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JBDragon1
May 25, 2021Virtuoso
Warning on FIRMWARE 6.10.5
I just downloaded this Firmware tonight and it screwed everything up!!!! Most all of my apps running. #1 Docker CE CLI. Installing this firmware update removes that app. Of course once it remove...
JBDragon1
May 27, 2021Virtuoso
Getting Help from tech, this is what you need to do. Log into your NAS, go to Available Apps, and search for "Kernal Plus". This update is gor 6.5.0+. This adds the missing stuff needed on the backend for Docker. Why I didn't have any issues until installing 6.10.5 from 6.10.4? Strange. I'm going to assume something was removed on the .1 update.
Anyway, I installed this App. It shows up with all the other apps. Then I went ahead, when back to updates Stable version. Then Check for updates, it once again found 6.10.5. Installed it. Then had a quick panic as my Docker Apps stopped working. Went back to the NAS apps and it was showing Docker turned off. So I turned it back ON and everything was once again working. So good to good with 6.10.5!!!
Installing apps using Docker is so much easier then the old ways of doing things when there's no easy .deb file for the ReadyNAS. It really does open up the world of apps you can use. If you don't like it, it's easy to remove. You still have to SSH into your NAS, but far, far, far less work. Once you figure out hoe to install 1 app, it's much easier to do the next one. It's all pretty simular. I use a app on my Windows desktop called SmarTTY to SSH into my ReadyNAS 516. I learned how to use Docker enough to make do. I have 3 Docker apps installed and running currently, with plans to install a couple more this week. Tautulli is the first. A Database program for PLEX. It was installed in the normal, easy .deb file way. But the newest version 2.7.3 moved from Python 2 to Python 3. I tried getting Python 3 working so this app would run. It wasn't turning out good. So I'll backup the settings, and delete the app and install the Docker version. Then I won't have to deal with trying to get Python 3 running. It'll just work!!! Just another plus installing apps using Docker. I think it's even better than VM. At least for my uses.
Here is a link that gives the Pros and Cons to both VM (Virtual Machines) and Containers (Docker)
You'll see why using Containers, especially on resource-limited NAS to install apps makes a lot of sense. Just looking what apps there is shown on your NAS to pick from, it's mostly OLD stuff. Outdated stuff!!! Most apps don't have a ReadyNAS .deb file to install directly. It's nice when they do, PLEX and EMBY come to mind, but most don't, but they almost all have a Docker version these days. That is why it's really important that DOCKER is working on the ReadyNAS. I could never go back to the old ways of trying to get an app working and end up mangling my NAS in the process.
If you need a little help, let me know.
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