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[Rock-ons] Update Plex write-up with hardware transcoding #214

Open FroggyFlox opened 4 years ago

FroggyFlox commented 4 years ago

Since the update of our Plex rock-on to support hardware transcoding using QuickSync, it is proposed to add detailed instructions on how to set it up to the existing write-up: http://rockstor.com/docs/docker-based-rock-ons/plex-media-server.html

Instructions could cover:

s3frank commented 4 years ago

So how does some one get the path added to the rockon during install time otherwise? I know how to do this on raw docker but have been looking for the right file in a stock standard rockon install for hours now to find where this setting is kept....sigh....

how to get the path needed during the rock-on install (most likely /dev/dri for QuickSync)

FroggyFlox commented 4 years ago

Hi @s3frank , and sorry I couldn't get back with you earlier,

I unfortunately cannot test it myself as I do not have QuickSync-compatible hardware, but the image's documentation reads:

Hardware acceleration users for Intel Quicksync will need to mount their /dev/dri video device inside of the container by passing the following command when running or creating the container:

--device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri

This means that entering /dev/dri at the device option dialog during this rock-on's install should be the way to go.

I do encourage you to post your question on our forum, however, as I believe a few users have been using this plex rock-on with hardware acceleration and should thus be able to confirm and help further if needed.

Thanks!

s3frank commented 4 years ago

I figured it out, thanks! Couldn't get it to render the entry during install so I cloned the json file and renamed the container so it's not conflicting with the original one. Then just hardcoded the entry into the json et voila, works like a charm.

Thanks!

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 9:30 PM FroggyFlox notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi @s3frank https://github.com/s3frank , and sorry I couldn't get back with you earlier,

I unfortunately cannot test it myself as I do not have QuickSync-compatible hardware, but the image's documentation reads:

Hardware acceleration users for Intel Quicksync will need to mount their /dev/dri video device inside of the container by passing the following command when running or creating the container:

--device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri

This means that entering /dev/dri at the device option dialog during this rock-on's install should be the way to go.

I do encourage you to post your question on our forum, however, as I believe a few users have been using this plex rock-on with hardware acceleration and should thus be able to confirm and help further if needed.

Thanks!

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phillxnet commented 4 years ago

@s3frank It could be that your version of Rockstor pre-dates this Rock-on device extension. Could you give us the output of:

yum info rockstor

This should help to clear up what went wrong with this so we can make sure it is just a Rockstor version issue. We should also add a note within that rock-on that it requires at least 3.9.2-x to avoid this in the future. We did do this recently with a Rock-on that required newer features. Thanks for your report and well done on fashioning a work around. @FroggyFlox is more up on this area of the code so should be able to correct me if I've missed the mark on this on.

s3frank commented 4 years ago

I will look at that next week. Just blew away my install as I was testing rockstor on some temp hardware. Now that I know it works well I will built a proper setup mid next week and repeat the steps.

The version I used for install is this iso file: Rockstor-3.9.1.iso

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:21 PM Philip Guyton notifications@github.com wrote:

@s3frank https://github.com/s3frank It could be that your version of Rockstor pre-dates this Rock-on device extension. Could you give us the output of:

yum info rockstor

This should help to clear up what went wrong with this so we can make sure it is just a Rockstor version issue. We should also add a note within that rock-on that it requires at least 3.9.2-x to avoid this in the future. We did do this recently with a Rock-on that required newer features. Thanks for your report and well done on fashioning a work around. @FroggyFlox https://github.com/FroggyFlox is more up on this area of the code so should be able to correct me if I've missed the mark on this on.

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FroggyFlox commented 4 years ago

I figured it out, thanks! Couldn't get it to render the entry during install (...)

Sorry I misunderstood your question.

@phillxnet is absolutely right and I should have thought of that: the support for docker devices was added in Rockstor 3.9.2-39 so you will not see this option during the rock-on install wizard if running 3.9.1. See below for release details: https://github.com/rockstor/rockstor-core/releases/tag/3.9.2-39

Hope this helps,

s3frank commented 4 years ago

Ah ok. So if I install update on my new box and then do the Plex setup it will work.

