Before I dabbled a bit with Docker. I wanted to dabble a bit with Podman because it seemed quite interesting. I reinstalled Pi OS Lite on my Pi 3B+ and installed Podman. Then I figured out what to run and started digging through the documentation. Apparently Docker containers work quite similar and even Docker compose can be used. Then I came across the auto update function and stumbled upon quadlets to use auto update and got confused. Then I tried reading up on Podman rootless and rootful and networking stuff and really got lost.
I want to run the following services:
- Heimdall
- Adguard Home
- Jellyfin
- Vaultwarden
- Nextcloud
I am not sure a Pi is even powerful enough to run these things but I am even more unsure about how to set things up. Do I use quadlets? Do I run containers? How do I do the networking so I can reach the containers (maybe even outside my home)?
Can someone point me in the right direction? I can’t seem to find the needed information.
@MightyCuriosity@sh.itjust.works @selfhosted@lemmy.world
A raspberry pi is not going to be powerful enough to run these things beyond a test setup or, a really small use-case. I’d only setup #Nextcloud with the SQlite setup. And don’t plan on using it for mass storage. and for heaven sakes keep a backup. :shiba_please:
That said, if your goal is simply to run these out of your home and you want to access it beyond your intranet, all you would need is a VPN back to your house.
Avoid openVPN :openvpn: Simply because it’s a resource hog, albeit the more reliable option. Wireguard would be better especially considering you’re already going to be bottlenecked by the pi :raspberrypi:
I’d recommend wireguard. here’s a guide.
I don’t know much about Podman or Quadlets. But, a Docker instance will work just fine. :docker:
Updates are not too tricky in my opinion. I can share my own update script for my Docker Nextcloud setup if you want. It’d probably be adaptable for jellyfin and whatever else.
Just make sure you expose the Nextcloud data directory as a volume outside the container. and before you back it up always try to update so that if you have to reinstall you’ll have a better chance of having a compatible backup.
Thanks! Looks interesting. I am not quite a fan of the performance hit a VPN brings but I feel like it’s something that I need to deal with in order to suit my usecase. I thought DDNS could help me out.
Yeah I might switch back to Docker and use Watchtower to auto update. Thank you again!