templating guide and submitted it to their community template repo - for free, because I thought others might find it useful.

The PR was closed within one minute of the first comment, unreviewed, as "pure AI slop": https://github.com/selfhosters/unRAID-CA-templates/pull/684

Why? Because my PR description said it was drafted with Claude, and my commits carry Co-Authored-By: Claude trailers. Nobody looked at the source, the template, or the app. The second maintainer confirmed it: the trailers themselves were the reason - "just a trust thing."

Here's my problem with that, and I say this as someone who has written software for over 30 years, with a GitHub account dating back to 2009: those trailers are disclosure. I design, review, and test everything I ship.

If I had quietly stripped the attribution, the PR would have passed. A policy that rejects disclosed AI assistance while waving through hidden AI assistance doesn't protect anyone from bad software — it just teaches

developers to stop being transparent. That's the opposite of trust.

I'm not arguing anyone must accept AI-assisted contributions. Review them. Test them. Reject them on merit. That's what maintaining means. What I'm questioning is rejection by label, unseen — and I hope that as more of

the software this community runs on is built with AI in the loop (it already is, whether disclosed or not), we find a better answer than this.

I've written about the episode in more detail on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/unRAID/comments/1uxy2d7/rejected_from_a_ca_template_repo_because_my/

The app itself will come to CA through my own template repo via the official submission portal, so this isn't a request for help — it's a question about what kind of contribution culture we want. I'm genuinely

interested in how other developers and users here see it.

I can’t start a topic in Plugin Support yet. This is my first Unraid plugin. I’m a long-time Unraid user/supporter and would like this thread moved to Plugin Support if that’s the right place. Thank you!

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[Plugin] Storage Guard

I’m a bit nervous and excited to share this—it’s my first plugin, and I really hope others find it useful. Testing, bug reports, and honest feedback would mean a lot.

### Why I built it

Drive prices have gotten painful. I run large Red drives (26TB class). What used to cost me around ~$380 is now well over $1,100 to replace. When a data disk fails, Unraid can keep the array online with parity emulation—but the usual next step is “buy a replacement now.”

What I actually want, at a glance on Main, is simpler:

Can I still move data off the failed (emulated) disk onto the rest of the array (or free up space another way) without being forced to buy a new drive the same day?

If free space is still high enough to evacuate that disk’s data, I have options. If it isn’t, I need to know early—not after the failure—because replacement cost is no longer casual money.

Storage Guard is that first-glance check. You set free-space thresholds for the array and each pool. When remaining free space falls to or below a threshold, the total free space bar on Main is colored yellow (warning) or red (critical). Optional Unraid notifications use the same thresholds.

### What it does

- Free-space Warning / Critical thresholds for the array and each pool

- Thresholds from real disk sizes, or custom values (e.g. 1.5T, 500G, 7.5T)

- Colors the Main free space bar (outline or solid, per array/pool)

- Optional Unraid notifications (independent of coloring)

- Settings under Settings → User Utilities → Storage Guard

Full docs: https://github.com/ibigsnet/StorageGuard/blob/main/DOCS.md

### Install

Plugins → Install Plugin, paste:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ibigsnet/StorageGuard/main/storageguard.plg

GitHub: https://github.com/ibigsnet/StorageGuard

### Requirements / testing

The plugin file currently allows Unraid 6.12.0+, but I’ve only tested on Unraid 7.1.3. Main free-bar coloring is built around Unraid 7’s layout, so if you’re on something else, please try it and tell me what works (or breaks)—I especially want reports from other 7.x builds, and from 6.12 if anyone tries it.

### Looking for testers / feedback

This is an early community release. As a first-time plugin author I’m especially keen on real-world testing. Please try it and report back:

- Array-only, pools-only, and mixed layouts

- Multiple named pools (any names—not only “cache”)

- Main free-bar coloring (outline vs solid)

- Alerts firing correctly

- Anything that breaks after plugin update / uninstall

When reporting a bug, please include Unraid version, brief disk/pool layout, what you expected, and what you saw (screenshots of Settings + Main help a lot).

Feature ideas are welcome too—especially around how people think about “enough free space to survive a disk loss.”

Thanks for reading, and thank you in advance to anyone who tries it. I hope Storage Guard helps you the same way I hoped it would help me.


If we move the post, can we title: [Plugin] Storage Guard - free-space thresholds so you know if a failed disk still leaves room to move data

Now, six years later, we know exactly what we need, and we've ended up with a true "sit and forget" server.