What about other docker params like limit memory, cpu etc?

This particular addon can kill a box of transcoding big stuff

-FF

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I figured it out, thanks! Couldn't get it to render the entry during install (...)

Sorry I misunderstood your question.

@phillxnet https://github.com/phillxnet is absolutely right and I should have thought of that: the support for docker devices was added in Rockstor 3.9.2-39 so you will not see this option during the rock-on install wizard if running 3.9.1. See below for release details: https://github.com/rockstor/rockstor-core/releases/tag/3.9.2-39

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s3frank commented 4 years ago

are the updates freely available and installable via yum update?

On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 8:34 AM Frank Feldmann frank.feldmann@gmail.com wrote:

Ah ok. So if I install update on my new box and then do the Plex setup it will work.

What about other docker params like limit memory, cpu etc?

This particular addon can kill a box of transcoding big stuff

-FF

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I figured it out, thanks! Couldn't get it to render the entry during install (...)

Sorry I misunderstood your question.

@phillxnet https://github.com/phillxnet is absolutely right and I should have thought of that: the support for docker devices was added in Rockstor 3.9.2-39 so you will not see this option during the rock-on install wizard if running 3.9.1. See below for release details: https://github.com/rockstor/rockstor-core/releases/tag/3.9.2-39

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phillxnet commented 4 years ago

@s3frank

Now that I know it works well I will built a proper setup mid next week and repeat the steps. The version I used for install is this iso file: Rockstor-3.9.1.iso

If you did not heed the popup and choose either update channel then you were running 2 year 8 months old Rockstor code (Jul 2017).

Ah ok. So if I install update on my new box and then do the Plex setup it will work.

Yes.

are the updates freely available ...

Yes, at least in our testing channel. However this channel is currently only available in our 'Built on openSUSE' variant as our CentOS base is 'to-be legacy' and the testing channel there was deprecated a little over 2 years ago (Nov 2017), but the Stable channel is current (end Feb 2020). See the following forum thread for this background:

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/3-9-2-stable-channel-changelog/5741/2

There is as-yet no Stable release of the openSUSE based rpms however. But we expect this to change soon as we approach feature parity with our current Stable channel CentOS based offering. You have arrived towards the end of a rather large transition as it goes.

and installable via yum update?

Well via zypper, openSUSE's package management tool, yes. But once you have done the first rockstor rpm install the Rockstor Web-UI can then do all future updates, bar bugs and hick-ups, at least for our more recent testing channel releases.

There is however no installer yet publicly available for our built on openSUSE variant. But again, once we reach the next Stable channel status a new installer will be released.

Relevant forum thread "Built on openSUSE testing channel live (early-adopters/developers only)":

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/built-on-opensuse-testing-channel-live-early-adopters-developers-only/6592

Or, given we are open source, you can of course install from source; for this see our docs: Community Contributions: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute_section.html subsection: Developers: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute.html#developers

But is you don't intent to contribute code and want the convenience of an update mechanism then you are better off with one of our various rpm services.

Or you can subscribe to our current Stable channel updates service which is, as of writing, only available on your CentOS base, but as stated we hope to transition to a Built on openSUSE base for this channel soon also, there after the CentOS base will be properly deprecated. Our Stable channel update service is our way of attempting to achieve sustainable open source development:

http://rockstor.com/docs/update-channels/update_channels.html

As @FroggyFlox indicated the forum is best for general questions, and that helps to keep our GitHub issues more focused on specific issues, such as the Plex doc improvements in this case.

Hope that helps, at least for context, and we do hope to tend more to our docs as the significant developer load of a distro rebase comes to an end. But we are also happy to receive community contributions to our docs and we have a docs section for this:

Contributing to Rockstor documentation: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute_documentation.html

Hope to see you on the forum and do remember that our Built on openSUSE testing rpms are just that, testing, and are not yet at the quality of our CentOS stable channel releases. But are getting there so if you fancy helping with testing that may be the way to go. But they are still not yet ready for production use and our Stable channel CentOS based offering is our current 'best' offering re production. But we hope to equal this quality soon via a Stable 'built on openSUSE' update channel.

s3frank commented 4 years ago

Ok so how do I get the openSuse setup going from the start then? Is there an iso you provide for that?

