Volume mounting in a Docker container

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨modus@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

I’m new to Docker, but I’m trying to deploy some containers that will need to read and write to a network shared volume. I’m hoping to run things like Navidrome, Immich, and an Arr Stack. The containers are on Ubuntu and my network volume is on a qnap machine. It is discoverable from Ubuntu without issue.

Do I need to mount the shared volume in Ubuntu or can I just refer to it in the Docker Compose file?

I know I need to mention the location of the volume in the Docker Compose file, but I’m not sure how to write that. How do I include the un/pw information for the NAS?

I read about bind mounts in Docker’s documentation. Is that what I want to use? Again, how do I include the un/pw information? I’m not sure how to use the commands.

The volume path for the navidrome folder is //tiger-nas/music/music for example.

I appreciate any help.

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roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Mount it locally. Then reference the local mount in your docker command or compose file.

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- spiffpitt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’m constantly seeing this advice, dispite docker supporting nfs volumes. How do you handle docker starting containers before the shares are mounted? making the docker service as a whole wait for network mounts? what about containers that dont need to wait for a network drive?
  
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  - roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Honestly I’ve never had that issue, but if you use compose you can delay the start of a container and use the “depends-on” function to hold any other containers. But yes docker supports both NFS and SMB.
    
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- modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Thank you. I’ll try.
  
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rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Mount the network share (fstab or mount.cifs), and pass the login using the username= and password= mount options. Then point the volume at the mount point’s path.

mattnieto.com/how-to-mount-an-smb-share-to-a-dock…

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- modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Thank you. So the un/pw is only entered in the Ubuntu mount, not in the Docker file?
  
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  - Sunny@slrpnk.net ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yes ☺️
    
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damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
My network shared folders are on a windows 11 (yes, I know. It’s shit.) pc and my docker is running on Linux.

Here’s what my mounts look like -

volumes: plex: driver: local driver_opts: type: cifs o: username=pc_username,password=pc_password,vers=3.0,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 device: //10.0.0.3/Plex

Hope this helps.
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- modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That helps. And it answers my question about the credentials. Thank you.
  
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LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I have a similar setup, I have two servers, one with the arr stack and the other is a NAS server.

I’m my fstab I mount he network drive to say /media, then the docker containers can just have Volume: /media:/media or whatever. If you need more specifics I can look when I get home.

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- modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Thanks. Looks good. Simple enough.
  
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Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I tried it with NFS vol mounted in the compose but had disconnection issues.
In the end I mounted it on the host.

But I don’t know the exact issue why I had it.

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irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It’s been a while so I am relying on some janky notes:

Prep:

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Create a Mount Point: sudo mkdir /mnt/myhdd Mount the HDD: sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/myhdd Verify the Mount: df -h Install Samba (if not already installed): sudo apt update sudo apt install samba Configure Samba: sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf Add the following at the end of the file: [MyHDD] path = /mnt/myhdd available = yes valid users = yourusername read only = no browsable = yes public = yes writable = yes Set Samba Password: sudo smbpasswd -a yourusername Restart Samba: sudo systemctl restart smbd To make the HDD mount automatically at boot, add the following line to /etc/fstab: /dev/sdb1 /mnt/myhdd ext4 defaults 0 2 make you replace /dev/sdb1 and /mnt/myhdd with your actual device and mount point.

Compose File:

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services: navidrome: image: deluan/navidrome:latest user: 0:0 # should be owner of volumes ports: - “14533:4533” restart: always environment: {} # Empty mapping - valid and fixes the error # Optional: put your config options here. Examples: # ND_LOGLEVEL: debug # ND_SCANSCHEDULE: “@every 5m” volumes: - “/docker-data/navidrome/:/data” - “/mnt/myhdd/your/path/goes/here:/music:ro” # Use forward slashes

Adjust as necessary or applicable. Maybe this will get you headed in the right direction. It’d be helpful if someone double checked my notes. I get nervous when giving instructions. LOL Also it should go without saying that you should do your due diligence verifying any code copied off the internet. Not responsible for ingrown toenails, loose stool, or blurred vision.

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