Samba server with Docker on LXC

User Setup

Install the curl package for downloading files.

apt install curl

Create a new user named youruser.

adduser youruser

Add the new user youruser to the sudo group.

usermod -aG sudo youruser

Docker Installation within LXC

Log out and log back in with the new user youruser. Download and execute the official Docker installation script.

curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh

Add the current user (youruser) to the docker group.

sudo usermod -aG docker youruser

Shared Directory Setup

Create a directory named /share for file sharing.

sudo mkdir /share

Change the permissions of /share to allow full access.

sudo chmod 777 /share

💡 Disk Space Check: To check the available disk space for your container's file system, use the command df -h. This command (disk free, -human readable) shows the total size, used space, and available space of the mounted file systems in an easy-to-read format (e.g., GB or MB).

Samba Container Deployment (dperson/samba)

Run a Samba container named samba.

sudo docker run --restart unless-stopped --name samba -p 139:139 -p 445:445 -v /share:/share -d dperson/samba -u "youruser;password" -s "public;/share;yes;no;yes"

List running Docker containers to verify the Samba container is active.

docker ps

Accessing the Share

Get the IP address of your LXC.

ip a

Access the share from a client machine using the IP address.

smb://ipaddress

If the share runs out of space, change the disk size of the CT in the Proxmox interface to allocate more storage to the /share folder. Confirm the change using df -h.