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 11:22 PM Philip Guyton notifications@github.com wrote:

@s3frank https://github.com/s3frank

Now that I know it works well I will built a proper setup mid next week and repeat the steps. The version I used for install is this iso file: Rockstor-3.9.1.iso

If you did not heed the popup and choose either update channel then you were running 2 year 8 months old Rockstor code (Jul 2017).

Ah ok. So if I install update on my new box and then do the Plex setup it will work.

Yes.

are the updates freely available ...

Yes, at least in our testing channel. However this channel is currently only available in our 'Built on openSUSE' variant as our CentOS base is 'to-be legacy' and the testing channel there was deprecated a little over 2 years ago (Nov 2017), but the Stable channel is current (end Feb 2020). See the following forum thread for this background:

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/3-9-2-stable-channel-changelog/5741/2

There is as-yet no Stable release of the openSUSE based rpms however. But we expect this to change soon as we approach feature parity with our current Stable channel CentOS based offering. You have arrived towards the end of a rather large transition as it goes.

and installable via yum update?

Well via zypper, openSUSE's package management tool, yes. But once you have done the first rockstor rpm install the Rockstor Web-UI can then do all future updates, bar bugs and hick-ups, at least for our more recent testing channel releases.

There is however no installer yet publicly available for our built on openSUSE variant. But again, once we reach the next Stable channel status a new installer will be released.

Relevant forum thread "Built on openSUSE testing channel live (early-adopters/developers only)":

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/built-on-opensuse-testing-channel-live-early-adopters-developers-only/6592

Or, given we are open source, you can of course install from source; for this see our docs: Community Contributions: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute_section.html subsection: Developers: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute.html#developers

But is you don't intent to contribute code and want the convenience of an update mechanism then you are better off with one of our various rpm services.

Or you can subscribe to our current Stable channel updates service which is, as of writing, only available on your CentOS base, but as stated we hope to transition to a Built on openSUSE base for this channel soon also, there after the CentOS base will be properly deprecated. Our Stable channel update service is our way of attempting to achieve sustainable open source development:

http://rockstor.com/docs/update-channels/update_channels.html

As @FroggyFlox https://github.com/FroggyFlox indicated the forum is best for general questions, and that helps to keep our GitHub issues more focused on specific issues, such as the Plex doc improvements in this case.

Hope that helps, at least for context, and we do hope to tend more to our docs as the significant developer load of a distro rebase comes to an end. But we are also happy to receive community contributions to our docs and we have a docs section for this:

Contributing to Rockstor documentation: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute_documentation.html

Hope to see you on the forum and do remember that our Built on openSUSE testing rpms are just that, testing, and are not yet at the quality of our CentOS stable channel releases. But are getting there so if you fancy helping with testing that may be the way to go. But they are still not yet ready for production use and our Stable channel CentOS based offering is our current 'best' offering re production. But we hope to equal this quality soon via a Stable 'built on openSUSE' update channel.

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s3frank commented 4 years ago

Or are you saying if I accept the testing channel on the centos iso that I installed rockstor etc will be updated? I work at red hat so prefer centos to be honest but in this case it's an appliance to me at home.

Let me know, cheers. Nice work btw, I like the simplicity you have brought into things!

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 11:25 PM Frank Feldmann frank.feldmann@gmail.com wrote:

Ok so how do I get the openSuse setup going from the start then? Is there an iso you provide for that?

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 11:22 PM Philip Guyton notifications@github.com wrote:

@s3frank https://github.com/s3frank

Now that I know it works well I will built a proper setup mid next week and repeat the steps. The version I used for install is this iso file: Rockstor-3.9.1.iso

If you did not heed the popup and choose either update channel then you were running 2 year 8 months old Rockstor code (Jul 2017).

