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Best OS for Arr suite, Proton VPN, and Plex (lemm.ee)

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So as I look to build my first dedicated media server, I’m curious about what OS options I have which will check all the boxes. I’m interested in Unraid, and if there’s a Linux distro that works especially well I’d be willing to check that out as well. I just want to make sure that whatever I pick, I can use qbittorrent, Proton, and get the Arr suite working

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on your experience, hardware, and other stuff.

You could easily use Debian or Ubuntu server and install Docker if all you want is those listed services installed on unRAIDed drives.

You could try something like Dietpi (which is what Ive used since I started self hosting) which simplifies a few things and gives some helpful scripts on top of a basic Debian installation. It's a simple setup but still just plain ol' Debian so easy to set up however you like.

You could use something like CasaOS or ZimaOS which offer Web interfaces and integrate with docker for those with a "no tech" background up to technical users.

ProxMox is an option, but takes a lot of learning proxmox-specific stuff and IMO might be a bit overkill for your first server.

Personally, I'd go for something accessible to your tastes because everything nowadays has some kind of "easy setup" path for Plex/Jelly + Arr. Once it's set up, use it! Then once you need a big change for better hardware or more bespoke software setups then start digging into more fancy setups.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I actually want to prioritise the data protection of some sort of RAID setup, and support for torrenting and whatnot would be secondary to that. Really what I’m trying to avoid is installing and setting up my system only to find out that the OS I’ve picked is terrible for torrenting afterwards.

I have a workable setup on consumer Windows 11 right now, so I see the next step as having a dedicated Media Server box which can give me plenty of storage, data protection (right now a drive failure would wipe out half my server), and room for future expansion. Once that’s sorted, then I’ll look into the Arr suite and more advanced torrenting stuff. I want to pick something good for that stuff now, though, so I don’t have a ton of headache down the road

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think there's some deffo better OSes than my suggestions for RAID setups and stuff, bar ProxMox. Maybe it is worth you looking into those options!

That being said, any OS can torrent shit just fine. If it can run Docker or other containers (so 99% of suggestions here) you're set.

Maybe if you can spare the hardware try setting up a RAID on a couple of different ISOs to test em. That'll be the harder, or more permanent, aspect of the setup I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm currently playing with setting up a home server on an old PC, using Proxmox as the main OS and using LXC and VMs for the services, not fully set up yet (still working on figuring out reverse proxy to make my services available on the internet)

It's neat tho, and there's some helpful scripts for installing various containers and things online.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I would need that because I’m basically starting from zero with learning all this stuff lol. Using Tautulli remotely is a challenge for me right now if that gives any indication of my level of knowledge here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

remotely is a challenge for me right now

I've seen you mention this a few times and like mentioned elsewhere in here, set yourself a Tailnet up.

It's fugging brilliant, the docs are wrote by some very clever people (note, I am best described as a copy / pasta person?) and are through, and you can use a github or even a Google account for authentication.

Even grabbing a cheapo raspberry pi4 gives you a 1GB port (the rpi3 only has a 100Mbps rj-45 port and would still suffice for lesser needs) for your own ~~VPN~~ Wireguard to home, that is P2P encrypted and can be used as an Exit Node / subnet router

ie: if you're on someone else's internet/cellular you can simply hit up your exit node to break out of any nanny filters, stop anyone else noseying at your traffic (obv bar your ISP seeing outgoing requests unless you have a another...VPN on your router), and also view and/or manage any devices on your home network/Tailnet by IP address.

Hell, I dumped a rpi down at a family members house that is part of the "stack" so I can help out remotely but it seems someone has knocked the aerial out of the HAT again :/

Best thing ever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Mmm good stuff, I'll have to check out tailscale.

I ended up going with a traefik setup, which works well but more options info is always good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

https://community-scripts.github.io/ProxmoxVE/ Check out proxmox, then check out the above scripts and start with the post install script, then something like Ubuntu to get a feel, you can use the other scripts for specific containers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I've been running my stack on FreeBSD for a while now. I cannot recommend it enough; solid as a rock, no surprises. BSD license is different from GPL though, so some software cannot be migrated with the same name, but there are drop in replacements that are usually better anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Software meaning Arr suite, or things like Proton VPN?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I did a quick search, looks like Proton has a WireGuard implementation, which is what I use. I use transmission for torrenting, and jellyfin for streaming

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I use Unraid on my NAS. I like it for storage, I don't like it for running services. It's still running my media stack, but only until I get that moved to a Debian server.

Depending on how involved you want to be and what you want to learn, Unraid might be a good fit for you. It's easy and mostly just works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

How do Proton VPN and QBitTorrent play with that setup, if you know?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I second UNRAID, but also for your media stack. I have my home server running UNRAID and around 20 services, with zero issues.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I have been fighting with Docker and Fedora on these exact items all weekend. Good luck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

openmediavault + Docker or TrueNAS Scale

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So openmediavault running on the server, and then use one of the other two to get PMS, Proton VPN, qbittorrent, etc.?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Openmediavault and TrueNAS are 2 OS alternatives and Docker is the depolyment mechanism to run the services like qbitorrent or ProtonVPN.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Debian!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

Always Debian.

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