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DontNoodles

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DontNoodles OP ,

For now only Immich, but on a sub domain like I said in the PS. And yes, immich is installed using docker.

DontNoodles OP ,

I have used reverse proxy in office setup where my local IP was NATed to a dedicated public IP. But in my home lab, I don't have a dedicated public IP. So, i need to figure a way around that.

DontNoodles OP ,

I read about funnel and it is really cool. But it seems to only expose the services through a *.ts.net type of URL. What I want is to use the domain that I've acquired.

DontNoodles OP ,

Your point is valid. I'll use the learnings from this thread for other, robust, services first and keep an eye on the progress of immich in terms of security.

DontNoodles OP ,

Thank you! I'll look into it.

DontNoodles ,

I wish there was something for HP 800 G3s. I bought them used after a lot of deliberations and would love to keep it running for as long as I can while not losing out on functionalities.

DontNoodles ,

I'm scared to these 'breaking changes' even though I'm not exactly a self hosting newbie. That's because I don't have a proper 3-2-1 backup and I'm afraid I might lose my photos or settings. I've been exploring of setting up immich through a homeserver management tool like runtipi that allows taking backups separately that can be reverted to, in case something goes wrong. Anyone aware of any negatives about that?

DontNoodles OP ,

I would like to avoid buying additional hardware if possible.

DontNoodles OP ,

Why do I need to add my nvme to the zfs pool? That doesn't really make sense.

If the wifi slot does support m.2 drivers (I was just looking for some confirmation/document), it'll solve my problem. Thanks nonetheless.

DontNoodles OP ,

I'll definitely take this route if the wifi slot will not support the m.2 drive. Thanks for the suggestion.

DontNoodles OP ,

I get the part that the cloning software does not care for the underlying OS. My worry is the fact that I'll run the cloning software/command from a live USB which will not be able to detect the zfs mirror on my backup drive on its own and thus break the zfs mirror with bad consequences for the existing data. I could not find any commands to make the live USB OS discover and respect the existing zfs configuration.

DontNoodles OP ,

The SSD is 256GB while the two HDDs are 4TB each. What kind of zfs config/array do you suggest I create from them?

DontNoodles OP ,

Phew! I almost believed I was asking for something beyond the scope of linux-fu. English not being my first language may be part of the reason but still I think I covered everything that was relevant.

Yes, that's exactly what I want and your post has given me the clarity I needed. M.2 wifi slots don't support disks so that option is definitely out. I'm going to boot with the latest Ubuntu live OS on a USB and attempt what you've outlined.

I don't have anything really critical on the zfs that is not backed up separately so I'm definitely going to attempt this and learn in the process.

Thank you for taking the time to respond!

DontNoodles OP ,

Yes, the other answer also suggests this and I think this will do the trick. Thank you for your response.

How should I do backups?

I have a server running Debian with 24 TB of storage. I would ideally like to back up all of it, though much of it is torrents, so only the ones with low seeders really need backed up. I know about the 321 rule but it sounds like it would be expensive. What do you do for backups? Also if anyone uses tape drives for backups I am...

DontNoodles ,

I would like to replicate your setup in the future. How do you connect between the two machines, using tailscale or something like that?

DontNoodles ,

Does portainer, and docker in turn, allow taking/accessing something like point in time snapshots of containers like VM software do? They make it easy to tinker with stuff, knowing that if I mess up, I can go back to a snapshot and be good again.

DontNoodles ,

I don't have anything to offer but I have a question since I'm on a similar quest. I'm also a n00b when it comes to Docker even though I have best intentions to learn it eventually. In the coming days I want to set up a similar server for photos backup and I was hoping to go with Immich too.

I have heard that Immich occasionally provides updates that are breaking in nature. How does Tipi handle it in such circumstances?

DontNoodles ,

Or they could connect their pi as well as their laptop to a hotspot created on their pocket computer masquerading as a phone. They won't lose their internet on the laptop or pi that way.

DontNoodles ,

For someone freshly interested in self hosting, what does breaking changes with respect to immich really mean? Does it mean that if I upgrade to this version, I have to rebuild my library, face tags etc? Or does it mean that things might stop working and some files might need to be changed, upgraded manually and things may get awry in doing so.

DontNoodles ,

This scares me to an extent but as long as immich provides some instructions on what to do to get back on track, this should be okay.

Also, what happens if one skips multiple such breaking updates? Will it be my responsibility to hunt down the changes and make corresponding amends?

And finally, while I understand that immich is not supposed to be photo backup solution, does it allow export and import of metadata, tags etc? I ask because I intend to set it up and I may skip few of these updates and instead do a fresh install a year or so later. If I can simply export my settings, face ID info, albums from old setup and import it into the new one then it makes things very easy.

Otherwise the phrase breaking changes does sound really scary.

DontNoodles ,

Cool, I'll try this next time. So far the least damaging way I've tried is putting the thing in hot water. The magnet and the base expand by different amounts and it is relatively easy to pry the magnet off. But the thing cools down quickly so it takes a few tries.

DontNoodles ,

I stand with you for the subdomain and bare metal thing. There are many great applications that I'm facing trouble implementing since I don't have control over A domain settings within my setup. Setting mysite.xyz/something is trivial that I have full control over. Docker thing I can understand to some extent but I wish it was as simple as python venv kind of thing.

I'm sure people will come after me saying this or that is very easy but your post proves that I'm not alone. Maybe someone will come to the rescue of us novices too.

DontNoodles ,

Another such application that I wish had easy implementation for what you call base URLs is Apache Superset. Such a great application that I'm unable to use in my setup.

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