Ability to use env variable from the original container

[nodiaque]

Hello,

It would be good to be able to use the original env variable in the template. Exemple are the one to move the location of backups, thumbnail or other.
https://docs.immich.app/guides/custom-locations/

Thank you

[hydazz]

You can add extra variables yourself, its not sustainable nor practical to add every single env var Immich supports to the template.

[nodiaque]

I don't get what you mean. I tried using the extra vars from the original container and it does nothing.

[hydazz]

can you share a screenshot of your template

[nodiaque]

Here are the unraid template with and without the env added.

template_without_var.txt

template_with_var.txt

The var + mount

The folder

The error, we can see it tries to mount thumbs at /photos/thumbs but the var says /thumbs

The env documentation says to use that variable (I copy/paste) to change thumb placement

[hydazz]

those .env are not env vars, they are vars used by the compose

https://github.com/immich-app/immich/blob/e6eca895ba2cf1cf2ef5f3eba4e87f59cd1ae719/docker/docker-compose.yml#L21

Changing the immich paths has already been discussed
#437

And you can see here for a full list of actual Immich variables
https://docs.immich.app/install/environment-variables/