How to Install Immich with Docker on a VPS

mkdir -p ~/immich-app && cd ~/immich-app
wget -O docker-compose.yml https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
wget -O .env https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/example.env

UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres
TZ=Europe/London
IMMICH_VERSION=v3
DB_PASSWORD=ChangeThisToALongRandomString

sed -i "s/- '2283:2283'/- '127.0.0.1:2283:2283'/" docker-compose.yml
grep 2283 docker-compose.yml

sudo docker compose up -d

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name photos.example.com;

    client_max_body_size 50000M;
    proxy_request_buffering off;
    client_body_buffer_size 1024k;

    proxy_set_header Host              $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_redirect     off;
    proxy_read_timeout 600s;
    proxy_send_timeout 600s;
    send_timeout       600s;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2283;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade    $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }
}

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/photos.example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/   # Ubuntu / Debian only
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx
sudo certbot --nginx -d photos.example.com