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-###################################################################################
-# Database
-###################################################################################
+# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables
-# NOTE: The following four database variables support Docker secrets by adding a *_FILE suffix to the variable name
-# See the docker-compose documentation on secrets for additional details: https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3/#secrets
+# The location where your uploaded files are stored
+UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
+
+# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
+IMMICH_VERSION=release
+
+# Connection secrets for postgres and typesense. You should change these to random passwords
+TYPESENSE_API_KEY=some-random-text
+DB_PASSWORD=postgres
+
+# The values below this line do not need to be changed
+###################################################################################
DB_HOSTNAME=immich_postgres
DB_USERNAME=postgres
-DB_PASSWORD=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich
-# Optional Database settings:
-# DB_PORT=5432
-
-###################################################################################
-# Redis
-###################################################################################
-
REDIS_HOSTNAME=immich_redis
-
-# REDIS_URL will be used to pass custom options to ioredis.
-# Example for Sentinel
-# {"sentinels":[{"host":"redis-sentinel-node-0","port":26379},{"host":"redis-sentinel-node-1","port":26379},{"host":"redis-sentinel-node-2","port":26379}],"name":"redis-sentinel"}
-# REDIS_URL=ioredis://eyJzZW50aW5lbHMiOlt7Imhvc3QiOiJyZWRpcy1zZW50aW5lbDEiLCJwb3J0IjoyNjM3OX0seyJob3N0IjoicmVkaXMtc2VudGluZWwyIiwicG9ydCI6MjYzNzl9XSwibmFtZSI6Im15bWFzdGVyIn0=
-
-# Optional Redis settings:
-
-# Note: these parameters are not automatically passed to the Redis Container
-# to do so, please edit the docker-compose.yml file as well. Redis is not configured
-# via environment variables, only redis.conf or the command line
-
-# REDIS_PORT=6379
-# REDIS_DBINDEX=0
-# REDIS_USERNAME=
-# REDIS_PASSWORD=
-# REDIS_SOCKET=
-
-###################################################################################
-# Upload File Location
-#
-# This is the location where uploaded files are stored.
-###################################################################################
-
-UPLOAD_LOCATION=absolute_location_on_your_machine_where_you_want_to_store_the_backup
-
-
-###################################################################################
-# Typesense
-###################################################################################
-TYPESENSE_API_KEY=some-random-text
-# TYPESENSE_ENABLED=false
-# TYPESENSE_URL uses base64 encoding for the nodes json.
-# Example JSON that was used:
-# [
-# { "host": "typesense-1.example.net", "port": "443", "protocol": "https" },
-# { "host": "typesense-2.example.net", "port": "443", "protocol": "https" },
-# { "host": "typesense-3.example.net", "port": "443", "protocol": "https" },
-# ]
-# TYPESENSE_URL=ha://WwogIHsgImhvc3QiOiAidHlwZXNlbnNlLTEuZXhhbXBsZS5uZXQiLCAicG9ydCI6ICI0NDMiLCAicHJvdG9jb2wiOiAiaHR0cHMiIH0sCiAgeyAiaG9zdCI6ICJ0eXBlc2Vuc2UtMi5leGFtcGxlLm5ldCIsICJwb3J0IjogIjQ0MyIsICJwcm90b2NvbCI6ICJodHRwcyIgfSwKICB7ICJob3N0IjogInR5cGVzZW5zZS0zLmV4YW1wbGUubmV0IiwgInBvcnQiOiAiNDQzIiwgInByb3RvY29sIjogImh0dHBzIiB9Cl0=
-
-###################################################################################
-# Reverse Geocoding
-#
-# Reverse geocoding is done locally which has a small impact on memory usage
-# This memory usage can be altered by changing the REVERSE_GEOCODING_PRECISION variable
-# This ranges from 0-3 with 3 being the most precise
-# 3 - Cities > 500 population: ~200MB RAM
-# 2 - Cities > 1000 population: ~150MB RAM
-# 1 - Cities > 5000 population: ~80MB RAM
-# 0 - Cities > 15000 population: ~40MB RAM
-####################################################################################
-
-# DISABLE_REVERSE_GEOCODING=false
-# REVERSE_GEOCODING_PRECISION=3
-
-####################################################################################
-# WEB - Optional
-#
-# Custom message on the login page, should be written in HTML form.
-# For example:
-# PUBLIC_LOGIN_PAGE_MESSAGE="This is a demo instance of Immich.
Email: demo@demo.de
Password: demo"
-####################################################################################
-
-PUBLIC_LOGIN_PAGE_MESSAGE=
-
-####################################################################################
-# Alternative Service Addresses - Optional
-#
-# This is an advanced feature for users who may be running their immich services on different hosts.
-# It will not change which address or port that services bind to within their containers, but it will change where other services look for their peers.
-# Note: immich-microservices is bound to 3002, but no references are made
-####################################################################################
-
-IMMICH_WEB_URL=http://immich-web:3000
-IMMICH_SERVER_URL=http://immich-server:3001
-IMMICH_MACHINE_LEARNING_URL=http://immich-machine-learning:3003
-
-####################################################################################
-# Alternative API's External Address - Optional
-#
-# This is an advanced feature used to control the public server endpoint returned to clients during Well-known discovery.
-# You should only use this if you want mobile apps to access the immich API over a custom URL. Do not include trailing slash.
-# NOTE: At this time, the web app will not be affected by this setting and will continue to use the relative path: /api
-# Examples: http://localhost:3001, http://immich-api.example.com, etc
-####################################################################################
-
-#IMMICH_API_URL_EXTERNAL=http://localhost:3001
-
-###################################################################################
-# Immich Version - Optional
-#
-# This allows all immich docker images to be pinned to a specific version. By default,
-# the version is "release" but could be a specific version, like "v1.59.0".
-###################################################################################
-
-#IMMICH_VERSION=