Install Immich on Ugreen NAS - The Easy way with GUI

I will show you how to install Immich - the open-source self-hosted photo and video backup solution on your Ugreen NAS without touching the command line at all.

Step 1 : Create the Directories

You have to create the directories first which will host your immich installation. I like to create them under /docker folder, but you can create them anywhere in your file system.

/docker/immich : this will be your root directory
/docker/immich/db : database is stored here
/docker/immich/uploads : uploads go here

Right click on db folder , select properties and copy the absolute path you see there. Same for uploads

Step 2 : Download the official .yml and .env files

We will use the official docker compose files from immich you can download them here

https://immich.app/docs/install/docker-compose/

You will need 2 files

docker-compose.yml : just download it for import later
example.env : rename to .env, open in notepad to edit the following

DB_DATA_LOCATION= : use here the absolute location of your db folder
UPLOAD_LOCATION= : absolute path of your uploads folder here
DB_PASSWORD= : any secure password
TZ= : your timezone here

Step 3 : Use the docker app GUI to start your application using these 2 files

Upload the .env file to your /docker/immich directory. Now open docker app, click on project> create

Give it a name, specify the location as /docker/immich ( it will take the .env file from there), import the .yml file we downloaded earlier and hit deploy. You can see the progress of your application and once its running, you can access your immich installation at <yournasipaddress>:2283