Damn, that was a long, drawn out title….

Basics:

• As of this writing, I’m running TrueNAS 12.2

• While I really like TrueNAS, TrueNAS/FreeNAS doesn't support Docker containers.

• The TrueNAS team is working on TrueNAS SCALE, which is Linux-based, and support Docker containers, but it’s still in alpha.

• Once TrueNAS …

While testing out TrueNAS SCALE, I wanted to do some Docker-ing, and following best-practices, I tried to configure non-root access to the Docker daemon.

Fail !

I had added my username to the existing docker group:

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

But I was still unable to use Docker, unless I was root:

docker ps
Got …

By default Docker needs to be run as the root user.

Not practical or advisable in a production, or shared system to be consistently logged in as root (think running with scissors).

Out of the box, attempting to run Docker as a non-root user gets this error:

whoami
tom

docker run hello-world
docker: Got permission …

About the only Windows (any version) I use is in a virtual machine, and that's not that often.

Windows 10 by default has auto download/auto update configured.

When a few months (or longer) goes by and I need a quick test/check done on a Windows box, the system quickly appears to lock up downloading and cramming the …

Years ago, I soft-modded my Nintendo Wii, as I had a few games that the DVD got scratched up, and was pretty pissed at having to buy another copy.

After soft-modding the Wii, I could backup my DVDs to an external USB hard drive and put the physical DVD away from little smudgy, scratchy hands.

Added bonus of …

Steps:

Create the jail

1. Name Jail and Choose FreeBSD Release Name: calibre-web Jail Type: Default (Clone Jail) Release: 12.2-RELEASE …