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Self-hosting my photos with Immich

(michael.stapelberg.ch)
659 points birdculture | 3 comments | 30 Nov 25 09:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.713s | source
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oliyoung ◴[06 Dec 25 03:14 UTC] No.46170280[source]▶
Docker + Immich + Tailscale is the killer replacement to Google & Apple Photos, it's simply that simple
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vvpan ◴[06 Dec 25 03:16 UTC] No.46170298[source]▶
Can you elaborate? What role does Tailscale play? I selfhost and have heard about Tailscale but couldn't figure out how it's used.
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UltraSane ◴[06 Dec 25 04:43 UTC] No.46170764[source]▶
With tailscale on your server and endpoints you can access the server from anywhere without even having to open any ports. It is like magic.
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lucb1e ◴[06 Dec 25 17:46 UTC] No.46175146[source]▶
If you don't open ports, how can it reach your internal services to allow you access to them?
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UltraSane ◴[06 Dec 25 21:18 UTC] No.46176669[source]▶
by using a wireguard tunnel and NAT traversal

https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works

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lucb1e ◴[07 Dec 25 00:48 UTC] No.46178184[source]▶
Ah, by using their servers:

> How do we break the deadlock? That’s where STUN comes in. [...] In Tailscale, our coordination server and fleet of DERP (Detour Encrypted Routing Protocol) servers act as our side channel

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1. UltraSane ◴[07 Dec 25 05:11 UTC] No.46179316[source]▶
Yes, NAT traversal is used widely. It is only needed at the start of the connection to get both firewalls to open ports. The encrypted wireguard tunnel is point to point
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2. lucb1e ◴[07 Dec 25 18:18 UTC] No.46183749[source]▶
What I find crazy is that people describe "not self hosting" as a "like magic" solution to self hosting
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3. UltraSane ◴[08 Dec 25 01:00 UTC] No.46187143[source]▶
You can run your own DERP server if you really want to

docker run -d --name derper -p 443:443 -p 3478:3478/udp \ ghcr.io/tailscale/derper:latest