Ah ok. So if I install update on my new box and then do the Plex setup it will work.

Yes.

are the updates freely available ...

Yes, at least in our testing channel. However this channel is currently only available in our 'Built on openSUSE' variant as our CentOS base is 'to-be legacy' and the testing channel there was deprecated a little over 2 years ago (Nov 2017), but the Stable channel is current (end Feb 2020). See the following forum thread for this background:

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/3-9-2-stable-channel-changelog/5741/2

There is as-yet no Stable release of the openSUSE based rpms however. But we expect this to change soon as we approach feature parity with our current Stable channel CentOS based offering. You have arrived towards the end of a rather large transition as it goes.

and installable via yum update?

Well via zypper, openSUSE's package management tool, yes. But once you have done the first rockstor rpm install the Rockstor Web-UI can then do all future updates, bar bugs and hick-ups, at least for our more recent testing channel releases.

There is however no installer yet publicly available for our built on openSUSE variant. But again, once we reach the next Stable channel status a new installer will be released.

Relevant forum thread "Built on openSUSE testing channel live (early-adopters/developers only)":

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/built-on-opensuse-testing-channel-live-early-adopters-developers-only/6592

Or, given we are open source, you can of course install from source; for this see our docs: Community Contributions: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute_section.html subsection: Developers: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute.html#developers

But is you don't intent to contribute code and want the convenience of an update mechanism then you are better off with one of our various rpm services.

Or you can subscribe to our current Stable channel updates service which is, as of writing, only available on your CentOS base, but as stated we hope to transition to a Built on openSUSE base for this channel soon also, there after the CentOS base will be properly deprecated. Our Stable channel update service is our way of attempting to achieve sustainable open source development:

http://rockstor.com/docs/update-channels/update_channels.html

As @FroggyFlox https://github.com/FroggyFlox indicated the forum is best for general questions, and that helps to keep our GitHub issues more focused on specific issues, such as the Plex doc improvements in this case.

Hope that helps, at least for context, and we do hope to tend more to our docs as the significant developer load of a distro rebase comes to an end. But we are also happy to receive community contributions to our docs and we have a docs section for this:

Contributing to Rockstor documentation: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute_documentation.html

Hope to see you on the forum and do remember that our Built on openSUSE testing rpms are just that, testing, and are not yet at the quality of our CentOS stable channel releases. But are getting there so if you fancy helping with testing that may be the way to go. But they are still not yet ready for production use and our Stable channel CentOS based offering is our current 'best' offering re production. But we hope to equal this quality soon via a Stable 'built on openSUSE' update channel.

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s3frank commented 4 years ago

I have done some more reading and I am willing to go with the testing of rpms on a suse build. I think I can start here and get it going pretty fast: https://forum.rockstor.com/t/built-on-opensuse-testing-channel-live-early-adopters-developers-only/6592

Is the system drive bug for data shares still open? I don't intend to do that anyway but just checking. I will have it boot from fast usb sticks and then 1 x 2TB SSD + 2 x 2TB Baracuda SSDH drives.

Should be fun.

Or I will pay you for the stable update channel but does that include the updated docker setup, newer versions and more importantly will you have tools to switch later to your opensuse build?

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 11:22 PM Philip Guyton notifications@github.com wrote:

@s3frank https://github.com/s3frank

Now that I know it works well I will built a proper setup mid next week and repeat the steps. The version I used for install is this iso file: Rockstor-3.9.1.iso

If you did not heed the popup and choose either update channel then you were running 2 year 8 months old Rockstor code (Jul 2017).

Ah ok. So if I install update on my new box and then do the Plex setup it will work.

Yes.

are the updates freely available ...

Yes, at least in our testing channel. However this channel is currently only available in our 'Built on openSUSE' variant as our CentOS base is 'to-be legacy' and the testing channel there was deprecated a little over 2 years ago (Nov 2017), but the Stable channel is current (end Feb 2020). See the following forum thread for this background:

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/3-9-2-stable-channel-changelog/5741/2

There is as-yet no Stable release of the openSUSE based rpms however. But we expect this to change soon as we approach feature parity with our current Stable channel CentOS based offering. You have arrived towards the end of a rather large transition as it goes.

and installable via yum update?

