OPDS config_local.php

[huber70]

@mariosipad

On your installation: what do you see - using the ip address - on the frontpage by clicking on "library"? Is there a named folder to select to start the indication? Where id your library at linux? /home/pi/...

[mariosipad]

@huber70

Photoprism worked and then it did not.
- What went wrong?
- As what user (pi/root) did you type sudo docker-compose up -d ?

This means your "Originals" directory is probably under /root. (not pi).

You must now also have a mysql docker image/container. Is it running?

What is the output of: docker ps -a and docker ps ?

The line
- "~/Pictures:/photoprism/originals"
in the docker-compose.yml file points to where you should put the photo directories. Check if they are there (/home/pi/Pictures or /root/Pictures)and then see attachment.

To test put only a small test directory in /home/pi/Pictures
then press the button to start indexing........... (takes forever, that's what I hate)

[mariosipad]

@huber70

Unrelated to your problem: I hope you use USB-sticks and not SD-cards to use with photoprism. It writes to much to the cards for my liking and can destroy your SD-card over time.
This problem is less with USB-Sticks and even less with USB-SSD's.

[huber70]

@mariosipad

"what went wrong"? Good question: after 2-3 days of correct working I wanted to add 2 new folders within the "Pictures" directory that photoprism did not indexed, then I made some trials that went wrong and I observed that my library suddenly became less and less and less ...

The Pictures are not under /root, but /pi/Pictures (as it was when it worked, did not move it)

For now, I left the "Pictures" directory with its full content, for trials I added directory "Pictures2" with just one folder, changed the docker-compose.yml accordingly: nothing

I use still SD-card (+USB-SSD), no problem so far

[mariosipad]

@huber70

1 - the pictures come from the new install of photoprism (NOT of the older)?
2 - there are 2 containers running mariadb; there should only be one (1). I would docker stop pi-mariadb-1.
3 - the line in docker-compose.yml should be:
- "/home/pi/Pictures:/photoprism/originals"
not
- "~/Pictures:~/pi/pictures"
that can never work.
4 - the line in docker-compose.yml could be:
- "/home/pi/photoprism/storage:/photoprism/storage"

You can then place your photo's in /home/pi/Pictures

To make this work I would "start over" with the install of photoprism:
- docker stop pi-mariadb-1
- docker stop photoprism_mariadb_1
- docker stop photoprism_photoprism_1

docker rm pi-mariadb-1 photoprism_mariadb_1 photoprism_photoprism_1

Delete anything under /home/pi/photoprism except docker-compose.yml and picture directories.

Change the docker-compose.yml file and put it in /home/pi/photoprism

then cd /home/pi/photoprism

then docker-compose up -d [note NO sudo]
if this does not work:
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
log out and back in or reboot. And try docker-compose up -d again.

Then see my previous post for indexing.

NB: SD-card are not good with multiple writes/deletes. A small card will fail fast, a larger card will last longer. YMMV (your mileage may vary). Just photoprism is probably fine on a larger (with a lot of free space) card.

[huber70]

@mariosipad

1) Yes

2) Done - Result:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ docker stop pi-mariadb-1.
Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.24/containers/pi-mariadb-1./stop": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo docker stop pi-mariadb-1.
Error response from daemon: No such container: pi-mariadb-1.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

3) 4): confuses me: "should be" / "could be"

volumes:
# "/host/folder:/photoprism/folder" # Example
- "/home/pi/Pictures:/photoprism/original" # Original media files (DO NOT REMOVE)
# - "/example/family:/photoprism/originals/family" # *Additional* media folders can be mounted like this
# - "~/Import:/photoprism/import" # *Optional* base folder from which files can be imported to originals
- "./storage:/photoprism/storage"

is this correct?

Before I continue...

[mariosipad]

@huber70

1) OK

2a) sudo usermod -aG docker pi etc.
2b) try sudo docker stop pi-mariadb-1

3a) should > - "~/Pictures:~/pi/pictures" = can never work.
3b) could > - "/home/pi/photoprism/storage:/photoprism/storage" = my suggestion

I would do:

# "/host/folder:/photoprism/folder" # Example
- "/home/pi/Pictures:/photoprism/original" # Original media files (DO NOT REMOVE)
# - "/example/family:/photoprism/originals/family" # *Additional* media folders can be mounted like this
# - "~/Import:/photoprism/import" # *Optional* base folder from which files can be imported to originals
- "home/pi/photoprism/storage:/photoprism/storage"

Before you do docker-compose.yml up -d
docker ps -a should be empty!

[huber70]

@mariosipad

back from shopping:

where is the file docker ps -a (before I make another mistake), please

[mariosipad]

@huber70

My mistake.

I meant "the output of docker ps -a should not show any containers". Only the line

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                   COMMAND                  CREATED        STATUS                      PORTS

[huber70]

@mariosipad

alors, hoped, to make everything right and in the correct row but:

index the pictures at website xxx.xxx.xxx.xx:2342 says "originals folder" is empty

[mariosipad]

@huber70

But is the directory empty?
You made sure there is a directory with photo's in /home/pi/photoprism/originals ?

Now: (see attachement)

[huber70]

Yes, it's empty - all pictures are - as defined - in /home/pi/Pictures

[mariosipad]

@huber70

That is OK!

Now start indexing!
https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/first-steps/



I personally hate this!

[huber70]

@mariosipad

sorry, that does not work, indexing says "originals folder is empty"

[mariosipad]

@huber70

last try, then I give up for now....

sudo chown pi:pi/home/pi/photoprism -R *

then try again.......

:p is not what I wanted to write, now wit spaces (leave them out!

chown p i : p i /home etc.

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