NAS, Minecraft Server, Password Manager, Plex Media Server - Which OS?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/HomeServer

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  • homepage

    A highly customizable homepage (or startpage / application dashboard) with Docker and service API integrations.

  • I also enjoy filebrowser, gitea, homepage, and silverbullet.

  • samba

    Samba docker container

  • For NAS I'm using a Samba image. You can setup samba on the host machine, but by being in a container I can edit it from Portainer. My little machines don't have RAID or anything, but they do have a 2TB M.2 drive in them. I keep my bigger storage attached to my desktop and I don't expose it to my network for.. reasons. If I want to stream something I copy it to my server using the mounted network drive that samba enables.

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  • Portainer

    Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.

  • I installed Docker, used it to run Portainer, then installed Tailscale. Everything after that is done via a web ui. Tailscale lets me access my machines remotely and even has a phone app. It also lets me open a browser and navigate to my server's homepage by server name without having to setup DNS.

  • docker

    Docker - the open-source application container engine (by microsoft)

  • I installed Docker, used it to run Portainer, then installed Tailscale. Everything after that is done via a web ui. Tailscale lets me access my machines remotely and even has a phone app. It also lets me open a browser and navigate to my server's homepage by server name without having to setup DNS.

  • tailscale

    The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

  • I installed Docker, used it to run Portainer, then installed Tailscale. Everything after that is done via a web ui. Tailscale lets me access my machines remotely and even has a phone app. It also lets me open a browser and navigate to my server's homepage by server name without having to setup DNS.

  • docker-minecraft-server

    Docker image that provides a Minecraft Server that will automatically download selected version at startup

  • For Minecraft I'm using itzg's server image.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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