As a developer of multiple Docker containers, I find this template update mechanism very useful.
Compared to Synology or QNAP, the beauty of unRAID is how easy is to install, use and update containers. From experience, I know that a lot of users have little Docker related knowledge. They want to install and use a Docker container like an application. They don't want to micro-manage them and they certainly don't want them to break after an update (which for sure will trigger a support request). Automatic update of templates allows us to provide this experience.
Templates in unRAID allows users to install a container and use it immediately, without having to configure anything. When properly done, they expose almost all available settings, in user friendly way. People then just need to adjust their value when needed.
But I understand that this idea may not be feasible for all types of containers. Some templates may also be done in a way that makes automatic updates annoying. Fortunately, for these cases and for people that want to do heavy customizations or that want to modify them to their taste, they can disable automatic updates or even create their own templates.
Docker templates revert when docker checks for update.
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As a developer of multiple Docker containers, I find this template update mechanism very useful.
Compared to Synology or QNAP, the beauty of unRAID is how easy is to install, use and update containers. From experience, I know that a lot of users have little Docker related knowledge. They want to install and use a Docker container like an application. They don't want to micro-manage them and they certainly don't want them to break after an update (which for sure will trigger a support request). Automatic update of templates allows us to provide this experience.
Templates in unRAID allows users to install a container and use it immediately, without having to configure anything. When properly done, they expose almost all available settings, in user friendly way. People then just need to adjust their value when needed.
But I understand that this idea may not be feasible for all types of containers. Some templates may also be done in a way that makes automatic updates annoying. Fortunately, for these cases and for people that want to do heavy customizations or that want to modify them to their taste, they can disable automatic updates or even create their own templates.