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.

  • msageEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have VMs on my metal, one specific for containers.

    Though I use LXC. Docker started with LXC, then grew bigger, and I don’t like how big it is.

    If I can set up one simple NAT and run everything inside a container, I don’t need Docker.

    Docker’s main advantage is the hub.