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I still don't truly know how to use docker, as I use dockSTARTer on my Debian VM on Proxmox, but it runns all my services now. I tried to resist and have multiple LXCs run everything, but as my homelab grew more complex (SMB & NFS, VPN tunnels, filesharing/hardlinks, etc.) I've just given up and have most things running on the docker. With dockstarter it's enter "yes" to some terminal qs, copypaste templates into your overrides folder, and then use ds -u for update and ds -c to run everything.

I tried to use podman at first because people said it was safer and faster but... I literally couldn't figure out how to turn a pod into a service so it will autostart on system launch ๐Ÿ˜