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.
Or even go nuts and do something like this: <a href="https://grabcad.com/library/10-bay-hard-disk-drive-cage-for-phanteks-enthoo-primo-case-1" rel="nofollow">https://grabcad.com/library/10-bay-hard-disk-drive-cage-for-...
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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.
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