After getting burned by broken FreeNAS updates one too many times, I figured I could do a much better job myself using just a stock Ubuntu install, some clever Ansible config and a bunch of Docker containers. Ansible-NAS was born!
Head to installation if you're ready to roll, or to testing if you want to spin up a test Virtual Machine first. Once you're done, check out the post-installation steps.
If this is all very confusing, there is also an overview of the project and what is required for complete beginners. If you're only confused about ZFS, we'll help you get started as well.