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opened 2026-02-05 13:35:46 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 0 comments
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Originally created by @hnjoshi on GitHub (Jan 6, 2026).

I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report.

  • Yes

The bug

I downloaded new docker compose yaml file and .env file from provided steps on https://docs.immich.app/overview/quick-start/ and ran docker compose up -d command, but immich_server and immich_postgres keeps on restarting.

The OS that Immich Server is running on

Latest alpine docker

Version of Immich Server

v2

Version of Immich Mobile App

v2

Platform with the issue

  • Server
  • Web
  • Mobile

Device make and model

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Your docker-compose.yml content

#
# WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://docs.immich.app/install/docker-compose
#
# Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.

name: immich

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends:
    #   file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - '2283:2283'
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  immich-machine-learning:
    container_name: immich_machine_learning
    # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag.
    # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://docs.immich.app/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
    #   file: hwaccel.ml.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:9@sha256:fb8d272e529ea567b9bf1302245796f21a2672b8368ca3fcb938ac334e613c8f
    healthcheck:
      test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:bcf63357191b76a916ae5eb93464d65c07511da41e3bf7a8416db519b40b1c23
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
      # Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs
      DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD'
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    shm_size: 128mb
    restart: always

volumes:
  model-cache:

Your .env content

# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://docs.immich.app/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/root/photos-drive/immich

# The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres

# To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
TZ=America/Chicago

# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v2.1.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=v2

# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
# Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces
DB_PASSWORD=postgres

# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

Reproduction steps

...

Relevant log output

root@immich:~/data-drive/immich# docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                                            COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS                                  PORTS      NAMES
22ef824f0137   ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:v2                              "tini -- /bin/bash -…"   18 seconds ago   Restarting (1) Less than a second ago              immich_server
83831a9a39e8   ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0   "/usr/local/bin/immi…"   18 seconds ago   Restarting (1) 6 seconds ago                       immich_postgres
612f3f6325dc   ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:v2                    "tini -- python -m i…"   18 seconds ago   Up 17 seconds (health: starting)                   immich_machine_learning
5a188ebaa57d   valkey/valkey:9                                                  "docker-entrypoint.s…"   18 seconds ago   Up 17 seconds (health: starting)        6379/tcp   immich_redis
root@immich:~/data-drive/immich#


root@immich:~/data-drive/immich# docker logs --tail 20 22ef824f0137

Node.js v22.18.0
Initializing Immich v2.4.1
Detected CPU Cores: 4
Missing history for endpoint: Retrieve auth status
(node:7) ExperimentalWarning: WASI is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
node:internal/process/promises:394
    triggerUncaughtException(err, true /* fromPromise */);
    ^

Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND database
    at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookupall [as oncomplete] (node:dns:122:26) {
  errno: -3008,
  code: 'ENOTFOUND',
  syscall: 'getaddrinfo',
  hostname: 'database'
}

Node.js v22.18.0



root@immich:~/data-drive/immich# docker logs --tail 20 83831a9a39e8
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US.utf8".
The default database encoding has accordingly been set to "UTF8".
The default text search configuration will be set to "english".

Data page checksums are enabled.

fixing permissions on existing directory /var/lib/postgresql/data ... ok
creating subdirectories ... ok
selecting dynamic shared memory implementation ... posix
selecting default max_connections ... 20
selecting default shared_buffers ... 400kB
selecting default time zone ... Etc/UTC
creating configuration files ... ok
2026-01-06 00:17:01.659 UTC [88] FATAL:  data directory "/var/lib/postgresql/data" has wrong ownership
2026-01-06 00:17:01.659 UTC [88] HINT:  The server must be started by the user that owns the data directory.
child process exited with exit code 1
initdb: removing contents of data directory "/var/lib/postgresql/data"
running bootstrap script ...

