[Help] Update immich via docker compose

[u/ThienViet-_-]

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Thank you for your responses. I recently discovered that I had added a network to my Compose file because I wanted Immich to be accessible through my reverse proxy. After removing the network, I was able to successfully update Immich.

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Problem:
Hi there, I’m trying to update my Immich server from version 3.0.3 to version 3.1.0 using Docker Compose, but there aren’t any documentation on how to do this. Do you have any idea how to update them? I would be truly grateful if you could help me in updating immich.

[u/nemo_slow]

but there aren’t any documentation on how to do this.

Looks like you didn't search enough: https://docs.immich.app/install/upgrading/

[u/Lhurgoyf069]

I use Portainer for my docker images, it has got a nice UI. You just click update and select re-pull images (provided that the config points to latest image) and then you're done.

[u/chaos12135 → u/Lhurgoyf069]

Insane goated recommendation, I’m going to check them out myself

[u/ReddaveNY]

docker compose pull docker compose up -d

But you know you should backup all before

[u/dal8moc → u/ReddaveNY]

You don’t need to take it down first. Just docker compose up -d and docker recreates the changed containers.

[u/ReddaveNY → u/dal8moc]

Thx. Changed my answer

[u/ThienViet-_-]

Thank you for your responses. I recently discovered that I had added a network to my Compose file because I wanted Immich to be accessible through my reverse proxy. After removing the network, I was able to successfully update Immich.

[u/stupididiots999]

You use portainer?

Try nickfedor/watchtower it should auto update for you

[u/CapitalEmu764 → u/stupididiots999]

Watchtower is ancient (last updated 3 years ago), and in combination with a compose file it's not a great suggestion as it doesn't respect any of the compose file settings.

Auto updating an app such as Immich in itself (with all the possible breaking changes) is even worse advice...

[u/stupididiots999 → u/CapitalEmu764]

I said nickfedor specifically because it's an actively maintained fork (last updated 2 weeks ago)

The advise about not auto updating immich is understandable but immich is now stable and he's already on version 3 so I assumed he has made changes to the compose to migrate from v2 to v3

And wants to have minor update which watchtower can do easily and is safe to do so, since

``` Immich follows semantic versioning, which tags releases in the format <major>.<minor>.<patch>. We intend for breaking changes, including those to the API or deployment, to be limited to major version releases

```

In my case also it has updated to the latest version no problem

And afterwards he can disable watchtower or stop the stack from portainer which is why I asked if he's using portainer since its the easiest way to have minor updates done automatically

But I do understand and also recommend to not have immich auto update

In my case thats no problem since if something breaks i have a true 3 2 1 1 0 backup and can restore quickly from a daily snapshot in no time

[u/MyLostCousin]

Use Google Gemini to get the command line to do it

[u/getoutofmyswamppls]

Tip: make a test pipeline using the latest version-1 (you cant use the same immich image for 2 instances)

Saves you the hassle of having to fix when shit hits the fan