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Proxmox NFS shares for Docker (lemmy.ml)
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So here is my dilemma. I have a Truenas server that basically acts as a file server. I also have a little machine running Proxmox. I have an NFS share on the Proxmox machine for saving VM backups so that they are secure. On the Proxmox VM, I want to install docker instances. Some of them require large data repositories so I can't have the data stored on the VM. I'm thinking of creating an "apps" dataset on the Truenas machine, then exporting it via NFS and mounting on the VM. Then I redirect all the Docker volumes on this NFS share. Say I have Docker_App1 on the Proxmox VM, then I would create a folder in the /mnt/Truenas_share/Docker_App1. Do you think this will work? The alternative is to create an individual dataset on the Truenas machine for each Docker_App but this feels overkill and a nightmare to setup and maintain. How are you managing Docker volumes over NFS?

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[-] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 3 points 2 days ago

Both is fine. Maintaining different datasets has the administrative overhead you mentioned, but can have security benefits, e.g. if you use different users in the different docker services and adjust the NFS permissions correspondingly. If service A gets hacked and escapes the container but doesn't get privilege escalation, it can't access the other services' data.

This is independent of which version you choose, but check whether adding some storage to Proxmox is an option. Having TrueNAS as a runtime dependency for all your services can get annoying real quick.

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