Very newbie questions on adding Z-Wave to HA in a docker container on Synology NAS

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Hello!

I’m very new to HA, migrating from Smartthings. I have HA running on a Synology NAS in a docker container. I added an 800-series Zooz Z-wave stick to the front USB port of the NAS, and I did get the NAS to recognize the stick. Now I’m trying to follow the directions here: Z-Wave JS UI. My problem is, though, that I honestly don’t know which of the installation options to choose—using volumes, local folder or as a service? Or should I grab the docker image from the NAS GUI? Also, should I be using JS UI or zwavejs2mqtt?

I also tried the directions here: Tutorial: ZWave-JS migration on Synology using Docker - applicable to other hosts - Z-Wave - Home Assistant Community but my setup gave me more options than the tutorial did, so I got stuck again.

I know this is a very newbie question, but as of right now I have two browsers with upward of 20 tabs each open with forum threads, tutorials and so on, and I feel as though I’m rapidly disappearing down the rabbit hole… If anyone can point me toward an updated, working tutorial, that would be a huge help, also. I’m also very new to SSH and Terminal, but I’m trying…! Thank you!

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Not really an answer to your question so feel free to ignore. But if you are a newbie without much experience with docker and its configuration, you might find it a whole lot easier to run haos in a Synology virtual machine. I’m a 50nyear experienced programmer and still find running it that way is just much less of a pain. All the add on installation stuff just works, as do the later updates.

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No, no, I appreciate all the advice. I did look into that, but unfortunately, I can only do VM if my drives were btrfs, which they’re not. There is more data in those drives than I have spaces to store them, and I can’t change to btrfs without reformatting the drives.
I am, however, thinking that it may be easier to run a VM on the gaming PC my husband and I built our children last year…we do run a couple of Minecraft servers on it, but that should still leave enough capacity for HA. I’d just need to make sure the kids know never to turn it off…

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