Good server OS for Jellyfin (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by tester1121@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I want to make a server for hosting media through Jellyfin, and maybe some Nextcloud functionality. I prefer to use containers, but something like TrueNAS' extensions/plugins sound good as well. This is my first server, so I don't know what to choose. My possible options are:

Debian
Ubuntu
Fedora
TrueNAS Scale Which one should I choose? I am fine with using either Docker or Podman. (Edit: The server will be running on an old laptop with a single drive slot.)

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[-] yote_zip@pawb.social 3 points 9 months ago

I would only recommend TrueNAS Scale if you want an easy way to manage a ZFS pool. I wouldn't use it for anything related to containers or logic as it's very inflexible and only supports specific usecases through its weird app system. Debian is my usual choice for basically everything, but it will be fully DIY. OpenMediaVault is a good turnkey option based on Debian that's similar to TrueNAS Scale, except it allows you to run plain Docker and other custom usecases. I also like Proxmox (based on Debian) a lot but it's a bit too advanced if you don't need its hypervisor functionality.

[-] funkajunk@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

OMV actually removed their portainer implementation, so if you want to run docker you just have to do it like any other distro.

[-] yote_zip@pawb.social 3 points 9 months ago

Oh I didn't realize. I wonder why they would do that? Either way it's not a huge deal - the main problem with TrueNAS Scale is that you actively cannot install Docker onto it because it will conflict with the normal TrueNAS Scale app system. There are technically ways to get Docker working on a TrueNAS Scale system but they're unsupported and likely to break frequently on updates. Debian and OpenMediaVault should behave similarly in terms of getting Docker set up.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

OP is saying wrong information. OMV6 still has Portainer implementation but they moved the setup. OP is probably not aware of it.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/4506142

Debian and OpenMediaVault should behave similarly in terms of getting Docker set up.

It is. At my time of setup it was just following the instructions from the docker wiki and then I could install the portainer plugin.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

OMV actually removed their portainer implementation

Actually they didn't....You should update your information.
https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv6:docker_in_omv
Literally a screenshot from their UI:

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