On this page • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • OpenMediaVault is a Debian based special purpose Linux Distribution to build a Network Attached Storage (NAS) System. It provides an easy to use web-based interface, Multilanguage support, Volume Management, Monitoring and a plugin system to extend it with LDAP, Bittorrent, and iSCSI capabilities. This tutorial describes the installation and configuration of OpenMediaVault. Prerequisites for this tutorial • PC with 32 or 64Bit Intel processor. • 2 Harddisks (or one hard disk with 2 partitions). OpenMediaVault requires a separate disk or partition for the OS install and a separate disk or partition for the data. 1) Download OpenMediaVault The first step is to download the OpenMediaVailt ISO file from Sourceforge.
The software exists in flavors for 32- and 64Bit Intel/AMD processors and for some other platforms like Raspberry PI, Odroid and Cubox i. I will choose the version for 64Bit processors (amd64). The direct download link for the current 2. Amd Sb950 Raid Controller Driver there. 1 version is: 2) Prepare the Boot Media The ISO image can be used to install OpenMediaVault into a virtual machine like VMWare or Virtualbox directly. To install the software on real hardware, you need a boot media like a CD / DVD or a bootable USB stick. Burn the downloaded ISO file on a CD or DVD or load it on a USB stick. 2.1) Create a bootable USB Stick on Linux The following command can be used to write the ISO file on the USB Stick on Linux sudo dd if=openmediavault_2.1_amd64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4096 Replace /dev/sdX with the device name of the USB drive. Please be careful, the dd command can cause severe damage if you select a wrong drive as target.
2.2) Create a bootable USB Stick on Windows When you downloaded OpenMediaVault onto your Windows Desktop, then you can use e.g. Unetbootin to prepare the USB Stick.
3) OpenMediaVault Installation Insert the boot Media that you prepared for the installation into the PC or Server were OpenMediaVault shall be installed and start or reboot the system. It might be necessary to select the correct boot media device in the BIOS. When the System booted successfully you will see the following screen of the OpenMediaVault installer. Select the 'Install' option and press enter or wait until the installation starts automatically. Select the language for the installation process.
I've finally decided that SnapRAID is what fits my NAS purposes the best. I've considered two options: installing SnapRAID on top of Debian and. The following command can be used to write the ISO file on the USB Stick on Linux. Sudo dd if=openmediavault_2.1. From installation media. Open a web browser.
And your location. The location will be used to define the timezone in one of the next steps and to preselect the keyboard layout. Now select the keyboard Layout.
In my case, I'll select 'German' as layout and press. The installer starts to load some additional packages from installation media. Enter the hostname of your server.
The domain name is requested in the next screen, so the hostname here is the first part of the fully qualified domain name. When the server shall have the fqdn 'server1.example.com' then the hostname is 'server1'. Enter the domain name of the server. Enter the root password.
This password is used for the shell login, it is not the password of the OpenMediaVault Web interface. Confirm the password by entering it again in the next screen when requested.
Select the server time zone and press. The time zone is important for date / time in log files and for the timestamps of saved files. The installer starts to copy the system files to Disk now. Configure the location from where the apt package manager will load the software packages.
Choose a location near to you. And then select the mirror server. You can just choose the first one if none of the listed mirrors is from your Internet access provider. When you use a http proxy to access the internet, then enter it's details here. Otherwise press.