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Immich: opinion revised
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If you're self hosting then you could just copy all the files from your server onto an external drive. I have to say that's not a great backup solution though, and you should learn more about administration of Linux servers so that when things break you can fix them. I wouldn't rely on it as a safe solution to your photos otherwise.
I'm not looking to become a sysadmin, thanks. I just want somewhere to safely store and organize my private photos.
I don't know how to access the filesystem and copying the library folders would not back up the metadata.
A great backup solution would be what I mentioned elsewhere. Just put a button to export it to a flash drive or an encrypted file server.
And that's fine and understandable. But I don't think that Immich is for you. It's not consumer-grade software. It's a piece of Linux server software that requires occasional maintenance and administration. We haven't seen a breaking update in a while but Immich does occasionally release updates where things will break if you don't dig in to the config files and reconfigure it.
If they implemented a proper backup system I wouldn't have to worry about it breaking. That's why I want it.
There's nothing else I need to access the backend for.
Give me the angry downvote all you want but, you are administering a system, you are literally a sysadmin
"I want to be an F1 racer but I don't wanna learn to drive"
That's what I heard you say
@Ulrich @bdonvr It will indeed be hard to use Immich without some technical knowledge at the moment. The documentation explicitly warns that the software is changing fast and might break a few things.
I'm sure that some day they will have a paid hosted tier that will de-risk the technical aspects such as backups and resilience but thats not here yet.
Perhaps you could take a look at Ente Photos for a non-Google, privacy friendly (and encrypted) photo hosting solution.
https://ente.io/
I obviously have "some technical knowledge" as I was able to launch a server and install Immich. I just don't understand why everyone seems entirely opposed to making things easier.