For those who are curious, the Docker containers we run include Nextcloud (the basic setup without Photos, Office, etc.), Immich, Jellyfin, Music Assistant, and Vaultwarden. Those are the core services that allow us to stay as independent as possible from the big tech companies. As for VMs, I only have a Clonezilla VM configured, and it's powered on only when I actually need it.

There were a couple of issues with the Nextcloud and Immich databases over the years that required me to recreate those containers. Fortunately, thanks to the User Scripts plugin, restoring everything from backup was quick and easy. I highly recommend the User Scripts plugin as part of any backup strategy. It's a simple, no-nonsense tool (basically a gui on top of cron) with a surprising amount of functionality. Personally, I prefer using the plugin instead of running yet another Docker container. Writing the scripts was a bit challenging at first, but there are plenty of tutorials and examples on the Unraid forums and elsewhere on the internet.

These days I stick to the KISS principle, although I have to admit it wasn't always like that. During the first two years I probably installed a new Docker container almost every weekend and rearranged my hard drives every three months or so. Honestly, I'd recommend anyone doing that too. That's how I learned Unraid inside and out, discovered what it could do, and figured out what our actual needs were.

That was four years ago.

Today, the server just quietly sits in the basement doing its job without anyone paying much attention to it. About twice a year I open the case to blow out the dust, and that's about it. I still check the GUI weekly—sometimes even daily—to see if there are updates, but that's pretty much the extent of it. There are weekends when I catch myself wondering if I should try something new with the server, but there's a golden rule: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I still enjoy experimenting, and Unraid made that easy up to the point where the server became part of our home's infrastructure. I don't need to put a spoiler on a classic car, so to speak. A few times I've considered switching to plain Debian with Cockpit and Docker, but at the end of the day Unraid is first and foremost a NAS for file storage—and that's exactly what I need.

So yes, Unraid has become boring.

And that's a good thing.

Thanks to the entire Unraid team.

How will this affect Unraid, community apps and plug ins since headquarters is in California?

• This video is well worth watching and maybe has some relevance to Unraid's journey.

6.5.3 --> 6.9.2

6.9.2 --> 7.0.1

7.0.1 --> 7.3.1

It all went very smoothly with plugin and docker container updates at each step.

Of course, I needed to reinstall community apps and some updated versions of some plugins but all seems well now.

Plex was a mess, but, that has also been sorted.

A little reconfiguration still needs to be done, but, at least he is up to date on everything.

I have been using Unraid to organize files and backups for several gaming-related projects, and I am looking for advice on improving my storage workflow.

One challenge I am facing is managing backups for game server files, testing environments, and media resources without creating unnecessary duplication. While working on gaming-related content and resources at https://astutebetaserverhq.com/, I noticed that storage requirements can grow quickly when keeping multiple versions of files and updates.

For those running game servers or large collections of gaming data on Unraid, what backup strategy works best for you? Do you rely on scheduled snapshots, separate cache pools, cloud backups, or another method?

I would appreciate any suggestions, especially from users who have experience managing frequently updated gaming files and server data.

Thanks for your help.

Looking for testers.

Which steps to take to get it in the unraid docker/apps library?

See screenshots below the text:

IPTV Gateway — merge, filter, rename & sort your IPTV providers into one clean Xtream/M3U portal + EPG

A small self-hosted tool that aggregates the IPTV providers you already have into one curated line-up, and republishes it as its own Xtream Codes portal + M3U + XMLTV guide. Point any IPTV box (or Plex) at this service and it sees a clean, merged, renamed, sorted channel list. No content or playlists are included — you point it at your own subscriptions.

Streaming doesn't flow through the service by default — the box reaches your provider directly (raw URL in M3U / 302 redirect for Xtream). An optional relay/proxy is there for when you need it (e.g. abroad, or Plex tuners).

Features

• Multiple sources — Xtream Codes portals + M3U / M3U_plus playlists, merged into one catalog.

• Per-source control — toggle Live / Movies / Series / Radio; per-provider User-Agent & Referer.

• Name filters — include/exclude by prefix or suffix (auto-discovered prefixes); non-destructive.

• Prefix stripping — drop leading tags like NL | from channel names.

• Curated bouquet — your own groups (★ always-on-top), A→Z / drag ordering, and per-channel overrides: name, logo, channel number, group, and tvg-id.

• Change tracking — new channels/categories are flagged; mark them seen.

• EPG — fetches each provider's XMLTV and re-serves your own guide for just the channels on your list (optional max-days cap).

• Outputs — Xtream (player_api.php), M3U (get.php), XMLTV (xmltv.php), 302 redirects; multiple output lists.

