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Useful documentation
After installing FreeNAS the User Guide documentation for the current version is available in the "Guide" tab.
Setting up a FreeNAS box
Go through the installation process. After the install make sure that you have the correct address assigned to the box. If not you could use the console menus to set it or drop to a shell.
Using the shell:
ifconfig
Lists all the interfaces and note the interface you want to use
ifconfig <interface> inet <IPv4 address/subnetmask> add
Sets the IPv4 for the interface you want to use
ifconfig <interface> inet <IPv4 address> -alias
If you by accident set a address to the wrong interface
route add default <gateway address>
Sets the default gatway
service nginx restart
Nginx needs to be restarted since it does not serve on the correct address.
Go to System/Advanced:
Enable Console Menu = false
Certficates & syslog server
Make sure that you start by using https, for this you need to have a valid certificate. You could if there for the moment are no signed certificate for the machine, generate a self-signed certificate.
To enable https and set syslog server, go to System/General:
Certificate = your certificate Protocol = HTTPS WebGUI HTTP -> HTTPS redirect = yes Syslog server = <Logserver with FQDN>
Kerberos
Generate a kerberos keytab on a machine that is inside the kerberos realm for your new machine and export it.
NFS
Setup the default nfs server settings: Service/nfs
Number of Servers = 6 Serve UDP = yes Enable NFSv4 = yes support > 16 groups = yes Log mountd = yes Log rpc.statd & rpc.lockd = yes