Additional information

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Originally created by @hnjoshi on GitHub (Jan 6, 2026). ### I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report. - [x] Yes ### The bug I downloaded new docker compose yaml file and .env file from provided steps on https://docs.immich.app/overview/quick-start/ and ran docker compose up -d command, but immich_server and immich_postgres keeps on restarting. ### The OS that Immich Server is running on Latest alpine docker ### Version of Immich Server v2 ### Version of Immich Mobile App v2 ### Platform with the issue - [x] Server - [ ] Web - [ ] Mobile ### Device make and model _No response_ ### Your docker-compose.yml content ```YAML # # WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://docs.immich.app/install/docker-compose # # Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release: # # https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml # # The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release. name: immich services: immich-server: container_name: immich_server image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} # extends: # file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml # service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding volumes: # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro env_file: - .env ports: - '2283:2283' depends_on: - redis - database restart: always healthcheck: disable: false immich-machine-learning: container_name: immich_machine_learning # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag. # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://docs.immich.app/features/ml-hardware-acceleration # file: hwaccel.ml.yml # service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable volumes: - model-cache:/cache env_file: - .env restart: always healthcheck: disable: false redis: container_name: immich_redis image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:9@sha256:fb8d272e529ea567b9bf1302245796f21a2672b8368ca3fcb938ac334e613c8f healthcheck: test: redis-cli ping || exit 1 restart: always database: container_name: immich_postgres image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:bcf63357191b76a916ae5eb93464d65c07511da41e3bf7a8416db519b40b1c23 environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD} POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME} POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME} POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums' # Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' volumes: # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data shm_size: 128mb restart: always volumes: model-cache: ``` ### Your .env content ```Shell # You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://docs.immich.app/install/environment-variables # The location where your uploaded files are stored UPLOAD_LOCATION=/root/photos-drive/immich # The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres # To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List TZ=America/Chicago # The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v2.1.0" IMMICH_VERSION=v2 # Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password # Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces DB_PASSWORD=postgres # The values below this line do not need to be changed ################################################################################### DB_USERNAME=postgres DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich ``` ### Reproduction steps 1. 2. 3. ... ### Relevant log output ```shell root@immich:~/data-drive/immich# docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 22ef824f0137 ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:v2 "tini -- /bin/bash -…" 18 seconds ago Restarting (1) Less than a second ago immich_server 83831a9a39e8 ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0 "/usr/local/bin/immi…" 18 seconds ago Restarting (1) 6 seconds ago immich_postgres 612f3f6325dc ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:v2 "tini -- python -m i…" 18 seconds ago Up 17 seconds (health: starting) immich_machine_learning 5a188ebaa57d valkey/valkey:9 "docker-entrypoint.s…" 18 seconds ago Up 17 seconds (health: starting) 6379/tcp immich_redis root@immich:~/data-drive/immich# root@immich:~/data-drive/immich# docker logs --tail 20 22ef824f0137 Node.js v22.18.0 Initializing Immich v2.4.1 Detected CPU Cores: 4 Missing history for endpoint: Retrieve auth status (node:7) ExperimentalWarning: WASI is an experimental feature and might change at any time (Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created) node:internal/process/promises:394 triggerUncaughtException(err, true /* fromPromise */); ^ Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND database at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookupall [as oncomplete] (node:dns:122:26) { errno: -3008, code: 'ENOTFOUND', syscall: 'getaddrinfo', hostname: 'database' } Node.js v22.18.0 root@immich:~/data-drive/immich# docker logs --tail 20 83831a9a39e8 This user must also own the server process. The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US.utf8". The default database encoding has accordingly been set to "UTF8". The default text search configuration will be set to "english". Data page checksums are enabled. fixing permissions on existing directory /var/lib/postgresql/data ... ok creating subdirectories ... ok selecting dynamic shared memory implementation ... posix selecting default max_connections ... 20 selecting default shared_buffers ... 400kB selecting default time zone ... Etc/UTC creating configuration files ... ok 2026-01-06 00:17:01.659 UTC [88] FATAL: data directory "/var/lib/postgresql/data" has wrong ownership 2026-01-06 00:17:01.659 UTC [88] HINT: The server must be started by the user that owns the data directory. child process exited with exit code 1 initdb: removing contents of data directory "/var/lib/postgresql/data" running bootstrap script ... ``` ### Additional information _No response_
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