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Fellow self hosting friends, I screwed up. Not only have I deleted Immich's PostgreSQL folder but I also didn't have backups (of the database, of the photos I do).

I've tried to recover the deleted folder but there's not much left even with proper tools. I've checked and the photos are still there, so my question is: Is there a way for immich to rebuild the database with the photos there? Should I start from scratch and re-upload?

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Is immich still container-dependent?

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