Samba

SMB/CIFS file sharing and Active Directory compatible Domain Controller for FreeBSD.

Port	445
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/samba
Source	https://www.samba.org/
Website	https://www.samba.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
422-pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
422-pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.
423-pkg / latest	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users — recommended.
423-pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.
423-pkg-krb	MIT Kerberos. Built from ports with MIT KRB5 instead of Heimdal.	Alternative build.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  samba:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/samba:latest"
    container_name: samba
    environment:
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/containers/samba:/config"
      - "/shares:/shares"
    ports:
      - "445:445"
      - "139:139"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=samba
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  samba:
    name: samba
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
      - expose: '445:445 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '139:139 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - samba: /config
      - shares: /shares
volumes:
  samba:
    device: '/containers/samba'
  shares:
    device: '/shares'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/samba:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Warning

Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

To avoid exposing ports, just remove the expose option in your appjail-director.yml or from your command-line arguments.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

services:
  samba:
    name: samba
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/samba:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/containers/samba:/config"
      - "/shares:/shares"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	smb.conf and persistent state
/shares	Shared data directories

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
445	TCP	SMB
139	TCP	NetBIOS session

Architectures: amd64 User: root (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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