Comments on Build your own NAS with OpenMediaVault

Hai, a nice howto but please stop use-ing .local as domainname in your examples.  .local is a reserved domainname for apple's mDNS (zeroconf). and same for these names :

.local.localdomain.domain.lan.home.host.corp.priv

see also:  https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-chapin-rfc2606bis-00

 

I don't understand the statement concerning the use of domain name in the instructions. The document refenced specifically stated certain top level domains like .local are reserved so they will not be used on the internet for just this kind of purpose when you are using it on your local network so it would be unlikley to interfere with your communication on your local network to a real internet domain of the same name IF it actually existed. So the example in the instructions is a valid use of .local and most people should know when they see that, if in their case a different domain should be used, change to fit the situation. So if that list of top level names are reservered for no one to use on the internet, how can Apple reserve the name?

Very useful steps. I installed OMV on my laptop. But The files can only be accessible by android apps or windows file explorer. Is there any way to access them using browser interface, like what we can do in case of synology or qnap products? Is there any free os to do so?

No, there is no way to access your files over the browser interface.

https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/openmediavault-extplorer

eXtplorer is a web-based File Manager. You can use it to:

browse directories & files on the server edit, copy, move, delete files search, upload and download files create and extract archives create new files and directories change file permissions (chmod) and much more...

there should be an owncloud addon available to perform this task for you

It would be helpful if you posted a howto for creating a bootable USB stick on Macs.

The dd command used here works on OS X as well. 

VERY, Super helpful tutorial. I was trying for hours too add the HDD to the SMB shares and have now done so, thanks to you. From a complete omv noob, THANKYOU...

Root password on the shell: howtoforge on the VM...???

This ore openvault dosnt work.

 

login/password is invalid

Great tutorial, the clearest I have found, thank you very much. One thing to keep in mind (and took me ages to find a solution) is that although my OMV server was set up, Win7 in all its wisdom applied security settings that didn't allow me to connect. I had to

1. Add the server name as a trusted intranet site in 'Internet Options' in control panel.

2. Use the 'Credentials Manager' in control panel to remember the name/pass so I didn't have to enter every time.

A big thanks also to the youtube video containing this information at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk0iDoAJhgk

 

 

Thank you for a lucid how-to.

As a Linux noob, can you please clarify, if a folder is shared using SMB / Samba as public/guest access, do I need to share it using NFS / FTP also. 

So do multiple services for access like FTP / NFS / Samba / SMB / Appletalk need to be enabled?

Which is the optimal one for a home NAS system accessed by Windows / Apple based users?

Hi there,

I can't create a seperate volume. When I click on the button, to select the device, it shows the loading screen and then it closes itself. How can I fix it?

I try ifconfig but it gives this error:

-bash: ifconfig: command not found

Please help! :(

ifconfig is deprecated.  The new Debian command is IP, so "ip address" or the short form "ip a."

 

I have loaded openmediavault onto my spare computer looks like it's in there but when I go to my windows machine WIN 7 it will not connect, on my IP address, basic linux user. It did work once but now nothing have I done something wrong, I loaded OMV on usb stick loads ok but will not load any of the mirrors in at all, as I said earlier it work once now nothing,

They've not released an install ISO for OMV 4.x i386 (or 32 bit) but there still is a 23 bit version of "Arrakis".

What I want to do with Open Media Vault is to have a folder accessible on my LAN for video so that a Samsung Smart TV and Android phones and tablets can play videos from it over local WiFi. Having to have a user/pass may not work for the TV.

There are plenty of sites showing how to do that sharing a folder from a Windows PC, with no need to install any special app on the TV, as long as the TV is new enough.

After installing OMV and getting it setup, I want to completely cut the box off from the outside world, so it's only accessible from my 192.168.0.xxx LAN. Would be nice to have a shared folder that's just open, no login required to open files in it.

Why? So it's *easy to use* for family members who don't want to mess with having to login to something just to watch a movie.

How do you install this plugin?

great tutorial! So good in fact when I ran into trouble I knew it was a hardware issue and not the programs fault. 

turned out bad solder joint on hdd 1 connector. "Orange pi Lite 2 ", WD mybook duo 8TB usb 3.0 W/hub 3.0 x 2 on board, occupied by 2x500Gb 2.5" portables. all components stripped down reconfigured to run on single PSU w/batt backup. all ran as a headless unit as well as using wlan only. thanks to the author who took the time create this tutorial so a Noob can make the step up to amateur,....LOL. what would the world look like if we all used linux

I have a question for the item 5.4. What is the minimum partition to allocate for data storage volume? I want avoid using extra sata port just for this

Worked like a charm even today.  Awesome doc!

Awesome Help !  Thank You. Just to help others using Windows 10 Home Edition if no connection via Windows Explorer Network. You will need to install the Group Policy Editor and Adjust LAN Security Options to "Send NTLMv2 response only. Refuse LM & NTLM

How does the installer know which disk to install itself into ?