1. Creating Photoprism Template in Portainer

Photoprism is a versatile photo viewer and uploading tool that can be deployed in docker. It has a lot of intelligent features that rival that of google photos, and is thus definitely worth installing

Main Reasons for Photoprism:

It has a fantastic GUI

It "indexes" your photos, and thus loading times are near instant. The only downside is that if you have a massive library it may take a few hours for all the photos to be auto indexed.

Has an android Sync App

Adding Custom Templates:

In portainer, navigate to custom templates and click on add custom template

Give this a name, leave the default settings as they are.

In the web editor section, copy and paste the following:

version: '3.5'

# Example Docker Compose config file for PhotoPrism (Linux / AMD64)
#
# Note:
# - Running PhotoPrism on a server with less than 4 GB of swap space or setting a memory/swap limit can cause unexpected
#   restarts ("crashes"), for example, when the indexer temporarily needs more memory to process large files.
# - If you install PhotoPrism on a public server outside your home network, please always run it behind a secure
#   HTTPS reverse proxy such as Traefik or Caddy. Your files and passwords will otherwise be transmitted
#   in clear text and can be intercepted by anyone, including your provider, hackers, and governments:
#   https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/proxies/traefik/
#
# Documentation : https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/docker-compose/
# Docker Hub URL: https://hub.docker.com/r/photoprism/photoprism/
#
# DOCKER COMPOSE COMMAND REFERENCE
# see https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/docker-compose/#command-line-interface
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Start    | docker-compose up -d
# Stop     | docker-compose stop
# Update   | docker-compose pull
# Logs     | docker-compose logs --tail=25 -f
# Terminal | docker-compose exec photoprism bash
# Help     | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism help
# Config   | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism config
# Reset    | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism reset
# Backup   | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism backup -a -i
# Restore  | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism restore -a -i
# Index    | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism index
# Reindex  | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism index -f
# Import   | docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism import
#
# To search originals for faces without a complete rescan:
# docker-compose exec photoprism photoprism faces index
#
# All commands may have to be prefixed with "sudo" when not running as root.
# This will point the home directory shortcut ~ to /root in volume mounts.

