I just start using my homelab to host some new good services, and I want to know what is the approach of a docker setup, what is the best distro for? How to deploy them correctly? Basically I’m a real noob in this subject. Thank you

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    Debian with the docker convenience script. Stay away from Ubuntu server, for the love of dog.

    Make a folder such as /stacks and put everything there by building docker compose stacks. I bind mount everything local to a subfolder with the docker-compose.yml for that application so when I restore it, it’s all in one spot, not spread all over the hell like docker likes to do if you don’t use bind mounts.

    Add lazydocker for getting easy log and stats access for each stack.

    Avoid bare docker run commands. It makes an unmanageable mess when you get more that a couple containers running.

    Consider using the nextcloud AIO master container. It runs docker containers inside a master container compose file, and it is by far the easiest way to manage and run nextcloud.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        27 minutes ago

        When I tried it last (a couple years ago), the docker snap was an untroubleshootable mess. I don’t like the idea of running Docker that way, in whatever version of a container that Canonical has come up with for snaps. It’s just looking for problems. Run an application with Snap if you want, but a whole container system? No thanks.

  • Dust0741@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    23 hours ago

    Anything.

    Personally I use Debian. But Docker doesn’t care. I chose Debian because it is very stable and simple

    • funkajunk@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      22 hours ago

      Yep, Debian and then add Portainer - for me this is the easiest setup to manage.

        • Lem453@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          I love the one click pull from git option. Don’t like the corporate direction they seem to be taking.

          I haven’t seen aby alternative docker GUI managers that have the git pull for the compose.

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          12 hours ago

          I can appreciate this. You might want to look at Lazydocker as a SSH TUI management tool.

        • funkajunk@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          22 hours ago

          I just said what works best for me. Use the command line and compose files if you want.

    • foremanguy@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      21·
      23 hours ago

      And what is the good way of deploying it? After pulling the image, how do we autostart it etc…

      • lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        23 hours ago

        The Docker documentation is pretty terrible, but it’s a decent start. Start by looking at docker-compose.yml files for the services you want to run and the write-ups for those.

        Something nobody ever told me, that I had to figure out myself, is that docker-compose.yml files can be placed anywhere you want.

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        23 hours ago

        At its simplest:

        docker run -d --name servicename --restart unless-stopped container

        That’ll get you going. Youi’ll have containers running, they restart, etc. There are more sophisticated ways of doing things (create a systemd file that starts/stops the container, use kubernetes, etc.) but if you’re just starting this will likely work fine.

        • foremanguy@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          1·
          22 hours ago

          Are they starting automatically at boot?

          EDIT : how do you run a container with a simple name instead of using his id?

          • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            21 hours ago

            Yes - they’ll start automatically. There are other options for “restart” that define the behavior.

            You can give whatever you like to “servicename” and use that rather than the ID.

            For example:

            docker run -d --name mysite --restart unless-stopped nginx

docker stop mysite

docker start mysite
      • Itwasthegoat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        23 hours ago

        Create a systemctl service for it, create a cron, or of there is a lot of interconnectivity between your containers look at something like K3S.

  • Matt The Horwood@lemmy.horwood.cloudEnglish
    21·
    21 hours ago

    I would start with a Debian os base, install docker and turn it into a swarm manager. Then look at stacks and how services work, if you find your running your host too hard. You can add a work host and stread out.

    Once you have docker swarm running, get portainer running. I use portainer as a visual whats happening on my swarm, but I use the docker cli to start and update all my stacks. I have my stacks in a git repository so that I have a backup and history of what changes I did.

    Now your a docker master, of sorts.