Well via zypper, openSUSE's package management tool, yes. But once you have done the first rockstor rpm install the Rockstor Web-UI can then do all future updates, bar bugs and hick-ups, at least for our more recent testing channel releases.

There is however no installer yet publicly available for our built on openSUSE variant. But again, once we reach the next Stable channel status a new installer will be released.

Relevant forum thread "Built on openSUSE testing channel live (early-adopters/developers only)":

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/built-on-opensuse-testing-channel-live-early-adopters-developers-only/6592

Or, given we are open source, you can of course install from source; for this see our docs: Community Contributions: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute_section.html subsection: Developers: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute.html#developers

But is you don't intent to contribute code and want the convenience of an update mechanism then you are better off with one of our various rpm services.

Or you can subscribe to our current Stable channel updates service which is, as of writing, only available on your CentOS base, but as stated we hope to transition to a Built on openSUSE base for this channel soon also, there after the CentOS base will be properly deprecated. Our Stable channel update service is our way of attempting to achieve sustainable open source development:

http://rockstor.com/docs/update-channels/update_channels.html

As @FroggyFlox https://github.com/FroggyFlox indicated the forum is best for general questions, and that helps to keep our GitHub issues more focused on specific issues, such as the Plex doc improvements in this case.

Hope that helps, at least for context, and we do hope to tend more to our docs as the significant developer load of a distro rebase comes to an end. But we are also happy to receive community contributions to our docs and we have a docs section for this:

Contributing to Rockstor documentation: http://rockstor.com/docs/contribute_documentation.html

Hope to see you on the forum and do remember that our Built on openSUSE testing rpms are just that, testing, and are not yet at the quality of our CentOS stable channel releases. But are getting there so if you fancy helping with testing that may be the way to go. But they are still not yet ready for production use and our Stable channel CentOS based offering is our current 'best' offering re production. But we hope to equal this quality soon via a Stable 'built on openSUSE' update channel.

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phillxnet commented 4 years ago

@s3frank This is really a forum discussion but to round things out here:

Is there an iso you provide for that?

There is however no installer yet publicly available for our built on openSUSE variant. But again, once we reach the next Stable channel status a new installer will be released.

so prefer centos to be honest but in this case it's an appliance to me at home.

Yes, CentOS has served us very well however the dropping of upstream (RedHat) btrfs support leaves us rather in the lurch: hence the obvious, but expensive move to openSUSE.

Re:

Or are you saying if I accept the testing channel on the centos iso that I installed rockstor etc will be updated?

No:

as our CentOS base is 'to-be legacy' and the testing channel there was deprecated a little over 2 years ago (Nov 2017), but the Stable channel is current (end Feb 2020). See the following forum thread for this background:

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/3-9-2-stable-channel-changelog/5741/2

The referenced forum threads are really a must read and I've got to leave this issue here really. All developer info or budding early adopter user 'get going' info is available in those threads. But no, there is as-yet not install and one has to start with vanilla Leap15.1 and then jump through a good few hoops. But an ISO installer will hopefully be released soon.

Let me know, cheers. Nice work btw, I like the simplicity you have brought into things!

Thanks, hopefully you now have all the info you require. Essentially for your Rock-on issue, subscribe to Stable channel updates, using the existing ISO install, and you are done. This also helps to sustain our effort. Or wait until we have released a Stable channel update 'built on openSUSE' or dive in via the dev/early adopter openSUSE based testing channel. That's pretty much it.

Sorry I can't give you any more pointers here in this issue as it's inappropriate for those wanting to work on this GitHub issue and all info required is within the given and in-turn linked to threads. The built on openSUSE version will however already give you a much newer btrfs base than our soon to be legacy CentOS one (due to openSUSE / SuSE btrfs back-ports), but as stated our openSUSE based rpms are just not yet at feature parity in a few areas, but getting there.

