southy Posted December 15, 2016 Share #1 Posted December 15, 2016 Hi all, I'm thinking on running XPEnology in a virtual container on my server in a datacenter. That would probably easiest if there were a Docker container available. However I didn't find any. Searches always only turn up stuff about running Docker _inside_ DSM, but not running DSM as a Docker container itself. My problem is: I have no idea how to do the "normal way to install XPE" (= boot from ISO) in docker as I'm not sure how to boot an ISO if your donÄt have a container to start with... Probably taking a plain Ubuntu container and boot in that? would that work? Has someone tried this? Is a ready container image available somewhere? BR southy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekwie Posted December 15, 2016 Share #2 Posted December 15, 2016 Hi, with DSM 6 and Docker there is a option to use "Docker DSM", a second DSM in your DSM. (German:)https://www.synology.com/de-de/products/Docker_DSM_License_Pack I couldnt use it cause i dont have changed to btrfs till now.. but i think there has to be a working Docker Image of DSM, or at least this thing will create such a docker image if you activate it. Maybe it is possible to grab that one and use it elsewhere. Greetz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abced Posted December 15, 2016 Share #3 Posted December 15, 2016 You can't run DSM on standalone Docker. You can only run DSM in Docker that is ran in DSM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southy Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted December 15, 2016 there is a option to use "Docker DSM", a second DSM in your DSM. That is actually exactly what I was hoping for. Question is just: can one take this container off from the Synology, put it onto any other server and get it up again? As I do only have one Syno which is in production use, I am reluctant to mess with it... EDIT: You can't run DSM on standalone Docker. You can only run DSM in Docker that is ran in DSM. Easy come, easy go... Would be a nice project to find out what a standard docker is missing that the DSM container needs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBK Posted December 18, 2016 Share #5 Posted December 18, 2016 Just compare the Synology Docker "package" with the vanilla equivalent and you should have the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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