• Plex Live TV — M3U+XMLTV tuner and HDHomeRun emulation (+ SSDP auto-discovery), each with its own proxy choice; one-click "Rescan Plex".

• Optional stream proxy — relay video through the gateway when the box can only reach the gateway.

• Built-in web admin UI, daily auto-refresh, settings export/import (clone a whole setup), multi-language UI (EN/NL built in, add your own), optional HTTPS and admin password.

Install (Unraid)

• amd64 Docker image; template included. Set a data volume, a config.json file, TZ, and an admin password.

• Open the WebUI on the gateway's port. Point your box at it as an Xtream portal (server + your list's credentials, or blank for the default list), or use the M3U/XMLTV URLs directly.

Ports

• TCP (admin UI + Xtream/M3U/XMLTV + Plex endpoints) — always.

• +1 TCP — only when the stream proxy is enabled.

• UDP 1900 (SSDP) — only for Plex HDHomeRun auto-discovery; LAN-only, never forward. HTTPS needs no extra port.

Notes

• x86-64 only (matches Unraid). For Plex HDHomeRun auto-discovery use host networking, or add the tuner by URL.

• Going public: serve over HTTPS and set a strong admin password first; never expose UDP 1900.
  

USER-GUIDE.md

In the beginning I told AI just to help me get it working. Lately I have told it to teach me how to get it working. For me, reading instructions is pointless. I can read something 10 times and still not tell you what I read. BUT, WHEN I DO something, ONCE, I usually grasp the information forever. This is I guess why I chose to be a Mechanic, wiring diagrams, and microfiche are EASY to me.

I am using a PC I built to type this. A dual boot setup each OS is on its own SSD, and they share the HDD, Linux Mint and Win 11 pro.

I used to root every Android phone I got to enable the hotspot, so I can follow guides such as the ones on XDA for rooting and other stuff.

But there are no "guides" that I have found to help me with this server.

I rescue feral cats, and have done so for 10 years. I want this server to eventually run a small website for my rescue. I have so many photos and videos stored in the "cloud" and I am SICK of paying each month when I have the same thing sitting on my floor, running, and cant use it...

I put some screenshots of where i am now. I have less than 24 hours left on this trial and when I try to extend it, it says this is registered to another user.....maybe my other email?

So I dont know what to do. ANY, helpful, suggestions, or advice will be GREATLY APPRECIATED. I really need some progress to stop me from just giving up all together.

Thank you and God Bless EVERYONE. Please stay safe as well.

I've just started barely over a year ago. Just wanted to share some thoughts and perhaps you guys could chime in on your thoughts on upgrading.

At best I'd say I'm a casual user that's barely scratched the surface of really utilizing my NAS. Currently using a rather old gaming laptop hand-me-down as tower and I've started to consider upgrading for 2 reasons.

1. I went into exploring the idea of unraid purely out of curiousity (since i had an extra machine laying around) and well the premise sold me.

2. About a day or so ago - i've gotten those rabbit-hole zoomies of wanting to tinker with a current project.

A bit of context. My current usage of the NAS is kind of all over the place if i'm being honest.

1. Backups - clearly. I honestly got a bit intimidated with the whole parity and pool thing when i started out and never got around to have redundancies (honesty never really needed it).

2. General long term storage for stuff I don't regularly need on my desktop / phone unless i'm access a project that needs those files.

3. Movie storage; went full Jellyfin + remote access via website so i can remotely stream it anywhere. <-- this is by far my most favorite use of it.

My access to the unraid generally is through basically 1 of 3-4 ways in general.

If i'm at my desktop - Via lan cable.

If say i'm out and about - (either at work, or at a friend's house); I use tailscale to connect with my laptop.

If say i'm at home and care to watch a movie on a tablet / device; I use jellyfin using local wifi.

if i'm watching a show at a friend's house or they want to watch with me remotely, we use a domain i setup so that they can access the Nas through Jellyfin remotely.

Now i'm not a power user that needs to run virtual machines or anything, but I am open to expanding how I use the NAS.

A few considerations on upgrading. I don't really care to build a brand new tower, but I also don't really want to keep relying on old laptops to run my NAS so i've considered looking into a ugreen device. that (DH4300 PLUS / DXP4300) models.

• I recently learned that you can change it's boot priority from it's standard booting system of ugreen to the unraid itself. So the big plus on this (in theory) is that the shenanigans i've been doing on my current tower can still continue. Remote streaming, remote access using tailscale, etc. but then i realized - I have 2.5" HDDs, so that might be a bit of a yikes.

