how the hell do I find docker
Type “docker” in terminal and hit enter. Since it’s installed, your system will likely recognize it as a command and populate a help menu for you. You’ll want to visit docker’s website for a full manual.
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There are distributions like CasaOS and TrueNAS Scale that try to offer at least a bit of graphical guidance for some popular apps.
Otherwise, you're jumping into the server pool, Windows doesn't really work that different from Linux in that area (in the sense that you can just click on things).
Try a more managed and out-of-the-box solution first, then work your way down to the commandline. I'd recommend one of the NAS solutions like openmediavault (if they still do docker) or https://cockpit-project.org/
or Docker for Desktop or podman.io
(maybe lxc containers with proxmox or unraid)
I would check out tutorials or YouTube videos. Try: https://drfrankenstein.co.uk/sabnzbd-in-container-manager-on-a-synology-nas/
Sudo docker will do the trick. Docker does some networking shit so it needs admin privileges
Don't give up, don't listen to goober 🤓 itt telling you to read manpages that shit is worthless.
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OP: chatGPT is your personal Linux guru. Pretend it's your friend who knows everything about linux and tell it what you want to achieve.
Paste in any error messages and it will tell you how to fix them. Just make sure it knows what distro you're using first.
That's how I learned to use docker :)
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If you're not planning to actually learn Docker, use an LLM AI to help you out. I just tried the following prompt in Gemini "generate docker-compose.yml that runs audiobookshelf and Sonarr with Sabnzbd" and it generated something that looks reasonable. Then you can follow it up with prompts like "how do I auto start it on linux?" and it will generate the systemd unit, and also tell you what commands to run.
Man, good luck. Is there no other way you can accomplish that without Docker. I've been using Linux for years and I still don't know how to set up a docker container lol
- Docker is not needed, I've had lots of self hosted things for years before using docker.
- Docker is not that hard, you just need to learn it like anything else, once upon a time going to a webpage was an unknown thing to all of us, yet now it's a daily thing.
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