jailmaker VS paperless-ngx

I run docker on scale using a Debian jail. It works great, and has basically no overhead or networking/device issues like a VM.

I decided not to go the Truecharts or even TrueNas charts way for running my apps and instead used this script to set up what's effectively a low-overhead VM to run Docker in: https://github.com/Jip-Hop/jailmaker

Personally, I just switched from Openmediavault to Truenas. Truenas handles storage much better. For docker apps I run a Debian jail, rather than a VM. Jails are more performant and easier to manage IMHO. This is what I used to create the jail: https://github.com/Jip-Hop/jailmaker

An alternative is this. I have migrated all my apps to a “jail” (basically a Debian vm that runs on top of the scale os). It gives you full control of your containers. You could use the same compose or docker run that you used on unraid to recreate the container.

I've been using the jail maker script https://github.com/Jip-Hop/jailmaker in bridge networking mode and it works great. Host networking (which is the default) is a bit annoying because you can use any of the normal ports 22/80/443 since they're all used by TrueNAS.

Either I'll spin up a VM and pass through a GPU or I'll try this out.

Check out https://github.com/Jip-Hop/jailmaker. I love it. Have all my containers and docker compose running through there. No need to recreate the wheel, mess around with gui apps and the like.

Also recommend you take a look at Jailmaker, which runs docker in a SystemD-based jail and will save you from a lot of potential grief in the future when Ix Systems changes something again.

100% OP. iX' path with SCALE and Truecharts is heartbreaking. Fencing themselves in to this ecosystem, deleting the Linux -open way of doing things with like docker or else. Hopefully they get the community vibe against k3s and will build something useful into truenas in the future. For now there is this LXC-like linux jails: https://github.com/Jip-Hop/jailmaker

I steered a friend towards Paperless (and away from an LLM solution) as a way of searching/accessing GBs of architectural PDFs recently - so far, it’s apparently working well for them.

https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx

Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can find your physical documents easier. With features such as tags, full text search, multi-user permissions system, this is a dream for those who like to keep an organized folder of files and documents.

Since last year I’ve been configuring and maintaining my homelab setup and it is just amazing.

I’ve learned so much about containers, virtual machines and networking. Some of the self hosted applications like paperless-ngx [1] and immich [2] are much superior in terms of features than the proprietary cloud solutions.

With the addition of VPN services like tailscale [3] now I can access my homelab from anywhere in the world.

The only thing missing is to setup a low powered machine like NUC or any mini PC so I can offload the services I need 24/7 and save electricity costs.

If you can maintain it and have enough energy on weekends to perform routine maintenance and upgrades. I would 100% recommend setting up your own homelab.

[1] https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/

This has been posted a few times already, but I cannot tell you how life changing Paperless NGX is for organizing PDFs. As someone who wrangles all of the insurance and bills for my house, this open source software is so damn good.

https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/

I maintain Bash script to quickly set it up locally on Linux with Podman. Give it a spin if you want to kick the tires.

https://github.com/jdoss/ppngx

Personally, I use https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup to archive all my emails and then only keep them on the remote server for as long as I need to (basically until I read them and respond or download an attachment into https://docs.paperless-ngx.com )