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[How-To] Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore

May 26, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

This tutorial by user BRANDON.LEE shows us how to get FreeNAS 9.10 and NFS set up with a datastore VMware ESXi. See the link below for the full set of instructions.

Many choose to use NFS as opposed to iSCSI in their VMware vSphere environments. NFS has a lot of benefits and use cases particularly when we look at the efficiency of NFS. With NFS there is no encapsulation that needs to take place as there is with iSCSI. Like iSCSI, NFS can use an existing IP network as well. So, starting off simple here, let’s take a look at how to configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore.

Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore

The specific version of FreeNAS I am using is 9.10.2 U3 and is the most recent GA version on the FreeNAS site at the time of this writing. I am not covering here the setup of FreeNAS in general. You will want to provision your storage and your network connectivity on the appliance itself. For the purposes of the post, I am running FreeNAS as a VM which is a great way to play around with iSCSI and NFS in a lab. I have setup a management IP as well as another interface that I have bound for NFS connectivity.

Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore

Floss Weekly 432: FreeNAS Update

May 11, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

The hosts of FLOSS Weekly get together with Kris Moore to discuss the latest initiatives of the FreeNAS Project. Press play below to tune in:

FreeNAS is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. FreeNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data. Use FreeNAS with ZFS to protect, store, backup, all of your data. FreeNAS is used everywhere, for the home, small business, and the enterprise.

Original: https://www.twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/432

Mirror: https://programmingpodcasts.com/episode/floss-weekly-mp3/floss-weekly-432-freenas-update

FreeNAS 11.0-RC now available

May 11, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

The developers of FreeNAS have announced the first version 11.0 RELEASE CANDIDATE. This version includes a FreeBSD 11 base, Samba & Netatalk update, speed improvements for 40/100 GigE networking, a preview of a new UI, and more. See the link below for a full list of changes. Download the ISO here.

I’m pleased to provide a quick update on the status of FreeNAS 11.0. The RC1 update was released this morning, and can be installed via ISO or updated to by switching to the FreeNAS-11-STABLE train in the System -> Update tab. We decided to start this series off with a Release Candidate (RC) version, because it is rebased on a newer version of FreeBSD (11-STABLE). This version has been tested in the nightlies for several months now, but just to play it safe we are asking for users to test out this release and let us know immediately if anything regresses. Or, if you want to let us know that it improves specific things, that’s cool as well.

Now, for the stats. Your loyal, dedicated, and attractive FreeNAS development team has been hard at work on this release. As of this morning, 11.0-RC includes 111 bug fixes and 23 new features. In addition the user-guide has been updated for 11 as well. As usual, if you find bugs please report them ASAP, since we can only fix things that we know about…

Official announcement: http://www.freenas.org/blog/freenas-11-0-rc-now-available/

FreeNAS Forums: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/freenas-11-0-rc-now-available.54228/page-4

FreeNAS Corral halted, improvements being made to FreeNAS 9.10

April 21, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

FreeNAS Corral development has been put to a stop, and the developers will be working to include its key features to FreeNAS 9.10. It should be noted that Corral should not be used in production. Please read the statement by Kris Moore at the FreeNAS forums.

FreeNAS Corral as it was originally released is being relegated to “TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW” status while we work hard to re-base its exciting new features upon the rock-solid FreeNAS 9.10 base.

As many of you diehard FreeNAS® users know, we released FreeNAS Corral on March 15th, and the initial Community response was largely positive. There was a lot of excitement around the updated UI and the VM/Docker support, especially. However, we’ve also seen nearly half of the initial users revert back to FreeNAS 9.10. User feedback about this drop-off has been clear: challenges upgrading from 9.10, general instability, lack of feature parity with 9.10 (Jails, iSCSI, etc), and some users experiencing lower performance than expected given the increased demands FreeNAS Corral has on system hardware resources. With the subsequent departure of the FreeNAS Corral project lead, we re-examined the features, benefits, and issues with Corral and have decided to revise our plan for its future.

Important announcement regarding FreeNAS Corral: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/important-announcement-regarding-freenas-corral.53502/

FreeNAS Corral, Interview with Jordan Hubbard

March 31, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

Patrick Kennedy (ServeTheHome.com) interviews Jordan Hubbard, FreeBSD Co-Founder and FreeNAS Project Manager, regarding the new release of FreeNAS Corral. Check out the link below to read the full interview!

STH: Jordan, would you mind giving STH readers a quick background about yourself?

Jordan: Sure, I’ve been a software developer since the late 1970’s and got into Open Source back in the days of USENET, when we would furtively post our code to comp.sources.unix and ask for forgiveness rather than permission most of the time. Since Open Source became legitimate and moved out of the shadows, I have been involved in a number of open source projects, from FreeBSD to Darwin (at Apple) and now FreeNAS, as the CTO of iXsystems. I also went to the dark side (engineering management) about 15 years ago, so I do far less coding than managing these days, but what can you do.

