Hi! Question in the title.

I get that its super easy to setup. But its really worthwhile to have something that:

  • runs everything as root (not many well built images with proper useranagement it seems)
  • you cannot really know which stuff is in the images: you must trust who built it
  • lots of mess in the system (mounts, fake networks, rules…)

I always host on bare metal when I can, but sometimes (immich, I look at you!) Seems almost impossible.

I get docker in a work environment, but on self hosted? Is it really worth while? I would like to hear your opinions fellow hosters.

  • Shimitar@feddit.itOPEnglish
    27·
    10 months ago

    Need to study podman probably, stuff running as root is my main dislike.

    Probably if in only used docker images created by me I would be less concerned of losing track of what I am really deploying, but this would deflect the main advantage of easy deploy?

    Portability is a point I didn’t considered too… But rebuilding a bare metal server properly compatimentized took me a few hours only, so is that really so important?

          • N0x0n@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            I hope you’re wrong… With RH’s recent choices in regard of FOSS… I really hope podman won’t replace docker. Specially in the self-hosted/FOSS community !

              • N0x0n@lemmy.mlEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                Probably nothing, I have never tried it… but docker compose feels so comfortable right now and relearn everything… uuhhg !

    • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      But rebuilding a bare metal server properly compatimentized took me a few hours only, so is that really so important?

      Depends on how much you value your time.

      Compare a few hours on bare metal to a few minutes with containers. Then consider that you also spend extra time on bare metal cleaning up messes. Containers don’t make a mess in the first place.