I got a 4TB drive thinking it would be plenty for plex. Oh boi was I wrong. Specially when shows started to come in.
A 12TB drive is on the way and I’ll leave the 4TB one for immich and nextcloud alone.
I don’t have any issues with ubuntu server and I like portainer so I don’t think I’d set things up differently. I should organize and backup the docker compose files though.
I use *.mydomain.dev cos I’m a dev… Got it for public access but ended up using locally as well because it’s more convenient.
I’m not sure I’m understanding what you are trying to achieve.
If it’s only qbittorent you want behind a VPN, try qbittorrentvpn, it’s crazy easy. If you also want to access your server from outside your lan, try tailscale alongside it. It’s pretty easy to setup.
Take a look at this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/5ntgxd/psa_automatic_movie_collection_tags/
Also make sure “automatic collection size” inside your library settings is set to a number of your preference. I believe it is disabled by default. Mine is set at 2.
And then you can also hide elements within a collection on your library so it looks cleaner.
I use immich for that. Haven’t tried nextcloud memories but I have no need to do so for now.