🐛 [Immich] env injector IMMICH_CONFIG_FILE no longer working

[jdumeez]

Description

Hey Alex,

I have been using your env injector feature to point IMMICH_CONFIG_FILE to a specific JSON file.
Since the last version update it fails to read the file it points to.
I tried another directory but i still get 'no such file or directory'

Unfortunately my immich setup has a wrong external domain url configured which blocks the add-on from booting. I need the JSON file to overrule it otherwise i can't boot up.

thx!
joost

Reproduction steps

update to last version 
configure the env injector with IMMICH_CONFIG_FILE = 'file location'
Boot the add-on

Addon Logs

Starting api worker
[Nest] 1499  - 02/22/2025, 9:24:23 PM     LOG [Api:EventRepository] Initialized websocket server
[Nest] 1499  - 02/22/2025, 9:24:23 PM   ERROR [Api:ServerService] Unable to load configuration file: /addons_config/db21ed7f_immich/immich.json
[Nest] 1499  - 02/22/2025, 9:24:23 PM   ERROR [Api:ServerService] Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/addons_config/db21ed7f_immich/immich.json'
    at async open (node:internal/fs/promises:639:25)
    at async readFile (node:internal/fs/promises:1246:14)
    at async loadFromFile (/app/immich/server/dist/utils/config.js:90:22)
    at async buildConfig (/app/immich/server/dist/utils/config.js:103:11)
    at async /app/immich/server/dist/utils/config.js:63:26 {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'open',
  path: '/addons_config/db21ed7f_immich/immich.json'
}

Architecture

amd64

OS

HAos

[alexbelgium]

Hi, please show the full log to see how the script goes. I modified the /config structure according to new HA guidelines. There should have been an automatic copy of the files, but if not you can use the Filebrowser app, fetch the file in /homeassistant/addons_config/immich/config.yall and copy it in /addon_configs/xxx-immich/

[jdumeez]

Hey alex, the config file is in the new location, and the script does seem to pick up the variable and the location i am pointing it to.
it just can't seem to read the file

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Add-on: Immich
Self-hosted photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone

Add-on version: 1.126.1-14
You are running the latest version of this add-on.
System: Home Assistant OS 14.2
Architecture: amd64 / qemux86-64
Home Assistant Core: 2025.2.5
Home Assistant Supervisor: 2025.02.1

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Provided by: https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons

/etc/cont-init.d/00-global_var.sh: executing
DB_DATABASE_NAME='postgres'
DB_HOSTNAME='192.168.10.7'
DB_PASSWORD=******
DB_PORT='5432'
DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=******
DB_USERNAME='postgres'
DISABLE_MACHINE_LEARNING='false'
JWT_SECRET='j....w='
TZ='Europe/Paris'
cifspassword=******
cifsusername='j...'
data_location='/share/immich'
networkdisks='//192.168.10.3/....SSD'
/etc/cont-init.d/00-local_mounts.sh: executing
/etc/cont-init.d/00-smb_mounts.sh: executing
Mounting smb share(s)...
... mounting //192.168.10.3/...SSD
[09:27:45] INFO: ...... //192.168.10.3/...SSD successfully mounted to /mnt/....SSD with options rw,file_mode=0775,dir_mode=0775,username=j...,password=XXXXXXXXXX,nobrl,uid=0,gid=0,iocharset=utf8
/etc/cont-init.d/01-config_yaml.sh: executing
Setting permissions for the config.yaml directory
Load environment variables from /config/config.yaml if existing
If accessing the file with filebrowser it should be mapped to /addon_configs/db21ed7f_immich/config.yaml

Wiki here on how to use : github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Add‐ons-feature-:-add-env-variables
IMMICH_CONFIG_FILE='/addons_config/db21ed7f_immich/immich.json'
/etc/cont-init.d/01-custom_script.sh: executing
Execute /addon_configs/db21ed7f_immich/immich.sh if existing
Wiki here : github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Add-ons-feature-:-customisation
/etc/cont-init.d/01-migrate.sh: executing
/etc/cont-init.d/20-folders.sh: executing
[09:27:45] INFO: Setting data location
... check /share/immich folder exists
... setting permissions
... correcting official script
/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh: executing
[09:28:15] INFO: Exporting addon options from /data/options.json
DB_DATABASE_NAME='postgres'
DB_HOSTNAME='192.168.10.7'
DB_PASSWORD=******
DB_PORT='5432'
DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=******
DB_USERNAME='postgres'
DISABLE_MACHINE_LEARNING='false'
JWT_SECRET='jt...4w='
TZ='Europe/Paris'
cifspassword='Hiezei7s'
cifsusername='...'
data_location='/share/immich'
networkdisks='//192.168.10.3/...SSD'
192.168.10.7 is reachable.
[09:28:15] WARNING: Previous database export found at /share/postgresql_immich.tar.gz
[09:28:16] INFO: Root user exists with a non-default password. No migration needed.
[09:28:16] INFO: Setting up external PostgreSQL database...
[09:28:16] INFO: Database postgres already exists. Ensuring it is configured correctly.
DO
GRANT
[09:28:16] INFO: Database setup completed successfully.
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[Nest] 1408 - 02/23/2025, 9:28:55 AM LOG [Api:EventRepository] Initialized websocket server
[Nest] 1408 - 02/23/2025, 9:28:55 AM ERROR [Api:ServerService] Unable to load configuration file: /addons_config/db21ed7f_immich/immich.json
[Nest] 1408 - 02/23/2025, 9:28:55 AM ERROR [Api:ServerService] Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/addons_config/db21ed7f_immich/immich.json'
at async open (node:internal/fs/promises:639:25)
at async readFile (node:internal/fs/promises:1246:14)
at async loadFromFile (/app/immich/server/dist/utils/config.js:90:22)
at async buildConfig (/app/immich/server/dist/utils/config.js:103:11)
at async /app/immich/server/dist/utils/config.js:63:26 {
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'open',
path: '/addons_config/db21ed7f_immich/immich.json'
}
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/addons_config/db21ed7f_immich/immich.json'
at async open (node:internal/fs/promises:639:25)
at async readFile (node:internal/fs/promises:1246:14)
at async loadFromFile (/app/immich/server/dist/utils/config.js:90:22)
at async buildConfig (/app/immich/server/dist/utils/config.js:103:11)
at async /app/immich/server/dist/utils/config.js:63:26 {
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'open',
path: '/addons_config/db21ed7f_immich/immich.json'
}