The backup doc from Immich states that one should use Postgres’ dump functionality to backup the database, as well as copy the upload location.

Is there any counter indication to doing this instead:

  • Create a dir immich with subdirs db and library
  • Mount the db dir as a volume for the database
  • Mount the library dir as a volume for the upload location
  • Backup the whole immich dir without dumping the Postgres db. (Stop Immich while before doing this)
  • @Capillary7379English
    12•8 months ago

    If PostgreSQL is also shut down and you dont start the backup before its completely stopped it should be ok. You might need to restore to the same version of PostgreSQL and make sure it is setup the same way. If you dump the data, it is safer, both that you get a known good state, and that it can be restored to any new database. Grabbing the files as you suggest should be ok at least 90 percent of the time. But why risk it?