Docker Stack
So for learning purposes i decided to set up docker stack on my local server…Then i got addicted. Most services are just docker compose up -d with a simple compose file and an .env for secrets.
Services i use at the moment
| Container | Use Case |
|---|---|
| Nextcloud | File sync, calendar, contacts |
| Plex | Media server, main library |
| Jellyfin | Backup media server |
| open-webui | Local LLM frontend (Ollama) |
| Portainer | Docker management UI |
| cloudflared | Cloudflare tunnel for external access |
| netdata | Server monitoring |
| mcbot | Minecraft server bot |
External Access
Nextcloud is exposed externally via a Cloudflare tunnel — no port forwarding needed. The cloudflared container connects out to Cloudflare and tunnels traffic to localhost: and it’s free. And if i want to add another service i just create subdomain and boom-done.
Everything else stays LAN-only.
Notes
- Portainer is useful but I mostly just use
docker composedirectly, also it broke and i haven’t gotten to fixing it. who need GUI anyway. - Ollama runs on the host (not in Docker) because GPU passthrough inside containers is more trouble than it’s worth on this setup
- Plex transcodes fine with software — haven’t needed to set up hardware transcoding yet