Setup in TrueNAS

[rayvantil]

Love all work the Team has done and working on a project with it.
I won’t complain about Tinker but with the ability to Split and Fillet I can never go back. (except to access the hundreds designs I already have their😊)
The only thing Layerling leaves me wanting is server storage.

Luckly I already have a TrueNAS server running😊
The problem is I only use the Catalog Apps and don’t know anything about Dockers. I spent days trying mutable things and apps that should have worked. The worst was the “help” Google AI kept giving that was useless.

I did finally get it working and thought I would share for any other TrueNAS users out there

Create a new Dataset named “layerling”, it can be in a existing Pool or new Pool.
(I had a pool named Data_Pool that I added it to in my server)
Create SMB Share pointing to the “layerling” Dataset.
Edit the Permissions for “layerling” Dataset:
• Add your normal local user to access files
• Add user “netdata” (it is user 999 in TrueNAS)
• I am lazy and gave them both Full access but they both need more than default Read access

Then goto:

Apps --> Discover Apps --> Custom App

Application Name: layerling

Image
Repository: ghcr.io/henmedia/layerling
Tag: latest

Environment Variables
Name: LAYERLING_SHARED_PROJECTS_DIR
Value: /Data_Pool/layerling (Data_Pool = Your Pool Name)
Name: LAYERLING_NEW_DESIGNS_ON_SERVER
Value: always

Custom User
User ID: 999
Group ID: 999

Network Configuration
Port Bind Mode: Publish port on the host for external access
Host Port: 3000
Container Port: 3000
Protocol: TCP

Storage
Type: Host Path (Path that already exists on the system)
Mount Path: /Data_Pool/layerling
Host Path: /mnt/Data_Pool/layerling
(Data_Pool = Your Pool Name)

That gives me access from my 3 computers in the house, and I already use wireGuard to access the house remotely.
This also allows the Update button to work. (If there is ever any updates 😊)

I have not played with the AI but I assume adding 2 more Environment Variables will do the trick.

[henmedia]

@rayvantil Thank you for writing this up, it will help other TrueNAS users a lot.

One small thing: the name "app" does not matter. What matters is that LAYERLING_SHARED_PROJECTS_DIR is exactly the same as the Mount Path, and that user 999 may write to the folder. Your setup does both, so it works. Maybe one of these did not match when you tried other names.

One tip: the preview pictures on the start page are stored inside the container at /app/.codex/project-thumbnails. Without a storage entry for that path, they are lost after each update. Add a second Host Path storage entry (for example /mnt/Data_Pool/app/thumbnails) with Mount Path /app/.codex/project-thumbnails, and they will stay.

If you'd like to support the project, a small donation is very welcome. 🙂

[rayvantil]

I will test and update my post (tonight maybe tomorrow)

Thanks again

[rayvantil]

I updated the original post replacing the folder/dataset "app" with "layerling" because it does work and is cleaner.

I also played with the thumbnails folder and it worked with and without it, then I noticed it already had the ability to create and use a hidden folder named ".thumbnails" with just the one file path I already had.