It's not, that's basically proprietary software on there. The NAS's were talking about here are using windows or a flavor of linux. For instance, my nas is a QNAP TS-832PXU-RP and supports containers and what have you. Sadly it doesn't support VM's as other models do (those models are intel based) but it's still pretty robust. A my book really doesn't have the ability to do onboard programs (perhaps some plug ins from WD but I'm not aware of any). Most of the features on the WD are baked in already. There have been discussions about converting it to debian. I don't know the success rate at all. I would also assume it would all be CLI vs GUI as well. You would probably be better off with a QNAP and SYNOlogy or if you have an old computer you could bake your own. Plenty of linux packages out there to create with a gui that would allow containers and what not.
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