Setting a Root Password, USB Flash Backups and Some Common and Popular Apps, Plugins and Docker Containers
In our second installment of the New Users Blog Series, we’ll start off by briefly discussing how to secure your Unraid server by setting a root password. Next, we’ll explain how to back up your Unraid OS USB flash device and why this is very important. On top of this, we’re giving a brief rundown of some must have applications, plug-ins and docker containers for your Unraid server. With over 600 (and counting) to choose from, it can be daunting for a new user to know where to even begin. In this blog, we’ll go through some popular ones that will help you unlock the full potential of your new Unraid rig. This list of apps, docker containers, and plugins is not meant to be the end all be all by and means but is rather a snapshot of a variety of popular options available for new users to get them started on their own particular use case. This blog is part 1 in a 2 part series.
Unraid Delete Vm Delete/Remove Instantiated objects. 10 using Gnome 2. Other Bug Fixes. I started using Unraid back in the spring and Ive had the computer that I host my Unraid server on down for the last couple of months. Is there any video or step by step on how to delete a share on unraid? Or any factory reset. You can't delete the share if the directory has been deleted. Proper steps 1. Delete all files in the share (but don't delete the share directory (i.e. Mnt cache appdata) 2. From webguisharessharename, verify that the share empty? There should be a delete button just below the share empty heading.
The Unraid USB Flash Creator: The Unraid USB Flash Creator tool is an open source program digitally signed by Lime Technology, Inc. Using this program, you can easily convert almost any USB flash device into an Unraid boot device. Hi, Quick question for anyone storing their movies on unraid Do you map to them in mb3 server using user share? For example tower movies comedy Where the comedy folder on the unraid may actually span multiple drives Or, in mb3 I can map direct to drive shares tower disk1 comedy tower disk2. . Update 23 May 2018. The container in this video has been depreciated and we have a new one from Binhex. Setup is similar but will make a new video soon.
Root Password
One of the first things you should do once you get your Unraid server up and running is to set a root password. This will limit other users from accessing files or folders you don’t want them to. To set your password:
- go to the Unraid webgui and navigate to Users.
- Select “root” and type in your preferred password in the fields.
- Click apply/done.
If you happen to forget this password, the steps to reset it can be found here.
USB Flash Backups
Another key best practice that we always recommend for users is to backup your USB flash device that runs Unraid. Once your array is configured, a backup of your USB located off of your Unraid array is essential in order to avoid long server down times in the unfortunate event of a USB flash device failure. The easiest way to do so is to go via the Unraid webGUI.
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Go to: Main and under Boot Device, click Flash. From here, use the Flash Backup button to create a single zip file of the current contents of the flash device and store it locally on your computer or in another place you keep file backups (off of your Unraid array!).
An update for v6 users, here are 2 FAQ entries, for removing one drive, or for removing multiple drives. The rest of the page is for v5 or lower.
- Note: this section is for v5 users!
Re loader activator office 2016. There are a few reasons you'd want to do this: you want to repurpose the drive for some other reason, or the drive has failed or is failing.
First I'll go over repurposing a working drive.
There are two main steps to this process.
- copy any information off the drive back to your array so you don't lose any data
- reset the array parity
Before proceeding, make sure to take a screenshot of your current drive configuration!
I'm going to do this by example. Here is what my default unRAID web GUI looks like
I've got seven drives. Data drives 1-5, a parity drive, and a cache drive. I'm going to pretend that disk3 (located from the shell at /mnt/disk3) is the drive I want to remove. For my setup, I've got all my files located in user shares (from the shell /mnt/user/TV, for instance). My user shares are all setup as 'high water' allocation. If you click on the folder icon, next to 'disk3' you'll see if there are any files located on that drive. In my case, there are. I need to copy those files off disk3 (/mnt/disk3) back to my user shares (/mnt/user).
Telnet into your machine and type 'mc' into command line. You can use the GUI to easily and safely copy your existing data. If you're a first time MC user press F9 which will bring up the menu and options. If you use a cache drive then simply copy the contents of disk3 to /mnt/cache to prevent duplicate issues. Make sure that you remove disk3 before the 'mover' script has chance to run though!
Another method involves using rsync which would be better if you wanted to only copy the differences between the source and dest dirs. rsync -a /mnt/disk3/ /mnt/user will copy the contents of disk3 to /mnt/user. Use the -n flag to do a dry run.
- Stop the array by pressing 'Stop' on the management interface. Un-assign the drive on the Devices page, then return to the unRAID Main page.
- Select the 'Utils' tab
- Choose 'New Config'
- Agree and create a new config
- Reassign all of the drives you wish to keep in the array
- Start the array and let parity rebuild
On versions of unRAID prior to 5.0 [Beta ??]
Log in on the system console or via telnet and type the command below to create a new system.dat file and reset the array configuration data.
unRAID will ask you to confirm you wish to set a new disk configuration. you must respond with Yes (capital Y and lower case es)
When the initconfig command is invoked, old parity data will be immediately discarded, and the process of parity calculation on the remaining assigned and working drives will begin when you next start the array. At this point, your array will not be again protected from a disk failure until the system can complete the process of generating new parity information.
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UPDATE: A alternative process for removing a drive from the array can be found here. It allows you to remove a drive without losing parity. The tradeoff is that will take much longer.
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On versions of unRAID prior to 4.5.4
- Stop the array by pressing 'Stop' on the management interface.
- Un-assign the drive on the Devices page
- Return to the Main page and check the checkbox below the Restore button (which is actually a Set Initial Configuration button)
- Then click the Restore button to create a new system.dat file and reset the array configuration data.
When the Restore button is clicked, old parity data will be immediately discarded, and the process of parity calculation on the remaining assigned and working drives will begin. At this point, your array will not be again protected from a disk failure until the system can complete the process of generating new parity information.