I picked up an old optiplex I’m trying to use as a NAS and do other things with. Initially I put Debian on there but felt like I was running into too many problems with things like power management, remot desktop, Docker, and mounting drives.
So I put Openmediavault on there and it’s working now. But what are some of the best ways to get the most out of it?
Can I do most things through the browser interface, or should I remote into it to install things?
How easily can I mount it as a network drive to other computers? I still have a Windows PC so I’d like to access it from there too if possible.
And what’s the best way to get other services running on it? I’m thinking of how it’s possible to set up torrenting software and control it with a remote app from your phone. (For managing and sharing my distros, of course).
Happy to hear any feedback on what people do with OMV, or their setups for a NAS in general. This is more of a tinkering computer to get me more familiar with networks and Linux.
You should be able to do everything through the web interface.
You can make network shares by creating shared folders under Storage->Shared Folders then configure your Windows shares through Services->SMB/CIFS
Install the openmediavault-compose plugin to manage your docker containers.
I would also suggest installing the openmediavault-wireguard plugin for secure remote access to your services from outside your network.
Thank you, this is really handy. Compose should help with Docker for me and this gives me some direction with plugins.