• My friends and I enjoy our little private movie site style experience a lot and a few of them are willing to contribute HDDs for our movies and possibly some personal storage.

Here's the big butt of it all, and why i'm a bit hesitant.

1. I'm not entirely sure how I'll be able to transfer my current files into the new nas.

   • like is it something as simple as overriding the ugreen device with CTRL+F12, booting my current usb with the key and such after transferring the HDDs? or is this going to be one of those, you need to buy another USB and purchase another unraid key? (again, sorry if this seems like a basic question, this has always felt like it's beyond my depth)

2. When we tried remote transfers via tailscale to let them keep their files backups, it was so slow like 1-1.2mbps slow. I do have decent ISP speeds of 50GBps for both up and down, and my current tower is ancient (so i'm pretty sure it's a limitation of my current old machine). Supposedly it'll get better with the upgrade but keep in mind, i'm a bit of an idiot and still don't understand the use of the different categories of drives.

3. The DH4300 seems to only have a 4 HDD bay, the DXP4300 seems to have more power and compatibility with NVMEs. So now i'm not sure if you can tell but I hate throwing away old tech just cuz they're old and want to keep them fully utilized.

On the uses and other neat things you could do with unraid, do you guys have any suggestions?

• an interest of ours is actually linking icloud devices as backups (some of them have iphones); still not sure if rclone is the best solution (we're still not certain if setting it up remotely is a thing).

• compiling all of our blurays and movies into a full on shared collection.

• and maybe possibly figuring out a way to remotely store ROMs for our emulators.

On the upgrading idea, do you guys have any thoughts / experience on this?

Sharing experience aside, just wanted to say thanks in advance!

I'm also the guy behind Rackula. Rackula is a server rack layout designer, meant to be lighter weight than similar tools like NetBox. You can use the client side only version here: https://count.racku.la/

Full disclosure, I use GenAI tools (Claude Code, CodeRabbit, CodeAnt) to build this though all PRs are reviewed by me with my real eyeballs. I mention that now because I know this is an important piece of information for many users.

It looks like this:

For context, Rackula already ships container images so the level of effort for this is relatively low. I'm also about to ship a Proxmox Community Scripts LXC version, which has been A LOT more work than I had expected though I believe is totally worth it.

I'm wondering about the level of interest in a potential template. I recognize that creating this not only means the template itself, the ongoing support requirement via forum thread is important too. I'm tracking work around Unraid distribution here with all the gory details.

Thoughts, anyone?

I want to share something i been working on: NexCraft (it sounded cool), a self-hosted web panel for running Minecraft servers, with a Prism Launcher-style modpack browser built in.

Why I built it

It started with my kids. I wanted a simple way to spin up and manage Minecraft servers for them: pick a modpack, click install, get a running server. No more hunting for server files, staring at a Java error wondering what it means, or asking why the thing just won't work.

I loved the look and feel of MCSManager. After playing with it, I tried to back up a server and couldn't find an easy way to do it. I searched the web and found it meant using a script, tried to get it to run inside the container (which it did but not well), and then realizing it never created a zip. A lot of pain and trial and error.

I have a Claude Max plan through work, so I took a crack at adding backups myself. From there the "you know what would be cool" factor took over, and that's how we got here (which includes a GitHub and a bunch of stuff).

I know plenty of people are against using AI for this kind of thing. For me it came down to a simple trade: I knew what I wanted but didn't have the skills to build it, and between work, family, and life I had no time to teach myself. So I used AI. It makes my life easier. My kids and I can jump into any modpack they saw on YouTube and play together, without the complexity.

What it does now

• Modpack browser: search and install from CurseForge, Modrinth, and FTB in one click.

• Custom builder: Vanilla, Paper, Purpur, Folia, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt, plus Bedrock, with live version lists. (Who knew there were so many.)

• Per-instance update: move a pack to a newer version, with an automatic backup that keeps your world.

• Reset and reinstall from the same builder.

• Auto-Java: grabs the right JRE per pack, so you stop hitting a wall of errors.

• Auto-Port management: gives each instance its own free server port for both Java and Bedrock, so your servers never fight over the same one.

• Backups: manual and scheduled, with restore. (This started all of this.)

• Players over RCON, live CPU/RAM/player metrics, MOTD editor, server icon, autostart delay, shutdown timeout.

(screenshots below)

How to try it on Unraid

NexCraft runs as two containers: a Web panel and a Daemon. The daemon runs the servers, the panel is the dashboard. Restart or update the panel and your running servers stay up.

