I have a really bad “server” (just a laptop) that runs Fedora Server and uses Docker Compose to host Jellyfin. It has been very annoying to update (the web GUI for Fedora doesn’t even work half of the time), updating is painful, and it’s a pain to manage. I am trying to redo my entire setup, so I will be getting a NAS to store all of my media. However, I still want to host apps like Nextcloud and Jellyfin, but I’m probably just going to use the NAS as storage for such apps.

Should I:

  • use CasaOS, Yunohost, or a different easy to use server OS
  • stick with Fedora server
  • use a different distro

If I should use a conventional server distro (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu), suggestions for management GUIs, easy to use Docker management GUIs, and ways to set up file sharing (Samba configuration seems like a pain) are greatly appreciated.

(side note: I use Docker bind mounts and they seem to allow me to update my Jellyfin content through SFTP/whatever the SSH-based file transfer protocol is. Is there a point in me switching to volumes? I haven’t taken my container down manually since I first started it up)

  • angry_kittten@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    If you’re willing to do vm’s look into something like proxmox and run stuff as vm’s, makes managing them and trying new things easy. For the os that’s running services keep it simple and stick with Debian, if you need a gui for docker use portainer or yacht. For sharing the media files from the nas to the pc make an nfs mount entry in your fstab file so it mounts on boot. Do be advised however that if for some reason your nas is down while jellyfin is doing a scan it will be unable to find any media files and will start cleaning out metadata since without the nfs mount no media technically exists.

    Honestly for your use case it would be worth keeping things simple and just running jellyfin on your nas if possible, just make sure you get one with a decent Intel cpu so you can enjoy quicksync for transcoding capabilities.

  • sunstoned@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’m an old man when it comes to major changes. If it’s salvageable then maybe stick with what you’ve got. Have you used lazy docker or watchtower?

    Lazy docker should give you a more reliable interface (TUI, over ssh, not a GUI)

    Watchtower (aims to) update your containers for you so you don’t have to go through this pain in the first place :)

    Personally, I run my Nextcloud and Jellyfin servers on NixOS with auto updates on. It’s been chugging along great!

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    7 months ago

    I like Dietpi. It’s just a few homelab scripts on top of a stripped down debian ISO designed to reduce resource usage for homelabs while giving some utilities for installing popular homelab software by wrapping common projects around its own “software repo” (custom scripts for installing and configuring projects so they’re a lot easier to get running than normal).

    I run mine from a raspberry pi 4b but you can use x86 or other SBCs if you like.

  • swallowyourmind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    7 months ago

    Saltbox.

    Ansible-configured Ubuntu-based server rollout, with tag-based installation already available for the apps you listed.

    Great docs & support Discord; simple yml configs for quick setup changes.

    Single command updating entire server, Portainer for Docker management, rclone for NAS fusemount (cloudplow for syncing), & lots of additional software available to add to your setup.

    Highly recommend.

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
    1·
    7 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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  • skittlebrau@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’m guessing you want an all-in-one server setup for NAS duties and services?

    UnRAID is probably the simplest from a management point of view for storage and docker.

    If you’d prefer something free, then OpenMediaVault works great. It can handle storage (Linux MD-RAID, BTRFS, ZFS, or mergerfs + SnapRAID) and compute tasks like VMs and Docker/Docker Compose all from a web interface. The only problems I’ve encountered with OMV is trying to click through configuration changes too fast and getting ‘stuck’ in a loop of applying conflicting changes. As long as you wait a second or two after hitting OK/apply on things, then you’re good.

    I use TrueNAS SCALE myself with docker and other services running in systemd-nspawn containers. I have a separate Intel NUC running Proxmox.