Unlike some commercial services that store your photos in the cloud and scan/index them to train their machine learning models and collect ad targeting data on you, LibrePhotos keeps all your photos and metadata on your local server. Your data is never sent to or stored on a 3rd party server. Get the same power as those commercial services without giving up your personal data and privacy. LibrePhotos can register a biometric facial pattern to identify or verify the identity of a subject through an image or video. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install LibrePhotos on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest version of LibrePhotos 1.1.0

• STEP 1

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• STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 3

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it librephotos. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 4

Now create four new folders inside the librephotos folder that you have previously created at STEP 3 and name them db, logs, photos, protected_media. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 5

Populate your photos folder that you have previously created at STEP 4 with your photos.

• STEP 6

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then click inside the local rectangle. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 7

In the Name field type in librephotos. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  librephotos:
    image: reallibrephotos/librephotos-unified:latest
    container_name: LibrePhotos
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/8001' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    user: 0:0
    ports:
      - 7462:8001
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/librephotos/db:/db:rw
      - /volume1/docker/librephotos/protected_media:/protected_media:rw
      - /volume1/docker/librephotos/logs:/logs:rw
      - /volume1/docker/librephotos/photos:/data:rw
    environment:
      SERVE_FRONTEND: true
      DB_BACKEND: sqlite
      SECRET_KEY: dOxZYTTZgXKMHkqLBIQVImayQXAVWdzGBPuFJKggzcgvgPJPXpWzqzKaUOIOGGIr
      CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS: http://192.168.1.18:7462 
      #You can also add your reverse proxy address or domain name with https:// at the beginning. Use a comma without spaces to separate multiple origins address.
      ALLOW_UPLOAD: true
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for SECRET_KEY (Generate your own Random 64 length SECRET_KEY.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS type in your own NAS local IP with http:// at the beginning and :7462 at the end.
⚠️Warning: If you get an error and you can’t deploy the stack, change the following values ALLOW_UPLOAD: true with ALLOW_UPLOAD: 1 and FIXPERMISSIONS: true with FIXPERMISSIONS: 1

• STEP 8

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

⌛Now just wait because the LibrePhotos image is about 4GB.

• STEP 9

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 10

🟢Please Support My work by Making a Donation. Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work, or just ignore STEP 1. I’ve been very honest about this aspect of my work since the beginning: I don’t run any ADS, I don’t require subscriptions, paid or otherwise, I don’t collect IPs, emails, and I don’t have any referral links from Amazon or other merchants. I also don’t have any POP-UPs or COOKIES. I have repeatedly been told over the years how much I have contributed to the community. It’s something I love doing and have been honest about my passion since the beginning. But I also Need The Community to Support me Back to be able to continue doing this work.

• STEP 11

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:7462 If everything goes right, you will see the LibrePhotos setup page. Type in your own details then click Sign up. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 12

Click Continue. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 13

In the User’s current directory, type in /data
Select the data folder.
Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

Depending on how many photos you have, it can take up to several hours or days to index all of your pictures. At the top right of the page, you can also switch the theme to dark and upload pictures from your own computer into the LibrePhotos app by clicking the little upload icon. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy LibrePhotos!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
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