Oh damn, that’s disappointing about the subscription.

Yep Docker is currently possible, but there’s plenty of threads discussing that it is being phased out.

But yeah, I suppose the solution could be a VM running Debian and then Docker within that.

I think the IX Systems would rather Truenas scale be an enterprise OS, and have short patience for people learning the ropes.

Kubernetes to me is a lot more complicated than Docker, but I’m sure in an enterprise environment where you have many systems to administrate it is superior. Docker would be a better, simpler solution for a person at home with one computer being used for their personal virtualisation.

I think going back in time I would go for Unraid, and use Docker containers. Apparently it is better documented, more beginner-friendly. It is a one-off payment, but it is reasonably cheap. Community seems much friendlier too.

Bear in mind I haven’t used unraid, so potentially there is a grass is always greener situation going on here.

That said, I have thought about running a VM in TrueNAS so I don’t need to muck around with kubernetes and using a discord chat for troubleshooting.

All the best!

I use Truenas scale.

For virtualisation, most people use a community run set of apps called Truecharts. I will say that documentation/support for this is rubbish. They have a discord server only really there. Very hostile community in general.

Not sure why kubernetes is used. Docker is being phased out and will stop being supported in the future.

Also, the latest version of scale broke onedrive backups, which were handled by the gui, and now you’re on the own to run rclone via the cli. Definitely, the devs are not working on a fix as stated in forum posts. This is a pretty fundamental requirement of an at-home NAS for anyone using onedrive for photo backup say.

Ix system forum devs are rude. I haven’t posted there but searching through other people’s threads for solutions to my problems show dismissive unhelpful answers by the devs/users.

All this is to say Truenas virtualisation is compromised, poorly documented, and run by a hostile community of devs both in true charts and the ix systems forums.

I regret not trying a different nas os, but I’m a bit invested now.