# Running PhotoPrism on ARM64-based devices (64-bit)

Our stable version and development preview now come as a single multi-arch image for AMD64 and ARM64 (64-bit).

Stable Release     : photoprism/photoprism:latest
Development Preview: photoprism/photoprism:preview
MariaDB            : arm64v8/mariadb:10.6

If your device meets the system requirements, mostly the same installation instructions as for regular Linux
servers apply:

  https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/docker-compose/

### Raspberry Pi OS ###

To ensure compatibility with 64-bit Docker images, your Raspberry Pi 3 / 4 must boot with
the "arm_64bit=1" flag in its "config.txt" file:

  https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md

An "exec format" error will occur otherwise.

Try explicitly pulling the ARM64 version if you've booted your device with the "arm_64bit=1"
flag and you see the "no matching manifest" error on Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian):

  docker pull --platform=arm64 photoprism/photoprism:latest

It may also help to set the DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM environment variable to "linux/arm64".

### Raspbian Alternatives ###

Raspberry Pi OS is designed to be compatible with older 32-bit applications. We recommend choosing
a standard 64-bit Linux distribution to run modern server applications, for example:

- [UbuntuDockerPi](https://github.com/guysoft/UbuntuDockerPi) is a 64-bit Ubuntu Server with Docker pre-configured
- [Ubuntu for Raspberry Pi](https://ubuntu.com/raspberry-pi)
- [Ubuntu MATE for Raspberry Pi](https://ubuntu-mate.org/raspberry-pi/)

### System Requirements ###

- Your device should have at least 3 GB of physical memory and a 64-bit operating system.
- While PhotoPrism has been reported to work on devices with less memory, we take no responsibility for instability
  or performance issues. RAW image conversion and TensorFlow are disabled on systems with 1 GB or less memory.
- If less than 4 GB of swap space is configured or a manual memory/swap limit is set, this can cause unexpected restarts,
  for example, when the indexer temporarily needs more memory to process large files.
- If you see Docker errors related to "cgroups", it may help to add the following to `/boot/firmware/cmdline.txt`:
  ```
  cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_enable=memory cgroup_memory=1
  ```
- We recommend disabling Linux kernel security in your `docker-compose.yml`, especially if you do not have experience
  with the configuration:
  ```
  photoprism:
    security_opt:
      - seccomp:unconfined
      - apparmor:unconfined
  ```
- 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/

!!! Note
    Indexing large photo and video collections significantly benefits from local SSD storage and plenty of memory
    for caching. Especially the conversion of RAW images and the transcoding of videos are very demanding.

### Troubleshooting ###

If your server runs out of memory, the index is frequently locked, or other system resources are running low:

- Try reducing the number of workers by setting PHOTOPRISM_WORKERS to a reasonably small value in docker-compose.yml,
  depending on the performance of your device or cloud server:

  https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/config-options/

- If you are using SQLite, switch to MariaDB, which is better optimized for high concurrency

- As a last measure, you can disable the use of TensorFlow for image classification and facial recognition

Other issues? Our troubleshooting checklists help you quickly diagnose and solve them:

  https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/troubleshooting/

### Is a Raspberry Pi fast enough? ###

This largely depends on your expectations and the number of files you have. Most users report that
PhotoPrism runs smoothly on their Raspberry Pi 4. However, initial indexing typically takes much longer
than on standard desktop computers.

Also keep in mind that the hardware has limited video transcoding capabilities, so the conversion of video
file formats is not well-supported and software transcoding is generally slow.

### Getting Updates ###

Open a terminal and change to the folder where the docker-compose.yml file was saved. Now run the
following commands to download the most recent image from Docker Hub and restart your instance
in the background:

  docker-compose pull --platform=arm64 photoprism
  docker-compose stop photoprism
  docker-compose up -d photoprism

Pulling a new version can take several minutes, depending on your internet connection speed.

Note that running an image with ":latest" tag does not cause Docker to automatically download
new images.

### Credits ###

A big thank you to [Guy Sheffer](https://github.com/guysoft) for helping us [build](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/109)
a Raspberry Pi version!
