Add Hetzner Storage for Media

[lukas]

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

[girish]

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

[nebulon]

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.

[lukas]

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

[nebulon]

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.

[BrutalBirdie]

@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?

[lukas]

@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

[girish]

@BrutalBirdie I think the issue here is that immich doesn't support multiple directories.

[jdaviescoates]

@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.

[lukas]

Are there any providers which offers NFS storage and are not too expensive?

[lukas]

Hi all,

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

I added it into Immich as Data directory:

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

[imc67]

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

[lukas]

@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?

[imc67]

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.

[lukas]

@imc67 yes that's fine for me

[nebulon]

@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?

[lukas]

@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.

[girish]

@lukas said in Add Hetzner Storage for Media:

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

This is a great find and very reasonably priced!

[lukas]

@girish yes definitely!

[rollermy]

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.