My experience is similar. I no longer use dedicated NAS, firewall, or other exotic distributions. I run plain Debian, and add what I need through standard repo packages. My "NAS" is simply a Samba daemon. The same box runs countless other services including hostapd (WiFi), DNS (Unbound), an email stack (Postfix/Dovecot), multiple game servers, and Podman.
> everything else in Docker Compose
I would suggest Podman instead. It is far more secure by design (rootless) and is unable to silently alter the firewall's configuration.
These days you can buy 4 bay USB-C hard drive enclosures which let you make a nas out of any mini pc. I 3D printed a 10 inch rack to put the mini pc, hard drive enclosure and switch in which keeps it all neat and looks kinda cool.
drnick1 · · focus · HN ↗
My experience is similar. I no longer use dedicated NAS, firewall, or other exotic distributions. I run plain Debian, and add what I need through standard repo packages. My "NAS" is simply a Samba daemon. The same box runs countless other services including hostapd (WiFi), DNS (Unbound), an email stack (Postfix/Dovecot), multiple game servers, and Podman.
> everything else in Docker Compose
I would suggest Podman instead. It is far more secure by design (rootless) and is unable to silently alter the firewall's configuration.
Gigachad · · focus · HN ↗
magarnicle · · focus · HN ↗