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:
      - "/path/to/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: 'boot 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: '/path/to/containers/samba'
  shares:
    device: '/shares'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

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

Note: 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 IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name samba \
  -p 445:445 \
  -p 139:139 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/samba:/config \
  -v /shares:/shares \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/samba:latest

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="445:445 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="139:139 proto:tcp" \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/samba /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/shares /shares <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/samba:latest samba

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

Note: 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 IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah, shares the host network stack (inherit), and persists image-declared volumes under --data-path.

services:
  samba:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/samba:latest"
    container_name: samba
    network_mode: host  # jail shares host networking
    environment:
      - TZ=UTC

Save as podman-compose.yml, then run bastille up. Or via CLI:

bastille create -O \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --data-path /path/to/containers/samba \
  samba ghcr.io/daemonless/samba:latest inherit

Ansible

- name: Deploy samba
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: samba
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/samba:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "445:445"
      - "139:139"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/samba:/config"
      - "/shares:/shares"

Save as samba-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook samba-deploy.yaml.

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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