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2 months agoCannot recommend container approach enough. The learning curve isn’t too bad, initially it can be daunting but best way is to jump straight in and try it.
Few things I recommend:
- Portainer, a very nice container management webapp
- Use compose /stack from day 1, or at least try it before you get carried away with too many containers. Take a copy and save somewhere and build up your catalogue of containers/configs.
- Volumes, make sure they are persistent.
- Backup your docker config folders, especially if using development branches.
- Spend a day/weekend playing with setup, expecting to throw away and start again. Sounds bad but it’s not. If you use compose/stacks you can spin up in seconds.
That too, but no, I was referring to the data/config folders for each container.
For example, radarr it would be the config volume you mounted. Generally, the *arrs use a volume called ‘config’, but other containers will differ.
I’ve only had to recover from backups twice in 5 years, once was my fault after fiddling with databases. But if you’re using the development/nightly branches, it’s best to be cautious and avoid having to reconfigure.