • Immich (latest release, fully configured)
  • Caddy web server with auto-HTTPS
  • PostgreSQL with pgvecto-rs (ML vector search)
  • Redis for caching
  • Machine learning service (face/object recognition)
  • Docker Compose managed

After install

  • Login with the admin credentials shown at install
  • No signup page exposed to the internet
  • Install the Immich mobile app and point it at your server
  • Custom domain: IMMICH_HOST=photos.example.com
  • Upgrade: cd /opt/immich && docker compose pull && docker compose up -d

Supported Operating Systems

Ubuntu 24Ubuntu 25Debian 12Debian 13Rocky 9Rocky 10Alma 9Alma 10

Requirements

RAM
4GB minimum
Disk
20GB minimum

Configuration

VariableDefaultDescription
IMMICH_HOSTserver hostnameDomain name or IP. Domains get auto-HTTPS via Let's Encrypt.
IMMICH_ADMIN_EMAILadmin@hostnameAdmin account email
IMMICH_ADMIN_PASSrandom 24-charAdmin account password
IMMICH_DB_PASSrandom 24-charPostgreSQL password
IMMICH_UPLOAD_DIR/var/lib/immich/uploadDirectory for photo and video storage
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Changelog

v1.0.02026-04-02
  • Initial release with Docker Compose (official upstream method)
  • Caddy reverse proxy with auto-HTTPS
  • PostgreSQL + Redis + ML service included
  • Configurable upload directory