Public images on GHCR:

• ghcr.io/dpavlakis/nexcraft-web
  

• ghcr.io/dpavlakis/nexcraft-daemon
  

1. Add the templates. They aren't on Community Applications, so grab them from the repo. Open a terminal on your Unraid box and run:

cd /boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user/

wget -O nexcraft-web.xml    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dpavlakis/NexCraft/main/unraid/nexcraft-web.xml

wget -O nexcraft-daemon.xml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dpavlakis/NexCraft/main/unraid/nexcraft-daemon.xml

2. Add the containers from the template. In the Unraid web UI, open the Docker tab and click Add Container. Open the Template dropdown at the top and pick NexCraft-Daemon under User templates. The image and paths come pre-filled, so review them and click Apply. Unraid pulls the image and starts it. Do the daemon first, then repeat for NexCraft-Web.

3. First-time setup. Open the panel at :23333 and create your admin account. Then add the daemon node at :24444 using the access key from the daemon's logs. In Unraid, click the daemon container and choose Logs, then copy the value on the Access Key: Long Number

Links

• GitHub: https://github.com/Dpavlakis/NexCraft

• Docs: https://dpavlakis.github.io/NexCraft/

• Issues and feedback: https://github.com/Dpavlakis/NexCraft/issues
  

Credits

NexCraft is built on the open-source MCSManager panel. Thanks to the MCSManager team and contributors for the foundation. I am No way taking away from them or the work they put in and without them this wouldn't exist

I built this for my own family. I'm sharing it in case it helps yours. Support is best-effort and honestly i am tinkering with it the layouts the look and feel and so on, hopefully it can help some other dads out there!

I am open to feedback and features you think would be a "cool" addition.

Thanks for reading.

Unlike my previous survey from 2024, this one covers most home server operating systems and takes under 2 minutes.

You simply rate your primary system on 7 quality criteria. All responses are anonymous.

Here's the link: https://www.soscisurvey.de/Homeserver_2026/

Thanks for your time!

I also have this error in the Fix common problems section "Unable to communicate with GitHub.com" along with every Plugin that needs updated listed there as well. I understand why it is throwing that last error but i need a way to fix it and have not found a good solution as of yet. The reason is that pfSense stops all ping requests as far as i can tell from my readings. The error from github is due to pinging Github.com and not getting a response. I have a feeling this is my underlying issue with the plugin status and update. It could also quite possible be my main issue with the OSupdate tool not working as well.

I have set the DNS in my router and both of my servers. I have also tried disabling the firewall and shutting down pfBlockerNG in different combinations to leave everything unprotected. I only have one port forwarded to the outside world and that is Plex@32400. Https is enabled and i have a VPN server setup and working. Any help is appreciated if you would like to know anything else just ask. I will give any information i can. I do apologize for having to ask this here, I have been at this for 2 months and admit defeat. I like my protection but if i cannot get pfSense to work 100% i may as well nuke it. 

I picked up an Intel Arc B70 for Ollama and others.

Since I haven’t found anything about this in the forum yet and it wasn’t exactly plug-and-play, here’s how I got it working. I’m no expert and got a lot of help from gemin; it took me about two days to get it up and running.

1. Check if your motherboard even supports the Intel Arc B70—for me, it only worked after a BIOS update.

2. Configure the BIOS:

- Re-Size BAR Support: Enabled

- Above 4G Decoding: Enabled

- CMS: Disabled

- Boot Mode: UEFI

- Secure Boot: Disabled

I’m not 100% sure if the last three settings have to be this way, but I have them set this way in any case

3. Unraid: I’m using Unraid 7.3.0-Beta.2 because the current version apparently doesn’t yet include the new Linux kernel that supports the card

4. The Intel-GPU-TOP plugin does detect the card, but not yet.

5. Ollama Docker: The official ones in the Unraid App Store didn’t work for me. Maybe I did something wrong, but I couldn’t get them to run—I always got error 2 in Ollama. I’m currently using uberchuckie/ollama-intel-gpu from Docker Hub.

Repository: uberchuckie/ollama-intel-gpu

Settings to add:

Type: Variable Name: ZES_ENABLE_SYSMAN Key: ZES_ENABLE_SYSMAN Value: 1

Type: Variable Name: SYSCL_CACHE_PERSISTENT Key: SYSCL_CACHE_PERSISTENT Value: 1

Type: Port Name: Ollama Port Container Port:11434 Host Port:11434 Connection Type: TCP

Type: Device Name: Intel GPU Value: /dev/dri

Type: Path Name: Ollama Models Container Path:/root/.ollama Host Path:/mnt/user/appdata/ollama Access Mode: Read/Write

I don't know if you really need all these variables, but it works and I'm just happy right now :D

More info:

- Gemini said you could also get the B70 to run with Vulkan; in his estimation, the card would then run at 30–50% performance. I decided to go with IPEX-LLM. So if anyone's having trouble, it seems there are several ways to do it.

