Looking to ditch those pesky, unreliable FreeNAS updates? Say howdy to Ansible-NAS, a project that’ll transform your humble Ubuntu box into a powerhouse home server or NAS. It’s like upgrading from your old flip phone to the latest smartphone, but for your home server setup. Ansible-NAS is the brainchild of a guy who got fed up with FreeNAS's antics and decided to roll his own solution using the wits of Ansible automation and the muscle of Docker containers. Now, you can run a myriad of apps right from your home server and even make them accessible outside your cozy LAN if you have a spare domain name. How cool is that? This bad boy's got a truckload of apps to set up with just a flick of a playbook. From Airsonic, for all your music streaming needs, to Bitwarden for a top-notch password manager, Ansible-NAS has you covered. Bookworms? There’s Booksonic and Calibre. Developers will dig Code Server and Drone CI. Gamers get Minecraft servers, and media junkies get Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby. Oh, and did we mention Nextcloud? Say goodbye to Dropbox fees! Now, if you're the kind of person who likes keeping things organized and running smooth, you're in for a treat. With tools like Glances for system monitoring, Portainer for Docker management, and a whole gamut of dashboards like Dashy and Heimdall, you'll keep everything shipshape. And it’s not just any run-of-the-mill setup; Ansible-NAS offers pre-configured application stacks aimed at specific goals. Want a full-fledged logging solution? Grafana Loki's got your back. Setting it up is as easy as pie. Grab the latest Ubuntu LTS (currently 22.04), follow the docs, and let Ansible-NAS work its magic. And hey, if you bump into any snags, help is just a read-the-docs, discussion thread, or Gitter chat away. Can't find the exact app you need? DIY it! Ansible-NAS can run anything in a Docker image, so feel free to add your custom playbook and share it with the community via a PR. Remember, the only thing it won’t do is set up your disk partitions, so make sure you have that squared away before diving in. Getting tired of FreeNAS drama? Join the Ansible-NAS revolution. It's flexible, customizable, and full of potential—just like your homelab deserves. Oh, and if you love it as much as its creators do, consider buying them a coffee. They’re fueled by caffeine and Open Source JetBrains licenses, after all!