I needed a quick SFTP server, and did a short post about it previously.

However, I wanted the ability to run a Docker container that wasn't on my NAS, so I had to mount the NFS share from within Docker.

Using this Docker composer file did the trick:

version: "3.2"

services:
  sftp:
    image: atmoz/sftp …

I had a couple of files I needed to provide to a friend on a regular basis.

• The files were too big to email.
• The files would change every week.
• They were created/stored on my NAS.
• Neither of us wanted to go through the hassle of using Dropbox/Google Drive/etc.

Simple solution was for me to create a simple Docker …

I needed to run a quick test on a virgin Linux system.

Rather than spinning up a virtual machine, I just ran a single Docker command, and was up and running.

docker run -it --entrypoint "/bin/bash" ubuntu:latest

That's it. Really, it's that simple.

From the Docker docs:

An ENTRYPOINT allows you to configure a …

I was on my mobile, looking up a few recipes, I was amazed at the number of intrusive ads I was getting, which made reading the web pages almost impossible.

Decided it was time to investigate Pi-hole, as I'd heard good things about it.

The Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, …

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 …