- Also, it’s apparently recommended to enable ASPM in the BIOS to save power, but I’m not sure if it’s on or off for me right now.

- By the way, the card is listed as renderD128 when I run ls /dev/dri.

I hope this helps someone, and that an update comes soon for the Intel GPU TOP plugin, as well as drivers or an official plug-and-play Docker container for apps :)

And please don't forget—I'm no expert either. I spent ages trying to get this to work, but this is how it's currently running for me. Maybe I have something in there that's too much or too little—feel free to leave a comment about it.

Greetings from here to there

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I had an extra old Intel i3 with 8GB DDR3 RAM and an Asus motherboard with 6 SATA.

I decided to do a sort of upgrade, with limited budget. I bought an used Ryzen 7 3700X, a cheap chinese motherboard, a cheap M.2 6x SATA controller, and I recovered some DDR4 RAM I had in a drawer...

I moved all the HDDs, I moved the USB key with Unraid, I turned on the PC, and BAM! I had my NAS upgraded.

This is exactly what I wanted. No mo fear about the HDDs, no more fear about the hardware.

Hope it goes this way for a while. And maybe, that we'll get cheaper upgrade for the updates...

With the recent announcement of the Intel Arc Pro B70, I'm still sitting here waiting for my B60 to work with Unraid.

I noticed that the latest stable release of Unraid (7.2.4) is currently running Kernel 6.12.54. From what I’ve gathered, full stable support for the Battlemage architecture—specifically the newer xe driver features and proper fan/temp reporting—seems to require Kernel 6.14 or 6.15+ and updated Mesa drivers.

A few questions for the gurus here:

• Does anyone know if the current 7.3 beta cycle is planned to bump the kernel to 6.14/6.15?

• Has anyone successfully tested a B60/B580 on the current 7.2.x builds using the experimental_xe flag, or is it still a "pass-through to VM only" situation?

• Are there any plans for an updated Intel-GPU-TOP plugin to support the new Battlemage IDs?

I’m really looking forward to finally using my B60, it's only been what 6 months?

Cheers!

I am admittedly a “Wannabe Rookie & Noob” so I will apologize here in advance when/if I ask something that is seemingly obvious to some here, or confusing (I sometimes think that could have been my middle name).

I have really like everything I have seen and learned about UNRAID since I became interested in using this AWESOME Program, for all the things I am currently doing on other systems and many more that I have been dreaming of doing for years now and feel very positive that I am going to finally do them with UNRAID.

FYI, I am long winded, and for that reason I will end hear and look forward to becoming an UNRAID WR&N!

Thank You,

PaulW.

What do any of you recommend for a similar program, that works on both Android and Windows systems? Something I can just set it as "backup the entire drive to this folder on this server, and backup all changes as they are made to all files and never delete anything".

It really is a shame it appears to be dead as I really liked the ability to, say, take a picture on my phone and within a minute or so it would be on the unraid server as a backup, regardless of where I was, as long as I had internet it just worked. NOTE: NOT LIMITED TO PHOTOS.

My last upgrade I got what was "state-of the art" then for server-grade hardware and it cost about $1000 for MB, CPU and RAM.  Now I am looking at ~$1500-$1600.  Granted, there are hardware improvements, more cores in the CPU, etc. but there have been some hefty price increases.

DDR5 ECC RAM = $$$$$$

Goal:

Make a network laser printer accessible for printing from iOS / Chromebook / etc, using a network laser printer that only has Windows drivers. I'm just interested in printing on wifi, but this approach lets you do off site printing too.

Context:

-I used to use Google Cloud Print to share a printer with a variety of family members. Worked amazingly, but Google killed it. I needed a new solution. I used to do this with a Windows VM on Unraid running Papercut Mobility Print. It worked fantastic. I just moved it over from the VM to the Docker Windows OS approach, which seems better on resources and easier to manage.

-The laser printer I use only has Mac/Windows drivers and none of the linux approaches would work. That means I couldn't get CUPS to work, nor use lighter VMs. Lesson learned for the next Printer I buy.

-So, if your printer works with Linux drivers, maybe you can just find a CUPS solution for AirPrint, etc. Please do share if you have this working.

