Docker Apps with Electric Eel

Apps and Virtualization
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Hi All,

I’m fairly new to TrueNAS and trying to set up qBittorrent with a VPN (including a killswitch). I understand that TrueNAS is moving towards Docker apps, so instead of setting everything up in a jail, I thought I might as well update now so I only have to do it once. However, I’m really struggling to find a guide on how to get qBittorrent working with a VPN on Electric Eel, as all the guides suggest using the GUI to add a Docker image, which is no longer possible. Alternatively, they suggest using TrueCharts, which also doesn’t seem to be an option now that they are no longer supporting TrueNAS.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to install this Docker app on my Electric Eel box?
https://hub.docker.com/r/dyonr/qbittorrentvpn/

Thanks!

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The stumbling point is “this” Docker app, whose installation instructions provide only a docker run command.
Option 1: Run the command in CLI.
Option 2: Convert the docker run command into a compose.yaml file. Follow @Stux’ tutorial to install Dockge and paste the .yaml file.
Option 3: Install Portainer instead of Dockge. Flip through the multiple tabs in Portainer’s GUI to reproduce the options from command line.
Option 4: Find another torrent app which comes with a pre-built compose file and fall back to option 2.

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Although, I spend a bit of time showing the a sandbox migration, I also show how to install and use dockge

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Thanks, I have actually watched your video a few times before you posted this. I understand it was more for migration rather than trying to install fresh docker apps as I couldn’t really see where that came into play. I’ll take another watch, appreciate all the replies.

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Yeah. Use dockge with docker compose to build custom apps.

(I’ve been testing the static ip thing in eel)

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Dockge is mostly an interface to paste or edit compose files. Running a compose file installs an app.

If you don’t like YAML, install Portainer instead and let it automatically generate the compose file.

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Never touched a yaml or docker until today. Stux’ video helped me get started, and chatgpt/google/trial-and-error has helped me get to setting up my own. Will check out Portainer next just to see what else it can do.

Adding Apps through the TrueNAS GUI led to an issue where I couldn’t create any more apps once I have ~30 running. Seems each app is allocated a /16 or /20 and it runs out of available subnets. Thought about finding where I could modify them, but was concerned any updates/reboots/etc would overwrite my changes.

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The setting is in the daemon.json.

But I don’t think that’d be persistent

IX is going to have to add a preference somewhere. Probably in the apps screen menu widget.

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I logged a bug for this

https://ixsystems.atlassian.net/browse/NAS-130970

Also, links to the solution… which may only be temporary until its fixed properly.

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Good news is it seems that the pool size has been increased in the current nightly.

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Thanks for your great video @Stux. When using Dockge and/or docker-compose through command on Electric Eel, can I create docker networks and use env. vars / secrets as usual?

Thanks in advance.

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Yes.

(Although I didn’t specifically test secrets)

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Great, thanks.