fix: align devcontainers with standard development containers (#26321)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "Immich - Backend, Frontend and ML",
   "service": "immich-server",
   "runServices": [
+    "immich-init",
     "immich-server",
     "redis",
     "database",
@@ -31,29 +32,8 @@
         "tasks": {
           "version": "2.0.0",
           "tasks": [
-            {
-              "label": "Fix Permissions, Install Dependencies",
-              "type": "shell",
-              "command": "[ -f /immich-devcontainer/container-start.sh ] && /immich-devcontainer/container-start.sh || exit 0",
-              "isBackground": true,
-              "presentation": {
-                "echo": true,
-                "reveal": "always",
-                "focus": false,
-                "panel": "dedicated",
-                "showReuseMessage": true,
-                "clear": false,
-                "group": "Devcontainer tasks",
-                "close": true
-              },
-              "runOptions": {
-                "runOn": "default"
-              },
-              "problemMatcher": []
-            },
             {
               "label": "Immich API Server (Nest)",
-              "dependsOn": ["Fix Permissions, Install Dependencies"],
               "type": "shell",
               "command": "[ -f /immich-devcontainer/container-start-backend.sh ] && /immich-devcontainer/container-start-backend.sh || exit 0",
               "isBackground": true,
@@ -74,7 +54,6 @@
             },
             {
               "label": "Immich Web Server (Vite)",
-              "dependsOn": ["Fix Permissions, Install Dependencies"],
               "type": "shell",
               "command": "[ -f /immich-devcontainer/container-start-frontend.sh ] && /immich-devcontainer/container-start-frontend.sh || exit 0",
               "isBackground": true,
@@ -130,8 +109,8 @@
     }
   },
   "overrideCommand": true,
-  "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/immich",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/usr/src/app",
-  "remoteUser": "node",
+  "remoteUser": "root",
   "userEnvProbe": "loginInteractiveShell",
   "remoteEnv": {
     // The location where your uploaded files are stored

.devcontainer/mobile/container-compose-overrides.yml

@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
 services:
+  immich-app-base:
+    image: busybox
   immich-server:
+    extends:
+      service: immich-app-base
+    profiles: !reset []
+    image: immich-server-dev:latest
     build:
       target: dev-container-mobile
     environment:
       - IMMICH_SERVER_URL=http://127.0.0.1:2283/
-    volumes: !override # bind mount host to /workspaces/immich
+    volumes:
-      - ..:/workspaces/immich
       - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION:-upload-devcontainer-volume}${UPLOAD_LOCATION:+/photos}:/data
-      - pnpm-store:/usr/src/app/.pnpm-store
-      - server-node_modules:/usr/src/app/server/node_modules
-      - web-node_modules:/usr/src/app/web/node_modules
-      - github-node_modules:/usr/src/app/.github/node_modules
-      - cli-node_modules:/usr/src/app/cli/node_modules
-      - docs-node_modules:/usr/src/app/docs/node_modules
-      - e2e-node_modules:/usr/src/app/e2e/node_modules
-      - sdk-node_modules:/usr/src/app/open-api/typescript-sdk/node_modules
-      - app-node_modules:/usr/src/app/node_modules
-      - sveltekit:/usr/src/app/web/.svelte-kit
-      - coverage:/usr/src/app/web/coverage
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
   immich-web:
     env_file: !reset []

.devcontainer/mobile/devcontainer.json

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "Immich - Mobile",
   "service": "immich-server",
   "runServices": [
+    "immich-init",
     "immich-server",
     "redis",
     "database",
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
   },
   "forwardPorts": [],
   "overrideCommand": true,
-  "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/immich",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/usr/src/app",
   "remoteUser": "node",
   "userEnvProbe": "loginInteractiveShell",
   "remoteEnv": {

.devcontainer/server/container-common.sh

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 export IMMICH_PORT="${DEV_SERVER_PORT:-2283}"
 export DEV_PORT="${DEV_PORT:-3000}"
 