services:
  photoprism:
    ## Use photoprism/photoprism:preview for testing preview builds:
    image: photoprism/photoprism:latest
    depends_on:
      - mariadb
    ## Don't enable automatic restarts until PhotoPrism has been properly configured and tested!
    ## If the service gets stuck in a restart loop, this points to a memory, filesystem, network, or database issue:
    ## https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/troubleshooting/#fatal-server-errors
    # restart: unless-stopped
    security_opt:
      - seccomp:unconfined
      - apparmor:unconfined
    ports:
      - "2342:2342" # HTTP port (host:container)
    environment:
      PHOTOPRISM_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "insecure"          # YOUR INITIAL ADMIN PASSWORD (MINIMUM 8 CHARACTERS, USERNAME "admin")
      PHOTOPRISM_SITE_URL: "https://photos.kailashv.com/"  # public server URL incl http:// or https:// and /path, :port is optional
      PHOTOPRISM_ORIGINALS_LIMIT: 10000               # file size limit for originals in MB (increase for high-res video)
      PHOTOPRISM_HTTP_COMPRESSION: "gzip"            # improves transfer speed and bandwidth utilization (none or gzip)
      PHOTOPRISM_LOG_LEVEL: "info"                   # log level: trace, debug, info, warning, error, fatal, or panic
      PHOTOPRISM_PUBLIC: "true"                     # password_protection_enabled
      PHOTOPRISM_READONLY: "false"                   # do not modify originals directory (reduced functionality)
      PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables storage permission updates on startup
      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables settings UI and API
      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"              # disables facial recognition
      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CLASSIFICATION: "false"     # disables image classification
      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_RAW: "false"                # disables indexing and conversion of RAW files
      PHOTOPRISM_RAW_PRESETS: "false"                # enables applying user presets when converting RAW files (reduces performance)
      PHOTOPRISM_JPEG_QUALITY: 85                    # image quality, a higher value reduces compression (25-100)
      PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # flag photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
      PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # allows uploads that MAY be offensive
      # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"         # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "photoprismdbpassword"       # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
      PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "AI-Powered Photos App"
      PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: "Personal Photo Collection"                # meta site description
      PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: "Kailash V"                     # meta site author
      ## Run/install on first startup (options: update, gpu, tensorflow, davfs, clitools, clean):
      # PHOTOPRISM_INIT: "gpu tensorflow"
      ## Hardware Video Transcoding (for sponsors only due to high maintenance and support costs):
      # PHOTOPRISM_FFMPEG_ENCODER: "software"        # FFmpeg encoder ("software", "intel", "nvidia", "apple", "raspberry")
      # PHOTOPRISM_FFMPEG_BITRATE: "32"              # FFmpeg encoding bitrate limit in Mbit/s (default: 50)
      ## Switch to a non-root user after initialization (supported IDs are 33, 50-99, 500-600, and 900-1200):
      # PHOTOPRISM_UID: 1000
      # PHOTOPRISM_GID: 1000
      # PHOTOPRISM_UMASK: 0000
    ## Start as a non-root user before initialization (supported IDs are 33, 50-99, 500-600, and 900-1200):
    # user: "1000:1000"
    ## Share hardware devices with FFmpeg and TensorFlow (optional):
    # devices:
    #  - "/dev/dri:/dev/dri"                         # Intel QSV
    #  - "/dev/nvidia0:/dev/nvidia0"                 # Nvidia CUDA
    #  - "/dev/nvidiactl:/dev/nvidiactl"
    #  - "/dev/nvidia-modeset:/dev/nvidia-modeset"
    #  - "/dev/nvidia-nvswitchctl:/dev/nvidia-nvswitchctl"
    #  - "/dev/nvidia-uvm:/dev/nvidia-uvm"
    #  - "/dev/nvidia-uvm-tools:/dev/nvidia-uvm-tools"
    #  - "/dev/video11:/dev/video11"                 # Raspberry V4L2
    working_dir: "/photoprism" # do not change or remove
    ## Storage Folders: "~" is a shortcut for your home directory, "." for the current directory
    volumes:
      # "/host/folder:/photoprism/folder"                # Example
      - "/media/photos/photoprism/photos:/photoprism/originals"               # Original media files (DO NOT REMOVE)
      # - "/example/family:/photoprism/originals/family" # *Additional* media folders can be mounted like this
      # - "~/Import:/photoprism/import"                  # *Optional* base folder from which files can be imported to originals
      - "/media/photos/photoprism/photoprism:/photoprism/storage"                  # *Writable* storage folder for cache, database, and sidecar files (DO NOT REMOVE)

  ## Database Server (recommended)
  ## see https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/faq/#should-i-use-sqlite-mariadb-or-mysql
  mariadb:
    ## If MariaDB gets stuck in a restart loop, this points to a memory or filesystem issue:
    ## https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/troubleshooting/#fatal-server-errors
    restart: unless-stopped
    image: mariadb:10.8
    security_opt:
      - seccomp:unconfined
      - apparmor:unconfined
    command: mysqld --innodb-buffer-pool-size=512M --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max-connections=512 --innodb-rollback-on-timeout=OFF --innodb-lock-wait-timeout=120
    ## Never store database files on an unreliable device such as a USB flash drive, an SD card, or a shared network folder:
    volumes:
      - "./database:/var/lib/mysql" # DO NOT REMOVE
    environment:
      MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE: "1"
      MARIADB_INITDB_SKIP_TZINFO: "1"
      MARIADB_DATABASE: "photoprism"
      MARIADB_USER: "photoprism"
      MARIADB_PASSWORD: "photoprismdbpassword"
      MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "adfadfadfasdfasdfaf"

  ## Watchtower upgrades services automatically (optional)
  ## see https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/updates/#watchtower
  #
  # watchtower:
  #   restart: unless-stopped
  #   image: containrrr/watchtower
  #   environment:
  #     WATCHTOWER_CLEANUP: "true"
  #     WATCHTOWER_POLL_INTERVAL: 7200 # checks for updates every two hours
  #   volumes:
  #     - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
  #     - "~/.docker/config.json:/config.json" # optional, for authentication if you have a Docker Hub account

1. Creating Photoprism Template in Portainer

Main Reasons for Photoprism:

Links:

Adding Custom Templates: