README.md

htpc

Media Server Compose

Tasks are roughly based on https://github.com/IronicBadger/ansible

MergerFS

https://github.com/trapexit/backup-and-recovery-howtos/

• Install MergerFS
  • $ mkdir mergerfs;cd mergerfs
  • $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IronicBadger/ansible/master/roles/mergerfs/files/build-container
  • $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IronicBadger/ansible/master/roles/mergerfs/files/Docerfile
  • $ sudo chmod +x build-container
  • $ sudo ./build-container
  • $ sudo dpkg -i artifact/mergerfs-from-source.deb
  • $ cd ../;sudo rm -rf mergerfs
• Format the drives
  • $ sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 0 -T largefile /dev/sd{b,c,d,e,f}
• Create mount locations
  • $ sudo mkdir /mnt/disk{0,1,2,3,4}
  • $ sudo mkdir /mnt/parity0
  • $ sudo mkdir /mnt/storage
• Add to fstab USE CAUTION WITH THIS STEP

  • $ sudo blkid

  • $ sudo vim /etc/fstab

    # <file system>  <mount point>      <type>  <options>                              <dump>  <pass>
    /dev/sdb         /mnt/parity0        auto    defaults,nobootwait,errors=remount-ro  0       2
    /dev/sd{c,d,e}   /mnt/disk{0,1,2,3}  auto    defaults,nobootwait,errors=remount-ro  0       2
    

• Add to fstab USE CAUTION WITH THIS STEP
  • $ sudo vim /etc/fstab
  • $ /mnt/disk* /mnt/storage fuse.mergerfs defaults,allow_other,direct_io,moveonenospc=true 0 0

SnapRAID

• Install SnapRAID
  • $ mkdir snapraid;cd snapraid
  • $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IronicBadger/ansible/master/roles/snapraid/files/build-container
  • $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IronicBadger/ansible/master/roles/snapraid/files/Docerfile
  • $ sudo chmod +x build-container
  • $ sudo ./build-container
  • $ sudo dpkg -i artifact/snapraid-from-source.deb
  • $ cd ../;sudo rm -rf snapraid
• Download snapraid-runner
  • $ cd /opt/
  • $ sudo git clone https://github.com/Chronial/snapraid-runner.git
• Add snapraid config
  • $ cd /etc/
  • $ sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IronicBadger/ansible/master/roles/epsilon/files/etc/snapraid.conf
  • Modify to fit build
• Setup snapraid-runner config
  • $ cd /opt/snapraid-runner
  • $ sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IronicBadger/ansible/master/roles/epsilon/templates/opt/snapraid-runner.j2 -O snapraid-runner.conf
  • Modify to fit build
• Add snapraid-runner to cron
  • $ crontab -e
  • Add 00 03 * * * python2 /opt/snapraid-runner/snapraid-runner.py -c /opt/snapraid-runner/snapraid-runner.conf
• Sync SnapRAID
  • $ sudo snapraid sync

Docker Tasks

https://gist.github.com/wdullaer/f1af16bd7e970389bad3 docker-compose > 1.4.0

• Update System
  • $ sudo apt-get update
  • $ sudo apt-get upgrade
• Install docker and docker-compose (https://docs.docker.com/v1.8/installation/ubuntulinux/)
  • $ sudo apt-get install docker-engine docker-compose
• Create docker group and add current user to it
  • $ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
• Pull docker-compose file
  • $ git clone https://github.com/stramel/htpc.git
• Create group for docker appdata
  • $ sudo groupadd -g 1050 dockergroup
• Create user for docker appdata
  • $ sudo useradd -u 1050 -g 1050 -d /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin dockeruser
• Create docker appdata base directory
  • $ sudo mkdir -p /opt/appdata
  • $ sudo chown -R dockeruser:dockergroup /opt/appdata
• Set environment variables for docker containers
  • $ sudo vim /etc/environment
  • Add the following lines:
    • PUID="1050"
    • PGID="1050"
• Copy docker-compose to config directory
  • $ sudo cp htpc/docker-compose.yml /opt/docker-compose.yml
• Use docker-compose to bring up apps
  • $ docker-compose -f /opt/docker-compose.yml up -d

File Sharing Tasks

• Update System

  • $ sudo apt-get update
  • $ sudo apt-get upgrade

• Install Samba

  • $ sudo apt-get install samba

• Start Samba service

  • $ sudo service smbd start

• Setup Samba config

• Install NFS

  • $ sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server

• Start NFS service

  • $ sudo service nfs-kernel-server start

• Setup NFS config