Mariadb on NAS with multiple OS (Windows, LInux, MacOS)

[Maik Qualmann]

The mount point is never the same on different operating systems. digiKam 
recently offers the ability to add alternative mount points to a network 
collection.

So you create the database, for example under Linux, with the appropriate 
path. Now under macOS you “append” (+ tool button) the path from macOS to the 
existing network collection, the same for Windows. You do all of this in the 
digiKam settings under Collections.

https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/collections_settings.html

Maik

Am Sonntag, 28. April 2024, 18:12:29 MESZ schrieb Marcus Winston:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to get digiKam 8.3.0 running using Mariadb (MySQL) on a NAS.
> I previously had 8.1.0, with around 47k pictures, face recognition, etc,
> and using SQLite. I loaded 8.3.0 (LInux; AppImage) to get MySQL Server
> connection working, and do the database migration. It seemed to work.
> 
> I then load digiKam 8.3.0 onto a Macbook, connect to the database server
> (it's running Mariadb 10). digiKam loads, but does not display most of
> the thumbnails, and cannot access any pictures. When I look at
> Properties of the photos, it shows FilePath as "???/<filename>". Clearly
> something is not configured right, but what? The Linux and MacOS mount
> points are different (and I don't want to mess with the MacOS get the
> mount point to be the same). It should be possible to configure the
> database to allow multiple connections from multiple computers (using
> different mount points), right? Is there a tutorial on this? (I've
> searched, but cannot find one).
> 
> Much appreciation for any help.
> 
> Marcus W