My Setup:

-Unraid: I had to change docker settings to use macvlan for this approach. I believe it was necessary to enable "Host access to custom networks" as well.

-Docker for Windows: I installed the "binhex official windows" docker. I installed Win11 LTSC to keep it light and simple. It seems to be running with less resource impact than my VM approach, and seems easier to administrate for my use.

--Network type = custom : br0

--Fixed IP Address provided, as I wanted to reserve/static this on my router

--Variable DHCP = Y

-Windows OS setup:

--Installed Win 11 LTSC

--installed printer driver

--Installed and configured PaperCut Mobility Print

Outcome:

Yep - wifi printing from all devices going well!

Like many of you, I host terabytes of media on my Unraid server. But when it comes to streaming massive ZIP/RAR manga archives or high-res videos directly via SMB to an Android tablet or Fire TV stick, the existing apps are frankly disappointing. We have nothing like iOS's ComicShare.

So, I decided to build it myself: Nas Player Pro.

Instead of relying on a middleman server to extract archives, it streams heavy ZIP/RAR files directly from your Unraid shares. I didn't want to compromise on the UX, so I built custom UI logic specifically for proper reading. For example, for traditional Japanese manga, the seekbar logic is completely reversed—starting empty at the bottom right (page 1) and filling up towards the bottom left (end of volume).

It also doubles as a robust media player (similar to nPlayer), with strictly defined playback controls (lateral buttons exclusively for seeking, standard forward/back for skipping tracks) so you never accidentally lose your place.

Why only SMB right now? Some of you might ask: "Where is WebDAV or FTP?" Here is the truth: I know what it means to protect a massive personal data hoard. Security and privacy are my absolute top priorities. I intentionally restricted the initial release to local SMB only to guarantee zero risk of external data leaks while I perfect the local streaming core. Expanding to WebDAV and FTP is definitely on the roadmap once I secure enough funding from this initial release.

I’m a solo indie dev with zero marketing budget. Reddit's automated system inexplicably restricted my account when I tried to share this with the data hoarding community there, so I'm bringing it straight to the people who actually understand the need for it.

It's a paid app. Consider it an investment into building the ultimate local streaming client for our ecosystem. If you have a Fire TV or Android tablet, I’d be honored if you tried it and gave me your most brutal, honest feedback.

I see a lot of info online but Ai is changing so fast, and containers that are advertised on unraid a few months ago are gone with some new ones arriving. I install something and the info on that docker seems outdated, have to play around a lot to get it to work etc.

Can you help a brother out?

As of today, July 29, 2026, on unraid, with 2 nvidia 3090 cards, what actually works?

Can we install claude code in a docker?

codex?

Hermes?

What sort of works but is a pain?

Any dockers you recommend?

Any settings to be on the look out for?

What is your stack and case use?

Can we get a group or sticky just for Ai? One where it lists out all the working containers and suggested stacks?

I am not entirely sure of anything here so forgive me if I state something improperly, trying to learn :)

Thanks!

Once I saw that UnRAID was adding in internal boot support, that was pretty much all I needed. Thanks to all the devs and support that really make this the only reasonable choice.

What models are you able to run on your unraid system.

Whats your specs?

I just did my first Unraid installation and wanted to introduce myself here to the community.

I'm really looking forward to getting the apps from my NAS to my first server and expanding on them, too!

Any newbie advice or must-reads are welcome.

Michael

docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/release-notes/7.3.0/

I am relatively new to unraid so apologies if this question is answered elsewhere.

I'm looking for something along the lines of the above that simply shows how much array usage is being taken over time to show relative changes in storage. I do a lot of adding and purging files and am curious how much I've gotten rid of after a given deletion session.

Is there any plugin or addon or something I can use for this?

Thanks in advance.

1) Creating shares at /mnt/user instead of /mnt/user/<base share name> would prevent me from hardlinking a bunch of stuff.

2) Using docker as a folder instead of one big file would prevent issues such as having to keep increasing the docker image size or it getting corrupt.

One day I'll tackle number 1, but I'm hoping number 2 is easier to deal with.

From my understanding, I literally just stop docker, change it to use a folder instead of docker.img, then turn Docker back on and install everything from Previous Apps. No need to even touch /appdata.

This will result is no data loss, no configuration loss, everything running just as it was.

Is this correct or do I need to do more?

Thank you!!

https://github.com/error311/Unraid-ePaper-Server-Monitor/
 

Just wanted to share my project with you all. I built a custom esp32 dev board and got a ePaper display.. Wanted to do something with the ePaper display so here is the outcome of that lol. I've named it "Unraid ePaper Server Monitor" because it requires unraid of course and bash script that runs every 20 minutes. I am not affiliated with UNRAID and this is an unofficial project.

