Dec 28, 2017 | FreeNAS, IT, Server, WordPress |
As the year draws to an end, I always look back and wonder how the year has passed by so quickly. As I get older, time seems to be moving so much faster, or at least it feels that way. I thought it would be interesting to look back on this blog I posted about how I used my FreeNAS server, as quite a lot has changed over the last 12 months.
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May 20, 2017 | FreeNAS, IT, Server |
OK, so I wasn’t expecting this to be straight forward, but I also didn’t expect to fall at the first hurdle!
I knew I couldn’t use the auto updater built into FreeNAS, as this will take me to the latest stable or nightly train. I was hoping I could just download the 9.10.1-U4 iso file from download.freenas.org and then use the Manual Update button to run this. This throws up an error message before it’s even copied the files across to the temporary location. (more…)
May 19, 2017 | FreeNAS, IT, Server |
Firstly, why oh why does FreeNAS version numbering need to so complicated, and why does it need to change every few updates from dot numbering, then date numbering, back to dot and then the addition of uN? Don’t think I’ll ever understand it, but it’s only a minor reason I’m still running version 9.3.1 which dates back to May 17, 2015, so now just over one year old. (more…)
Jan 7, 2017 | FreeNAS, IT |
So I finished off part 1 with the following list of things I use FreeNAS for…
- Plex Media Server (a couple of jails)
- PlexPy
- PlexEmail
- emby
- ownCloud
- nextCloud
- openVPN
- Unbound (DNS)
- Calibre
- Webserver (FEMP)
- Nginx Proxy
- VirtualBox (4 jails running various Windows, Linux and FreeBSD OSs)
Here’s a little more about how I use them! (more…)
Jan 2, 2017 | FreeNAS, IT |
I’ve made lots of references to FreeNAS in the earlier ‘technology’ related posts, so thought it might be interesting to pull it all together here and go into a little more detail about my FreeNAS use.
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