Have a python3 video archiving script that previously ran within a Hyper-V ubuntu VM and dedicated SSD. Recently converted to a slim docker image that runs within a docker container within a VM. I believe the next step is to eliminate the ubuntu guest VM as follows:

1. Acquire an UnRaid  docker temple by copying or by implementing something based on the XML schema;
2. Deploy the image to a docker repository;
3. Add an UnRaid container based on template.

 

Am I missing something? Have read a lot but 7 years of posts gives me the overall flavor but not a current recipe.

 

By following these steps am I likely to achieve something that will survive UnRaid updates and be consistent enough to use existing UnRaid backup and restore apps?

 

Currently use UnRaid apps including VM backup but have convinced myself that VMs make the process unwieldly because of the time to handle the required disk images. Prefer a quick and easy bare metal restore or however close I can get.

 

Edited October 14, 20223 yr by Akendi

The recipe listed above worked for me. Each step is straightforward. UnRaid developers made the whole thing simple once you know what to do.

 

Backup, simulated random file corruption, and then restore of the appdata and system directories may work as expected but I'm far too intimidated at the moment to try it out. Maybe allow the system to settle for a couple of weeks then see how things go. Would like to get to the point where a week old off-site backup can be used to recover from a failed nvme within, for example, four hours.