New self hoster, docker issues
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KingMerc23 · 2023-11-13 01:17

Hello all!
I recently turned my old pc into a small server to help get started on
this journey i love watching others on! I have gotten ubuntu on there
along with docker desktop, however i do have a few issues id need help
with:
- how do I point docker to use my external drive (1 tb) instead of
drive os is on? (beginner in linux)
- how can i setup ubuntu to save my sharing password so i can RDC into
it? it currently generates a new PW every startup
- docker desktop does not keep me signed in and won’t start on startup
even with it enabled

i’m wanting to do a small variety of stuff, i.e a dashboard with
radarr/sonar for plex.

Any help is appreciated!

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CactusBoyScout · 2023-11-13 01:49

Don’t use Docker Desktop. Use Portainer if you want a GUI.

And you will want to map drives into your Docker containers using
Docker Compose.

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KingMerc23 · 2023-11-13 01:59

Thanks for the info! I have gotten portainer CE installed, but it's
still a bit strange to work with. Any idea how I can have portainer
spin up on startup?

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CactusBoyScout · 2023-11-13 03:14

I believe it should start automatically at launch?

I would seriously just uninstall Docker Desktop now. It’s just not
commonly used and you can’t use the Docker command line if you’re
using Desktop.

So if you remove it you can use Portainer for your GUI but when
something gives you a Docker command to install/change something
you’ll also have that option.

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AnonymusChief · 2023-11-13 04:49

You would need to mount the external drive to a local folder, for
example "/docker", use Docker host volume mounts to ensure that the
Docker volumes are saved to the external drive.

Also, learn Docker command line. There is so much documentation out
there.