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Unraid as a NAS OS provides an easy way to use old hardware for some network-attached storage. However, including docker can also be a great way to get network-attached computing by running docker containers on the host. But we want to do this with something other than just the included web console; management of containers can get tedious and make each container a bit of a snowflake rather than a repeatable deployable resource that will behave the same each time it’s deployed.

In this post, you will learn how to set up and use Ansible on an Unraid host to manage resources more efficiently and apply Infrastructure as Code to your Unraid system. With Ansible, you’ll also learn how to operate and configure just containers or use docker-compose stacks for more complex container needs and use Ansible’s templating engine to the fullest.

Like any sound long-running system, such as a generator or your long-running containers, there's always some maintenance that you should consider (and should be scheduled, too!). Without this maintenance, you might find the performance degrades over time or experience outright failures. In this post, we will explore some of these maintenance tasks you should consider to get a better handle on the docker engine you are running and ensure you're getting the most out of it.

Linux is a free and open-source, Unix-like operating system that was first created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. As an OS, Linux provides the software platform upon which other software applications can run. Unlike systems like Windows or MacOS, which are proprietary. Linux is developed and distributed publicly through the GNU General Public License. This means anyone can modify and distribute it. Linux has been praised for its stability and security, and it's used on servers, embedded systems, and more. It's the OS of choice for many developers and system administrators.