Views on what is best....

[Mark WatIng]

Hi,

I use PLEX, Transmission and Crashplan going forward. Also started to use NextCloud as well.

Just wanted views on the best way to host these applications going forward (Plugin, own Jail, VM, RancherOS/Docker) - ability to upgrade and keep as near to the latest application release as possible is important to me.

Appreciate experienced users views please?

Many thanks,
Mark.

 

[m0nkey_]

Plex, Transmission and NextCloud will run perfectly fine in a jail (standard jail, not plugins) and be upgraded easily. A lot of people now use CrashPlan within a Ubuntu or CentOS VM.

 

[scrappy]

I agree with m0nkey_. Plex should definitely be ran as a package install in a standard jail. I'm Ok with my Transmission running as a plugin. Nextcloud is probably best ran as a separate install from a jail.

I gave up trying to work with the Crashplan plugin and now run it in a CentOS VM.

 

[Mark WatIng]

Thanks both - what’s the reason for running CrashPlan in a VM and not a Jail? I would probably run it headless.

Thx
M

 

[scrappy]

Thanks both - what’s the reason for running CrashPlan in a VM and not a Jail? I would probably run it headless.

Thx
M

The plugin is emulating the Linux version of CrashPlan though the Linux compatibility layer on FreeBSD. It seems more often than not, updates on FreeBSD and/or the CrashPlan application cause things to break.

If your FreeNAS hardware supports virtualization just use a Linux VM for CrashPlan and be done with it. The CrashPlan plugin isn’t worth the headaches it’ll cause you.

 

[Mark WatIng]

Ok th

The plugin is emulating the Linux version of CrashPlan though the Linux compatibility layer on FreeBSD. It seems more often than not, updates on FreeBSD and/or the CrashPlan application cause things to break.

If your FreeNAS hardware supports virtualization just use a Linux VM for CrashPlan and be done with it. The CrashPlan plugin isn’t worth the headaches it’ll cause you.

Ok thanks!

 

[Tim1962]

And CP Home is now end of life

 

[Mark WatIng]

And CP Home is now end of life

Thanks am aware will probably go to the business version in the absence of anything else though.

Cheers.