Last Updated on January 21, 2024
Post-Installation
There are actually some post-installation steps we needed. None of them are essential so, for brevity, we’re only going to explore a couple of them in detail.
Install the CLI Immich command
First thing we want to do is upload an existing gallery to the Immich server. There’s no support in the web frontend to do this as this currently only lets you upload a single image at the time. The initial approach of Immich is to become a backup tool, primarily for mobile device usage.
To bulk upload, we need to use the CLI, which is installed with the command:
$ npm i -g immich
You may need to change where the node modules are installed to get around a permissions problem. Whatever you do, don’t use sudo with npm.
Create an API key
We also need to create a new API key from the Settings menu.
Bulk upload images to the server
We can now bulk upload with a command just as:
$ immich upload --key NOT_OUR_REAL_KEY --server http://localhost:2283/api --recursive directory/
Here’s an image of a bulk upload in progress.
Other steps
You’ll probably want to:
- Download the mobile app for Android and iOS devices;
- Create additional users;
- Update the storage template;
- Backup your library.
Next page: Page 3 – In Operation
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – Post-Installation
Page 3 – In Operation
Page 4 – Summary