-# search for immich directory inside workspace.
-# /workspaces/immich is the bind mount, but other directories can be mounted if runing
-# Devcontainer: Clone [repository|pull request] in container volumne
-WORKSPACES_DIR="/workspaces"
-IMMICH_DIR="$WORKSPACES_DIR/immich"
 IMMICH_DEVCONTAINER_LOG="$HOME/immich-devcontainer.log"
 
 log() {
@@ -30,52 +25,8 @@ run_cmd() {
     return "${PIPESTATUS[0]}"
 }
 
-# Find directories excluding /workspaces/immich
+export IMMICH_WORKSPACE="/usr/src/app"
-mapfile -t other_dirs < <(find "$WORKSPACES_DIR" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -path "$IMMICH_DIR" ! -name ".*")
-
-if [ ${#other_dirs[@]} -gt 1 ]; then
-    log "Error: More than one directory found in $WORKSPACES_DIR other than $IMMICH_DIR."
-    exit 1
-elif [ ${#other_dirs[@]} -eq 1 ]; then
-    export IMMICH_WORKSPACE="${other_dirs[0]}"
-else
-    export IMMICH_WORKSPACE="$IMMICH_DIR"
-fi
 
 log "Found immich workspace in $IMMICH_WORKSPACE"
 log ""
 
-fix_permissions() {
-
-    log "Fixing permissions for ${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}"
-
-    # Change ownership for directories that exist
-    for dir in "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/.vscode" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/server/upload" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/.pnpm-store" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/.github/node_modules" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/cli/node_modules" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/e2e/node_modules" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/open-api/typescript-sdk/node_modules" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/server/node_modules" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/server/dist" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/web/node_modules" \
-        "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}/web/dist"; do
-        if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
-            run_cmd sudo chown node -R "$dir"
-        fi
-    done
-
-    log ""
-}
-
-install_dependencies() {
-
-    log "Installing dependencies"
-    (
-        cd "${IMMICH_WORKSPACE}" || exit 1
-        export CI=1 FROZEN=1 OFFLINE=1
-        run_cmd make setup-web-dev setup-server-dev
-    )
-    log ""
-}

.devcontainer/server/container-compose-overrides.yml

@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
 services:
+  immich-app-base:
+    image: busybox
   immich-server:
+    extends:
+      service: immich-app-base
+    profiles: !reset []
+    image: immich-server-dev:latest
     build:
       target: dev-container-server
     env_file: !reset []
     hostname: immich-dev
     environment:
       - IMMICH_SERVER_URL=http://127.0.0.1:2283/
-    volumes: !override
+    volumes:
-      - ..:/workspaces/immich
       - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION:-upload-devcontainer-volume}${UPLOAD_LOCATION:+/photos}:/data
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
-      - pnpm-store:/usr/src/app/.pnpm-store
+      - pnpm_store_server:/buildcache/pnpm-store
-      - server-node_modules:/usr/src/app/server/node_modules
-      - web-node_modules:/usr/src/app/web/node_modules
-      - github-node_modules:/usr/src/app/.github/node_modules
-      - cli-node_modules:/usr/src/app/cli/node_modules
-      - docs-node_modules:/usr/src/app/docs/node_modules
-      - e2e-node_modules:/usr/src/app/e2e/node_modules
-      - sdk-node_modules:/usr/src/app/open-api/typescript-sdk/node_modules
-      - app-node_modules:/usr/src/app/node_modules
-      - sveltekit:/usr/src/app/web/.svelte-kit
-      - coverage:/usr/src/app/web/coverage
       - ../plugins:/build/corePlugin
   immich-web:
     env_file: !reset []

.devcontainer/server/container-start.sh

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# shellcheck source=common.sh
-# shellcheck disable=SC1091
-source /immich-devcontainer/container-common.sh
-
-log "Setting up Immich dev container..."
-fix_permissions
-
-log "Setup complete, please wait while backend and frontend services automatically start"
-log
-log "If necessary, the services may be manually started using"
-log
-log "$ /immich-devcontainer/container-start-backend.sh"
-log "$ /immich-devcontainer/container-start-frontend.sh"
-log
-log "From different terminal windows, as these scripts automatically restart the server"
-log "on error, and will continuously run in a loop"

server/Dockerfile.dev

@@ -27,16 +27,14 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["tini", "--", "/bin/bash", "-c"]
 FROM dev AS dev-container-server
 
 RUN apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change && \
-  apt-get install sudo inetutils-ping openjdk-21-jre-headless \
+  apt-get install inetutils-ping openjdk-21-jre-headless \
   vim nano curl \
   -y --no-install-recommends --fix-missing
 
-RUN usermod -aG sudo node && \
+RUN mkdir -p /workspaces && \
-  echo "node ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers && \
+  ln -s /usr/src/app /workspaces/immich
-  mkdir -p /workspaces/immich
 
-RUN chown node:node -R /workspaces
+COPY --chmod=755 ../.devcontainer/server/*.sh /immich-devcontainer/
-COPY --chown=node:node --chmod=755 ../.devcontainer/server/*.sh /immich-devcontainer/
 
 WORKDIR /workspaces/immich