<![CDATA[Add Hetzner Storage for Media]]>Hello there,

I want to add my Hetzner Storage Box to be able to store all my Immich Media on it.
How I can add the Hetzner Storage Box to Immich? I tried it already via CIFS, but this don't work.

Would be very cool to explain what I have to do.

Thank you and regards
Lukas

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/10405/add-hetzner-storage-for-mediaRSS for NodeSun, 12 Apr 2026 06:52:00 GMTSun, 12 Nov 2023 10:28:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Sat, 18 Nov 2023 07:30:12 GMT]]>@rollermy said in Add Hetzner Storage for Media:

Maybe off topic: I have cloudron and immich as the only app installed on https://contabo.com/en/storage-vps/. The 400GB is what made me go for it.

yes a very good idea, but in my case I need around 600GB so with NFS storage I'm cheaper.

Maybe I setup Cloudron on my Intel NUC at Home to run Immich...

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77659https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77659Sat, 18 Nov 2023 07:30:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:42:26 GMT]]>Maybe off topic: I have cloudron and immich as the only app installed on https://contabo.com/en/storage-vps/. The 400GB is what made me go for it.
I can't vouch yet for reliability or performance, but seems as expected for $5
Backups sent to Backblaze for cheap price too.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77614https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77614Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:42:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:35:26 GMT]]>@girish yes definitely!

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77550https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77550Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:35:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:59:44 GMT]]>@lukas said in Add Hetzner Storage for Media:

https://ht-hosting.de/backup-storage

This is a great find and very reasonably priced!

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77443https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77443Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:59:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:53:31 GMT]]>@nebulon said in Add Hetzner Storage for Media:

@lukas what is the nfs provider you are using? I might also be interested in checking out that option.

https://ht-hosting.de/backup-storage

@nebulon said in Add Hetzner Storage for Media:

For the backup, is there a specific reason why you don't want backups to be made for the content within immich?

I plan to install Immich von our Smartphones to have "backup" of all our photos. Currently I have only 1 TB Hetzner Storage for my backups, so I would like to backup Immich data on separate backup storage.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77424https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77424Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:53:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:49:11 GMT]]>@lukas what is the nfs provider you are using? I might also be interested in checking out that option.

For the backup, is there a specific reason why you don't want backups to be made for the content within immich?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77421https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77421Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:49:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:58:49 GMT]]>@imc67 yes that's fine for me

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77414https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77414Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:58:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:40:02 GMT]]>Insecure traffic Please note that NFS traffic is unencrypted and can be tampered. For this reason, you must use NFS mounts only on secure private networks. ]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77413https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77413Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:40:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:25:34 GMT]]>@imc67 said in Add Hetzner Storage for Media:

did you read this: https://docs.cloudron.io/volumes/#nfs

no, what is this article supposed to tell me?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77412https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77412Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:25:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:23:34 GMT]]>did you read this: https://docs.cloudron.io/volumes/#nfs

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77411https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77411Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:23:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:54:58 GMT]]>Hi all,

I found an hosting service with NFS support, which is mounted successfully on my Cloudron server:

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I added it into Immich as Data directory:

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Means, all data within this Data directory will be part of my backups, I can exclude it but every "manual" backup takes space from my backup location. I hope to have in very near future some options to set different backup locations for my Apps 🙂

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77410https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77410Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:54:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:15:28 GMT]]>Are there any providers which offers NFS storage and are not too expensive?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77395https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77395Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:15:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:18:38 GMT]]>@BrutalBirdie said in Add Hetzner Storage for Media:

Or do you just want Cloudron to store everything from that app on a hetzner Storage box?
If so, yes you can do that: https://docs.cloudron.io/volumes/

or am I just confused about what is needed right now here?

The issue is that only EXT4 and NFS mounts can be used for data directories and it isn't possible to mount Hetzner Storage Boxes like that.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77292https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77292Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:18:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:58:26 GMT]]>@BrutalBirdie I think the issue here is that immich doesn't support multiple directories.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77287https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77287Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:58:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:54:44 GMT]]>@BrutalBirdie said in Add Hetzner Storage for Media:

If so, yes you can do that:

I tried this already but Immich don't like CIFS/SMB Volumes

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77286https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77286Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:54:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:53:16 GMT]]>@lukas said in Add Hetzner Storage for Media:

So no way to store my pictures / videos on external cifs storage? Ok, then I need a server with more space 😞

Is it about multiple data directories?
Or do you just want Cloudron to store everything from that app on a hetzner Storage box?
If so, yes you can do that: https://docs.cloudron.io/volumes/

or am I just confused about what is needed right now here?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77285https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77285Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:53:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:51:56 GMT]]>For the moment that seems to be the only viable solution unfortunately. We will revisit the possibility to set a cifs mount for the main data location for apps, but I wouldn't count on that.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77284https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77284Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:51:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:49:37 GMT]]>So no way to store my pictures / videos on external cifs storage? Ok, then I need a server with more space 😞

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77283https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77283Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:49:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:43:25 GMT]]>As @girish said, I am also not aware, that immich supports multiple data directories and those also have to be real mounted filesystems. In the Cloudron context this means, the app would have to be moved to a volume, which supports all required filesystem features like permissions.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77278https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77278Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Add Hetzner Storage for Media on Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:23:14 GMT]]>I think immich has no concept of external "data" directory i.e pick up media from an external location. On Cloudron, data directory has to be ext4 or nfs, so we can support file permissions properly. So, I am not sure if this is possible at all. Maybe @nebulon knows

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77276https://forum.cloudron.io/post/77276Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:23:14 GMT