Hi folks,

You all have been instrumental to my self-hosting journey, both as inspiration and as a knowledge base when I’m stumped despite my research.

I am finding various different opinions on this and I’m curious what folks here have to say.

I’m running a Debian server accessible only within the home with a number of docker images like paperless-ngx, jellyfin, focalboard, etc. Most of the data actually resides on my NAS via NFS.

  1. Is /mnt or /media the correct place to mount the directories. Is mounting it on the host and mapping the mount point to docker with a bind the best path here?

  2. Additionally, where is the best place to keep my docker-compose? I understand that things will work even if I pick weird locations, but I also believe in the importance of convention. Should this be in the home directory of the server user? I’ve seen a number of locations mentioned in search results.

  3. Do I have to change the file perms in the locations where I store the docker compose or any config files that don’t sit on the other end of NFS?

Any other resources you wish to share are appreciated. I appreciate the helpfulness of this community.

  • joshhsoj1902English
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    5 hours ago

    One thing to consider with NFS is how stable your network is.

    I’ve moved away from storing application files on my NAS and instead I store them locally where I run the application.

    For things like jellyfin media or paperless files they can stay on the NAS and be accessed via NFS, but the config, db and other files related the apps create as part of their operation, things can get into a bad state if the network drops at an unexpected time.

    Instead I setup backup cronjobs that backup those files to the NAS nightly.

    I agree with the other commenters regarding using the NFS share mounting right in docker compose. It does work great once you get it working.