Is it possible to install Recognize as a separate service and let Nextcloud call it remotely?

[krittidet]

I’m running Nextcloud on a Kubernetes cluster, but this cluster doesn’t have any GPU resources.
For better performance, I’d like to run the Recognize app (or its backend service) on another machine that has a GPU, and let Nextcloud send recognition requests to that remote server.

Is it possible to configure Recognize this way — as a standalone service that Nextcloud can call externally?
If yes, could you please provide some guidance or configuration examples?

[marcelklehr]

Hi @krittidet
This idea has come up before and we're planning to implement a separate service like this, but there is no ETA as of yet.

[krittidet]

I’ll keep an eye on future updates — happy to help with testing when it becomes available.

[ohthehugemanatee]

What does it really need? Why not just stand up a second instance of the nextcloud container on a node with a GPU, and point it at the same database, with file locking in a shared redis? No one external has to ever call it - you can just use the recognize TUI commands.

[marcelklehr]

Indeed, that is also always an option.