FreeNAS Corral – A Tipping Point for the Popular NAS OS – Our Interview with Jordan Hubbard

[How-To] Install & Configure Jails on FreeNAS Corral

March 31, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

Check out this tutorial from Vivek Gite on how to use jails on FreeNAS Corral. Jails was a feature in FreeNAS 9.10 and was replaced with Containers in Corral. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

I recently installed or upgraded to FreeNAS Corral (version 10). However, I noticed that there is no support for FreeBSD jails as of 26/March/2017. How do I install and configure traditional FreeBSD jails on FreeNAS Corral (version 10)?

FreeNAS Corral now supports Docker containers for doing all of its “application hosting” and existing jails/plugins data will simply continue to live in the jails/dataset in the ZFS volume but will be inactive, since jails are no longer used in Corral. This tutorial shows you how to create and configure FreeBSD jail on FreeNAS Corral 10 from command line.

Full tutorial: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-and-configure-jails-on-freenas-corral-10/

Introducing FreeNAS Corral by iXsystems

March 17, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

It has arrived. iXsystems released FreeNAS Corral, the new name and brand for FreeNAS 10. FreeNAS Corral extends the capabilities of FreeNAS’ enterprise-grade storage by adding virtual machine and Docker container management. Along with these expansions, FreeNAS Corral brings even more to the table. Follow the link below to learn about all the new enhancements that come with FreeNAS Corral.

FreeNAS Corral, the latest version of FreeNAS, combines sophisticated storage, virtualization, containers, and GUI management in a brand new interface

iXsystems, the industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, today released FreeNAS 10 and unveiled the FreeNAS Corral brand. With FreeNAS Corral (formerly FreeNAS 10), iXsystems introduces the next generation of the world’s most popular Open Source software-defined storage software. FreeNAS Corral extends FreeNAS’ enterprise-grade storage capabilities by adding virtual machine and Docker container management. FreeNAS Corral enables the integration of software-defined storage into VMs and provides persistent storage for Docker containers. These enhancements are provided through a re-designed graphical user interface (GUI) and a powerful command line interface (CLI), making FreeNAS both easier to use and more capable than ever. The new Corral name represents what this release does best: corralling data, virtual machines, containers, and storage services under one management interface.

Original article: https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/ixsystems-launches-freenas-corral-open-source-solution-building-hyper-converged-infrastructures/

[How-To] ownCloud with RaspberryPi 3 and FreeNAS

February 22, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

In this tutorial, user ro55mo of Level1Tech shows us how to get an ownCloud setup on Raspberry Pi 3, using a FreeNAS system as a data store. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

This guide is intended for the installation of OwnCloud on a RaspberryPi 3 with a FreeNAS server as the storage backend.

I am aware this is rather backward as FreeNAS has an OwnCloud plug-in you can install but I wanted to see if it was possible.

Objective

The object is to have the RaspberryPi act as a web front end for the backend storage. Their are guides on doing this with external USB drives but a FreeNAS server with ZFS and RAID struck me as a more sensible storage solution.

The storage must be totally transparent to the user (me). I don’t want to have to rely on the “external” storage module that comes with OwnCloud as these all end up with seperate folders inside your view of OwnCloud. If this was the case and I forgot to upload something to the right folder I could exhaust the 16GG MicroSD card on the RaspberryPi very fast.

As stated elsewhere in the guide my FreeNAS box is not in its “final form” yet. But once it is and I have an offsite backup in place I will replace Dropbox and Google drive with this solution.

Full tutorial: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/guide-owncloud-with-raspberrypi-3-and-freenas/112919/7

[How-To] FreeNAS & WebDAV SSL on Windows Server 2012 R2

February 10, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

In this video tutorial, user freakyfoe shows us how to get WebDAV with SSL set up on FreeNAS, using Windows Server 2012.

If you are having problems mounting a SSL WebDAV volume on Server 2012 R2 follow this guide.

FreeNAS WebDAV Basic Auth over SSL installation on Windows Server 2012.

WebDAV over HTTP was always working fine but WebDAV over SSL was always giving me login failed on Server 2012, and since I didn’t find all the information in one place I decided to share it with you.

Original: http://webmastertips.info/freenas-webdav-ssl-on-windows-server-2012-r2/

Jordan Hubbard – FreeNAS 10 @ BayLISA

January 27, 2017 By Cao Leave a Comment

Jordan Hubbard recently spoke at BayLISA, a system administrator group that meets monthly in the Silicon Valley. His talk was about the latest happenings in FreeNAS 10 and was held at Groupon, Palo Alto. Click play below to watch: