RPi4 Seedbox/Mediabox -- Docker or no? reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- theswellmaker · 2023-11-18 00:45 So my friend gifted me a RaspberryPi4 and I wanted to use it as my media server and seedbox. I've been running these two services off my desktop for years and I'd love to have an independent device that does this. Anyway, I've been struggling a bit (as I expected) and am very much lost when trying to jump down the Docker rabbithole. I am a tech savy person, but I have absolutely 0 experience working in Linux or doing any sort of networking so I'm getting lost. I guess my primary question is, is it worth it for me to spend a ton of time learning Docker and how to get it up and running with the containers I want to use? Or should I just save myself the headache and install the software I want on straight to the Pi? I really just intend on setting up the torrenting/media essential software and not touching it unless I have to. Maybe try to configure Pihole in addition to this as well. I feel a bit overwhelmed and can't seem to find any good guides for beginners on this topic and keep getting lost/stuck. I currently have DietPi installed, and only have Samba installed and configured to have the ext. media drive accessible from my Windows desktop. This took me a week working a few hours after work to get this far but I finally was able to get it configured. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- brownmyonion · 2023-11-18 02:31 I am not an IT person, but I got into docker on Pi and loved it. There is a learning curve but I think its totally worth it if you have the time. Docker will be useful especially if you are getting into self hosting. I use Portainer and install all my apps via Portainer stacks/Docker compose which makes everything very easy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- darvs7 · 2023-11-18 03:26 > I am a tech savy person, but I have absolutely 0 experience working in Linux or doing any sort of networking so I'm getting lost. You have no experience with Linux so you need to learn something. It might as well be Docker. Have you looked at [Linuxserver.io](https://fleet.linuxserver.io/) ? They've got Docker Compose configurations for a bunch of media applications, among others. Linuxserver also have descriptions and Docker configs on [Dockerhub](https://hub.docker.com/u/linuxserver). So maybe that can help you start. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brancliff · 2023-11-18 14:56 Docker is absolutely worth learning, all the cool kids know that self- hosted things gotta have docker versions It's also not too hard to learn, I still don't really get Linux at all but a docker-compose file is basically just instructions to an installer in plaintext form ---------------------------------------------------------------------- theswellmaker · 2023-11-20 01:44 I intended to use Portainer. Do you have anything I can reference for a noob to learn? Trying to learn Linux AND Docker has made this a bit more confusing than I was hoping it would be. So many of the guides just act like I'm experienced with both. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- theswellmaker · 2023-11-20 01:45 Are there any videos or guides you could recommend that may have helped you learn Docker? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- brownmyonion · 2023-11-20 06:12 I learnt everything from youtube. Lookup DBtech, his videos on docker and portainer are simple and also provide docker compose files for most applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- theswellmaker · 2023-11-20 18:37 Thank you for the recommendation