Currently I’m running some services though Docker on a Proxmox VM. Before I had Proxmox, I thought containers were a very clean way of organizing my system. I’m currently wondering if I can just install the services I always use on the VM directly. What are the pros and cons of that?

  • traches@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Cons of containers are slightly worse disk and memory consumption.

    Pros:

    • ease of installation
    • declarative configuration
    • security
    • dependency management is solved

    Stick with the containers

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      10 hours ago

      Wait, ease of installation? As someone who had to walk away from a semi-homebrew, mildly complicated cloud storage setup recently, that’s not the experience I had. Networks within networks, networks next to networks not talking to each other, mapped volumes, even checking logs is made more complicated by containerising. Sure, I’m a noob, but that only reinforces my point.

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        9 hours ago

        I definitely see your point, but the difference is that it’s one thing to learn. Once you know docker, you can deploy and manage anything.