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  • A quick question on docker

    From Utopian Galt@1337:3/129 to All on Fri Aug 14 14:34:14 2026
    could it be used for example to run Synchronet on Linux if one does not have the technical skill to make a binary?

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  • From deon@1337:2/101 to Utopian Galt on Sat Aug 15 18:12:28 2026
    Re: A quick question on docker
    By: Utopian Galt to All on Fri Aug 14 2026 02:34 pm

    Howdy,

    could it be used for example to run Synchronet on Linux if one does not have the technical skill to make a binary?

    Yup, I run Synchronet that way... A think a few others do too..


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  • From Mike Powell@1337:3/103 to deon on Sat Aug 15 15:20:36 2026
    Re: A quick question on docker
    By: Utopian Galt to All on Fri Aug 14 2026 02:34 pm

    Howdy,

    could it be used for example to run Synchronet on Linux if one does not have
    the technical skill to make a binary?

    Yup, I run Synchronet that way... A think a few others do too..


    They would need a binary to run in the docker instance, though, right?


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1337:3/178 to deon on Sat Aug 15 09:16:59 2026
    deon wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

    could it be used for example to run Synchronet on Linux if one does not have the technical skill to make a binary?

    Yup, I run Synchronet that way... A think a few others do too..

    Is the docker image for Synchronet still being updated? If so, where is
    it?

    I was thinking of moving to Docker or an LXC and moving my messages and
    files to an NFS share on my NAS. Because I need a time sink. :)





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  • From deon@1337:2/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Aug 16 11:34:12 2026
    Re: Re: A quick question on docker
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to deon on Sat Aug 15 2026 09:16 am

    Howdy,

    Yup, I run Synchronet that way... A think a few others do too..

    Is the docker image for Synchronet still being updated? If so, where is
    it?

    I was thinking of moving to Docker or an LXC and moving my messages and files to an NFS share on my NAS. Because I need a time sink. :)

    I dont think there "is" a docker image for Synchronet other than what folks create themselves. I create my docker image and update it every few months.

    Actually my image is currently Sync 3.30, I'm playing with the new javascript engine, I probably should revert it to 3.2 and update my main BBS, its been a while since it was updated.

    I'd happily make it available to you, it might need some additional hand holding between updates though. I've been using docker Synchronet for 5+ years and for the most part everything just works.

    I'm not a fan of NFS though, if it goes down it normally takes out anything dependant on it and automated recoverry (in my experience anyway) has never worked.


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  • From deon@1337:2/101 to Mike Powell on Sun Aug 16 11:36:04 2026
    Re: Re: A quick question on docker
    By: Mike Powell to deon on Sat Aug 15 2026 03:20 pm

    Howdy,

    They would need a binary to run in the docker instance, though, right?

    Not sure what you are referring to here?

    My images are created for x86_64 and arm64 and you just "docker run ..." and it works.

    I've flipped from running on a Pi and an x86 machine many times over the years.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1337:3/178 to deon on Sun Aug 16 12:23:20 2026
    deon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I'd happily make it available to you, it might need some additional
    hand holding between updates though. I've been using docker Synchronet
    for 5+ years and for the most part everything just works.

    I'm not a fan of NFS though, if it goes down it normally takes out anything dependant on it and automated recoverry (in my experience
    anyway) has never worked.

    Thanks, I'll keep it in mind. I was running a docker host on Proxmox for
    a while, been moving everything over to LXC. I might want to try making
    an LXC container first.

    Good point about NFS. Synology has been stable, knock on wood serving
    NFS and SMB. Proxmox and the NAS are on a UPS with NUT running, and they
    all shut down cleanly when power goes out.

    Thinking back, my last NFS experience was full of "Stale NFS Handle"
    messages and restarting services more than I would have liked...



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