Configure PhotoPrism to use an external drive
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planted Jun 08, 2021
This post explains how to configure your own PhotoPrism instance to use an external hard drive.
To use an external drive in PhotoPrism, you need to first mount the drive and configure it to mount automatically.
Afterwards you can configure PhotoPrism accordingly.
- Make sure the drive is mounted correctly, by running
sudo lsblk -o UUID,NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL,MODEL
- you should see the mountpoint
- edit the PhotoPrism configuration:
sudo vi docker-compose.yml
- under
volumes, edit the originals and storage destination:
- "/mnt/photoprism/originals:/photoprism/originals"- "/mnt/photoprism/storage:/photoprism/storage"
- you can also specify subfolders as mentioned in the comments of the file
Now you are ready to set up synchronization between your Nextcloud and your PhotoPrism.
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