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Immich is a nightmare to install.
It was fairly easy with a docker config. What issues did you have?
I just ran their docker compose and it worked out of the box
I've had zero problems installing it and exposing it on one of my subdomains via nginx. I thought it was one of the easiest things to install and configure. Like, no errors or unknowns when installing.
That being said, this isn't something the average user will be or even should be doing. Its a niche product for the tech literate, not an alternative for what cloud providers are offering. I'd not recommend it to anyone who can't tell the difference between "wifi" and "internet".
People say, "It's not much of a hassle setting up immich if you use Docker", forgetting that less than 1 percent of the population knows what you're talking about at that point.
Maybe its because I used nextcloud previously but, immich felt like a breeze to install.
I can give you a docker compose that will just work if you want, as long as you have a domain name and a ingress controller running. But yes, its not easy.