[colug-432] Simple File Server NAS setup

[FiL Farris]

 I cant say this is the best advice but it is what helped me get what I
wanted (a file server / NAS) setup fairly easily when I was running into
similar problems.  You already have Ubuntu Server installed so you might
think about installing Webmin.   Webmin lets you setup & administer your
Ubuntu server from a web browser GUI.  Things like samba & NFS are very
easily configured using it.(You can have same media/data shared both via
NFS & Samba.)  Within minutes of using Webmin I saw what I was doing wrong
that was keeping my write access in Samba from working.

 Several other *nix users & friends looked down on using it but it helped
me get things setup and learn by seeing how it changed scripts & files.  I
no longer use/need it but I know it is still updated and allows you to
setup about anything a SOHO server or NAS could need.

 FreeNAS is great as well IMHO but switching to UFS/ZFS if you have a LOT
of media on other file systems can be a chore.



Unix is basically a simple operating system.  But you have to be a genius
to understand the simplicity.  D.R.


On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Dan Kaiser <dank2878 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm trying to replace my old file storage & backup system with an true NAS
> and automated backup system.  (I previously had a PowerMac G5 with several
> massive drives as the primary storage and two external USB drives.  I'd
> backup to one external weekly and store it in a fire safe, then rotate that
> drive monthly with another kept at a relative's house a few hours away.
>  (Very manual, but it gig the job.)
>
> I have a few older towers (P4, AMD Athlon, AMD Sempron with 1.5-2 GB RAM
> each) that I'd like to use.  One as the primary NAS file server, one as a
> local backup of the first server, and the other for remote backup using
> Crashplan or something similar (maybe even rsync via ssh.)  I'm jumping the
> gun here. These will come later.
>
> Anyway, I have the first NAS set-up with Ubuntu server LTS 12.04 and I
> have the beginnings of the file server set up, but I'm sure I've done it
> the inefficient way and am currently fighting samba more than making any
> headway.  (Can't for the life of me get user security to allow write
> access.)  I've learned a lot in the process like editing fstab, samba
> config, some NFS config, etc. but I'd like a working solution now and then
> I can continue to tinker and learn with the other backup boxes.
>
> I figure multiple folks in this group probably have a NAS server set-up,
> and I'm looking for some pointers on a simple solution.  It has been a
> couple months since my PowerMac's power supply fried and I've been without
> a true backup since.  I'm fine with nuking the existing OS and starting
> fresh if that is easiest.
>
> I tried some out-of-the-box solutions like OpenMediaVault and Nas4Free
> before my current attempt with Ubuntu Server and couldn't seem to get
> either of them configured correctly with the limited web GUI.  The files
> will be accessed by multiple OSes, so I need samba rather than just NFS.
>  If I can have the same source files shared via both NFS and samba that
> would be ideal.
>
> As always, any advice will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
>
> -Dan
> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a
> habit." - Aristotle
>
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