How to Add Docker & Jellyfin Functionality to the UNAS Pro with a Mini PC Home Server

Learn how to use a Mini PC to add Docker and Jellyfin to the UNAS Pro, so that you can benefit from snapshots and backups!

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0:00 Intro
1:00 Mini PC + Applications (Docker, Jellyfin)
3:02 UNAS Pro Configuration Changes (User Creation + Shared Drives)
4:30 Creating Folders and Mounting the SMB Share
7:15 Installing Docker and Using the UNAS Pro SMB Share
9:23 Installing and Accessing Jellyfin
10:45 Intel QuickSync Hardware Transcoding
12:01 UNAS Pro Snapshots and Backups
12:30 Final Thoughts

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[sunnykdddnkh]

No nonsense, to the point, crisp, concise. Very nicely done. Thank You!

[gpricetube]

I’m a noob with networking but know enough to follow what you are saying. Realized I don’t actually care if the applications are running on a NAS, just that the files are stored on it. This is exactly the info I needed to make a decision, and feel comfortable and confident I can do what I want to with the UNAS + mini pc. Thanks!

[PrinceBride]

Super helpful Frank, thank you very much. Looking forward to UNAS Pro and Proxmox. That will be the ultimate setup!

[elespecia]

This is the way. Even Synology choke on some heavy containers whereas I have moved them to some nodes in a Proxmox cluster.

[TheJordanLp]

Honestly I think I just prefer this way. The safety of my data is the most important thing to me and I trust ubiquiti way more than synology. I also like the idea of any tinkering with dockers and vms will have no affect on the NAS itself. Thank you for the great video

[TechMeOut]

Excellent video and an awesome idea! great thinking Frank!

[danm]

This is how it should be done anyway. It's great to have everything in Synology under one hood, but best practice to seperate components anyway

[Saintel]

Can you use the UNAS PRO in a RAID 0 config? I don't want to use basic protection at all.

[Dorff_Meister]

Proxmox + a VM(s) and/or LXC(s) is really the way to go... but it will be faster and easier to get going with this route and removes a number of headaches.

[cuepower]

already ordered from your link, cheers

[harrisedgar]

Well, it's definitely a great view parentheses (it's a shame that it's not for me, a basic user). Thank you.

[simonpawlowski]

I still have trouble with smb on linux.
After a few weeks / months the machine loses the mount and even after a restart it fails to reconnect.

[jaccovdzaag]

Wow. I was having this conversation with a friend, because I was in doubt going the full Synology way, or do something comparable as this. However, I was looking into a N100 motherboard and add a Intel Arc 310/380 to it for the transcoding of Jellyfin. I don't really want to go to Synology since I have a complete Ubiquiti kit at home.

Is that overkill, since you have this running right now it seems?

[JeremyFickler]

This video is fantastic! Quick question, why not install plex/jellyfin in docker vs native on the Ubuntu?

[DgGhstKilla]

I want to do this with my current unraid server and move my files to a Unas server. My question is how many simultaneous plex files could it handle on a say 1gb network? Would this bottleneck as suppose to playing the files directly from an Unraid server!

[MrSunDevil]

Why use SMB shares and not iSCSI?? Can the UNAS Pro not do iSCSI LUNs??

[practeff]

This is the Unicorn NAS until Unifi figures out how to bring it to market

[DeanDetton]

Now all we need is an ABB equivalent on the UNASPro and we can ditch Synology entirely 😂

[praetorxyn]

So the UNAS Pro doesn't support NFS shares? That's disappointing. Still, I didn't realize it was $500. That is a shockingly good value for what it is. I'm going to be getting a HL15 and putting TrueNAS Scale on it, but there's a part of me that wants to buy the UNAS Pro too just as a backup NAS since it's so cheap lol.

[pbrigham]

Gosh, just install CasaOS o the mini PC and give it access to a media share on the UNAS and you are DONE. Plex, Jelifin etc. all is there.