Hello! I was wondering if running periodically a script to automatically pull new images for all my containers is a good or a bad idea. I’d run it everyday at 5.00AM to avoid interruptions. Any tips?

EDIT: Thanks to everyone for the help! I’ll install Watchtower to manage the updates

  • SteadyGoLucky@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Some apps have breaking changes. If you can restore a complete backup when that occurs, you can recover. Immich is famous for its breaking changes

    • peregus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      But from the moment that the script updates and breaks something and the moment he realizes it may be too late for some applications.

      For example I host Traccar to track car/vans and in this case some tracks would be lost. Or maybe SyncThing, he may realize days/weeks later that a sync is not working and if he was synching his smartphone pictures with his server and the smartphone is lost/broke/stolen, he may lose days/weeks or even months of pictures.

      I wouldn’t trust a script. Use Watchtower or What’s up Docker

      @tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social

      • tritonium@midwest.socialEnglish
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        4 months ago

        That’s why you you bind mount all the important data and back it up with a proper backup solution like borg. And why you also have a monitoring and notification system that alerts you if a service goes down. I will get a telegram message within 15 minutes of a service going down.