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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Still container-dependent?

If you go into self-hosting hating containers, you’re gonna have a bad time.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 19 points 3 weeks ago

Containers are the best, so probably

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm running it bare metal on my NAS.

No problems, plus I don't have to do extra container stuff.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dude containers are often easier than running the underlying programs.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago

Not arguing with you, it's just a choice.

The question was whether Immich had to be executed from within a container system... and it doesn't have to.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"not running in a container" is not "running on bare metal". It's just running outside a container.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess that's true.

I'm running it outside of a container and outside a VM... as there's no abstraction layer on top of the underlying OS. Which I guess is inside the bare metal.

So, Yep.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

"Bare metal" has traditionally meant without any os either. Your code executes directly on hardware and has direct control over everything. Like a micro controller.

Code in a container executes on the hardware in exactly my the same way as code not running in a container - with the os as an intermediary.