Also relevant is that we will no longer be releasing CentOS based rpms and will cease our effort to support a CentOS base completely as soon as is practically possible, i.e. when we have reached feature parity. And will likely then take out the various hacks to support both simultaneously. There after we will be releasing and only supporting openSUSE based installs due to their adoption of btrfs and RedHat's rejection of the same. It's a shame but is just how things worked out.

You might also be interested in the work involved in this transition, which is very briefly summarised in the following forum thread from 2018:

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/rebasing-on-to-opensuse/5376

I see that you have posted again here while I was replying to your prior posts. GitHub issues is not the place for support. Please take this discussion to the forum where it will benefit far more folks and where you will be subject to a greater range of knowledge as this is a community lead project and we centre that community around the forum. From a quick ready of you most recent general support questions here I think the additional forum thread I've posted here should answer all your questions.

Thanks for the enthusiastic interest and look forward to seeing you on the forum.

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Cheers.

s3frank commented 4 years ago

got it, I will go there for more.

On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 12:14 AM Philip Guyton notifications@github.com wrote:

@s3frank https://github.com/s3frank This is really a forum discussion but to round things out here:

Is there an iso you provide for that?

There is however no installer yet publicly available for our built on openSUSE variant. But again, once we reach the next Stable channel status a new installer will be released.

so prefer centos to be honest but in this case it's an appliance to me at home.

Yes, CentOS has served us very well however the dropping of upstream (RedHat) btrfs support leaves us rather in the lurch: hence the obvious, but expensive move to openSUSE.

Re:

Or are you saying if I accept the testing channel on the centos iso that I installed rockstor etc will be updated?

No:

as our CentOS base is 'to-be legacy' and the testing channel there was deprecated a little over 2 years ago (Nov 2017), but the Stable channel is current (end Feb 2020). See the following forum thread for this background:

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/3-9-2-stable-channel-changelog/5741/2

The referenced forum threads are really a must read and I've got to leave this issue here really. All developer info or budding early adopter user 'get going' info is available in those threads. But no, there is as-yet not install and one has to start with vanilla Leap15.1 and then jump through a good few hoops. But an ISO installer will hopefully be released soon.

Let me know, cheers. Nice work btw, I like the simplicity you have brought into things!

Thanks, hopefully you now have all the info you require. Essentially for your Rock-on issue, subscribe to Stable channel updates, using the existing ISO install, and you are done. This also helps to sustain our effort. Or wait until we have released a Stable channel update 'built on openSUSE' or dive in via the dev/early adopter openSUSE based testing channel. That's pretty much it.

Sorry I can't give you any more pointers here in this issue as it's inappropriate for those wanting to work on this GitHub issue and all info required is within the given and in-turn linked to threads. The built on openSUSE version will however already give you a much newer btrfs base than our soon to be legacy CentOS one (due to openSUSE / SuSE btrfs back-ports), but as stated our openSUSE based rpms are just not yet at feature parity in a few areas, but getting there.

Also relevant is that we will no longer be releasing CentOS based rpms and will cease our effort to support a CentOS base completely as soon as is practically possible, i.e. when we have reached feature parity. And will likely then take out the various hacks to support both simultaneously. There after we will be releasing and only supporting openSUSE based installs due to their adoption of btrfs and RedHat's rejection of the same. It's a shame but is just how things worked out.

You might also be interested in the work involved in this transition, which is very briefly summarised in the following forum thread from 2018:

https://forum.rockstor.com/t/rebasing-on-to-opensuse/5376

I see that you have posted again here while I was replying to your prior posts. GitHub issues is not the place for support. Please take this discussion to the forum where it will benefit far more folks and where you will be subject to a greater range of knowledge as this is a community lead project and we centre that community around the forum. From a quick ready of you most recent general support questions here I think the additional forum thread I've posted here should answer all your questions.

Thanks for the enthusiastic interest and look forward to seeing you on the forum.

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Cheers.

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