This project is a custom Unraid monitoring solution that uses an ESP32 paired with a 2.9″ ePaper display to present real‑time server metrics. It leverages a bash script (run as a Unraid User Script) to gather system information and Docker/VM stats, formats the data into a JSON file, and then the ESP32 fetches and displays the data.

Battery life I have not got a full discharge yet but based on my amp reading without using the button (monitor only) should last 6-10 weeks on single charge.

Here was my original project that just used ping library to show status:
https://github.com/error311/esp32-epaper-server-monitor

Plans for future updates
Start & Stop docker containers

• HTTP endpoint in apache-php
• Mount the Docker Socket or SSH to the Host

Key Features

Unraid System Metrics

• CPU Load: Extracted from uptime
• CPU Model: Retrieved from /proc/cpuinfo
• Memory Usage: Total, used, and free (in MB)
• Disk Free Space: Obtained from df -h

Docker Container Stats

Monitors the following containers:

• Jellyfin
• Jellyseerr
• GluetunVPN
• immich

For each container, the script displays:

• Online status (using docker ps)
• CPU usage, memory usage/limit, and IP address (via docker stats and docker inspect)
• Disk information: total disk size, used space, and free space (using df -h)

Virtual Machine Stats

Uses virsh to gather details for VMs including:

• Name, state, CPU cores, and maximum memory (in MB)
• Autostart settings
• IP address (using the guest agent)

JSON Output

All collected metrics are aggregated into a JSON file (saved to /mnt/user/appdata/Apache-PHP/www/firmware/status.json), which the ESP32 uses for display updates.

Hardware & Power Management

ESP32 & ePaper Display

• Driven by the Waveshare ePaper libraries (DEV_Config.h, EPD.h, GUI_Paint.h)
• Uses partial refreshes for efficient display updates

Power Supply

• Powered by a TPS63070 buck‑boost regulator that converts battery voltage to a clean 3.3V
• Uses a 4.2V, 1100mAh battery charged via a TP5100 module
• A push button connected to GPIO39 (with a 10kΩ resistor to ground) wakes the ESP32 from deep sleep

Battery Monitoring Voltage

• 27kΩ resistor from battery voltage & 100kΩ resistor from ground. These are connected to GIO33.

OTA Updates

• The ESP32 checks for firmware updates via HTTP and uses the Update library for over‑the‑air (OTA) updates

Software Libraries & Tools

ESP32 Libraries

• WiFi & HTTPClient: For network connectivity
• ArduinoJson: For parsing the JSON status file
• Update: For OTA firmware updates

Bash Script Tools

• Standard Linux utilities: uptime, free, df, grep, awk, etc.
• Docker commands: docker stats and docker inspect for container monitoring
• virsh for Virtual Machine statistics

How It Works

1. Data Collection: A bash script (run as a Unraid User Script) collects Unraid system metrics, Docker container stats (including disk size, used, and free space), and VM information, then formats all of the data into a JSON file.
2. Display Update: The ESP32 downloads and parses the JSON file using ArduinoJson, and updates the ePaper display with formatted text and graphical progress bars.
3. Low-Power Operation: The ESP32 is designed for low-power consumption. It uses deep sleep and can be awakened via a push button (GPIO39), ensuring efficient operation.

Repository Structure

• ESP32 Firmware:
  Contains the code for the ESP32, which handles fetching, parsing, and displaying the JSON data.
• Bash Script (json_script.sh):
  Collects and formats system, Docker, and VM metrics into a JSON file.

Branching Strategy

Due to significant differences between the original ping-based monitor and this new JSON-based Unraid monitoring version (which removes some libraries and functionality), this version is maintained in a separate repository. This clear separation ensures that users can easily choose the version that best fits their needs.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

In search of a way to get my iCloud pictures on my array and keep them in sync with iCloud (pull only).

I ended up writing a docker template for the boredazfcuk/icloudpd docker container.

This is my first template so bear with me. If someone has suggestions or comments about it please let me know!

The template is located here.

https://github.com/Womabre/unraid-docker-templates

Known issues

- Your iCloud password cannot contain special characters (I know of * and & to be problematic).

when will Unraid 7.3 Beta be available?

I am interested in testing the beta.

Thanks.

i tried to use Ollama with paperless-ai and Open WebUi. But i cant connect them to Ollama.

I ser up the IP:Port bur they is no connection.

How i have to configure the docker so it would work?

Best Regards

Becksy