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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 28, 2021Virtuoso
So I got Tautulli running in DOCKER on my ReadyNAS 516. After I backed up the Database and config file from the App version I had installed, which I couldn't update as it needed Version 3.0+ of Python to work. Instead of dealing with that. I installed Tautulli using Docker. It was really pretty EASY. THe only thing I didn't realize as first is the port number changed for the Docker version. It went from 3034 to 8181. So changed ports in the browser, there it was ready to go though the setup. Did that and then Restored the Config file and the Database file. You want to backup both so you can install both. Looking in settings, it shows Python 3.8.10.
It really was a snap to get installed and running. They give you the example file for the CLI version of Docker. Changed a few things for my NAS and time zone, and BAM. Had my setup file. Which after you figure out how to do it with one app, you can bascially use simular settings for other apps. May just have to change a line or 2 and the name of the app.
The one Negative is you can't update the app in the app anymore. That doesn't work. So you go and SSH into your drive. Shut the app down, delete the container. do a new pull of the app and it'll get all the new files and do it's thing. Run another setup config file. I keep a copy of all my Docker app config files in a simple text file. I cut out the one I need, paste it into the SSH window, build a new container, and run it once again. It may sound harder then it really is. I can do it pretty fast. You do it a few times and you pick it up.
The point is, I didn't really have to Install Tautulli the old way. Didn't have to install with a ReadyNAS .deb file like you see in the App store on the NAS. I didn't have to update Python to a newer version to make Tautulli run. Because Docker gets what I need and puts it into the container so that the app will run.
I had someone else inform me about Docker as I had no idea. But trying to find anyone talking about it here and using it on the ReadyNAS was pretty limited. I had some issues at first the stopped me for the first couple weeks until I figured out what I was doing wrong. It was a directory issue. Once I figured that out, it was full steam ahead.
If you don't know what Tautulli is. It is used with PLEX. If you don't use PLEX, you don't need it. If you do, it's a great program. It used to be called PlexPy. You can find more info about it here. Tautulli
This is where info on the Docker version of Tautulli is at. Tautulli Docker
Docker opens up the world in apps you could be running on your ReadyNAS!!! Seems like there is a Docker version of an App for everything these days.
Sandshark
May 28, 2021Sensei - Experienced User
Yes, several folks have tried and failed to get Netgear to realize what a plus it would be if they would make Docker a part of the OS or an official app that can be loaded by those who want to use it. I have yet to see a complete "Installing Docker on ReadyNAS for dummies" article, which would help. But since OS updates have been known to break it, it would be better if it were officially adopted by Netgear so their OS update testing also tests it and updates it as necessary.
There is a thread in the idea exchange here REALLY-implement-Docker-on-ReadyNAS that has garnered few kudos. More might help push Netgear to realize what a boost Docker would give to the product line, or at least the ones with sufficient memory and CPU power.
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