A good mechanism to share & find casaos "custom install"

[MX10-AC2N]

Hello to all,
I'm opening a new discussion about sharing information about custom installs in casaos.
Do you think it would be wise to open a kind of wiki or forum where we could detail the installation of some Docker, while adding photos, descriptions of apps and different possible settings in the docker "settings" of casaos.
This would be much easier to find and share, currently I browse the Discord discussions to find answers to the problems I encounter and it is not really simple.
There is https://appfile.casaos.io/community but there is no description, nor details on the possible settings just a file to download... And no possibility to create a new custom install
What do you think about it ?
Thanks again to all the 'Devs' team, you do a great job! And thanks to all for sharing...
Have a nice day.

[JohnGuan]

Thanks! I think it's a very good idea and topic!
@tigerinus , maybe this will be the start of our wiki?

I think a tutorial + a place to share the appfile & detailed instructions would be a quick way to start this thing.

[Hutch79]

Even if the Community does not use Discourse as a Community platform, I guess it would be an easy way for everyone to create Wiki articles.

[JohnGuan]

Even if the Community does not use Discourse as a Community platform, I guess it would be an easy way for everyone to create Wiki articles.

I see your point. Easy participation is important.
This is also a thing I've been paying careful attention to in the IceWhale/CasaOS community.

[MX10-AC2N]

I agree with @Hutch79
and I think that there will be a few people to keep the discourse alive, considering the number that we are on discord.
That said the fact of being able to open the discussions on Github it is Top but it should rather be reserved for the requests and ideas related to the developments, a contrario on the discourse we would have only post on the use and the various possibilities of parameter setting made by the users, reserved that for the operation of CasaOs and the Zimaboard and the future projects...
In any case it is a pleasure to share with you..

[Hutch79]

Just had something in my mind.
If Discourse for some reason isn't a solution, Flarum looks also grate. Although I would recommend Discourse because they have way more to tweak around with permissions and stuff.

One benefit does Flarum have, it runs on nearly every webspace, where Discourse needs Docker.

[JohnGuan]

If Discourse for some reason isn't a solution, Flarum looks also grate. Although I would recommend Discourse because they have way more to tweak around with permissions and stuff.

Almost forgot about this, it's a great choice too.

[MX10-AC2N]

@tigerinus
It's alright, I can login in Wiki..
Is there a way for the Wiki to be multilingual, for now there is only English, that is a bit limited.
I'm not an expert in markdown at all but I have to learn it.
Thanks again.

[tigerinus]

We are still ramping up in terms of managing and operating this Wiki, so it's going to be English only for now. Once things go more smoothly, we will consider adding multi language support. What language do you use?

[MX10-AC2N]

I speak french..

[JohnGuan]

@MX10-AC2N @Hutch79
Would you guys mind writing a draft about such content?
Let's base on these drafts and discuss where they should be placed and how to guide other community members to access and contribute.

[Hutch79]

I could try.
Basically a draft on which information you should provide about your appfile, right?
So, like a GitHub Bug report template but for appfiles.

[Hutch79]

Appfile Title (Nginx Proxy Manager)

Short description about the Software you are providing

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Information

• Docker Image ID: jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest
• Version: latest
• Dependencies: MySQL
• Ports: 81, Web interface - 80, HTTP Proxy - 443, HTTPS Proxy

All the stuff you set up and/or changed

Support/Creator

Link to Docker Maintainer: (Link to creator website)
Support Website: (Wiki/docs, support forum, just everything you can find)

---

At the moment, it's all that comes to my mind.
All Italic texts are placeholders

[JohnGuan]

I also wrote a draft with reference to what you wrote.
IceWhaleTech/ZimaDocs#3

[Hutch79]

That looks grate!
Also, it has some stuff I forgot about ^^'

Basically, it is a nicer presentation of the appfile content.

[JohnGuan]

@tigerinus @MX10-AC2N @Hutch79 @Hedius @xinity @dtaivpp
I've written a draft in the below link. if you have any suggestions or ideas. Feel free to comment directly. I will modify and optimize the draft based on everyone's comments.
If there are any deviations, please point them out promptly.

• Jellyfin (CasaOS App Wiki Draft) ZimaDocs#3

[MX10-AC2N]

Hi friends,

This is Top what was proposed...

I also tried to make one for PhotoPrism with MariaDB but I'm not really satisfied, the formatting is not obvious, it took me a lot of time and I'm not an expert in Markdown and the result does not seem very clear.

=> https://github.com/MX10-AC2N/CasaOs-Appfile/blob/main/photoprism_mariadb.md#photoprism-with-mariadb-custom-install

[JohnGuan]

We are basically the same.
Did you read the draft I wrote? Is there enough information?

• Jellyfin (CasaOS App Wiki Draft) ZimaDocs#3

[MX10-AC2N]

Hi
You are right our proposals are quite similar and what you did with Jellyfin is really good, there is I think everything you need to install and explain the different configuration possibilities.
In my example, where I needed to install 2 dockers in parallel Photoprism and MariaDB it would be interesting to be able to link these 2 dockers so that the Photoprism docker can't be started until the MariaDB_Photoprism docker is running but that's another subject, there are some things to work on because having the databases in docker visible in the CasaOs web interface takes space for nothing. While I don't have a tile to access cups or scanservjs, I have 2 tiles mariadb_nextcloud and mariadb_photoprism that are only useful for their respective application, these tiles could be underlayed with the docker tiles of the applications they are linked to
Wouldn't it be possible to integrate the installation of Mariadb directly into the docker of its different applications. Sorry, I'm still a beginner with Docker and maybe I'm not doing things correctly.
Otherwise I think that a discourse would be interesting to set up because it will be more accessible to all to exchange than Github...
Thanks again

[JohnGuan]

I get it. Different installation methods, such as certain containers that require a specified database. Or apps that collaborate between multiple containers are also required to be shown in such shares.
I've been testing some of these systems recently, and it's worth exploring.
Thanks for your advice and try!

[Hutch79]

Maybe implement a folder system for the desktop?

[JohnGuan]

@MX10-AC2N @Hutch79
We are developing a proper documentation system.
You can share with me what you want to publish in any form you like. Office, Google Docs, or whatever. We will then assist with editing and publishing and attribution.
If everything works well, we will further accelerate the development of a way to facilitate submissions.
My email: john@icewhale.org