How to Build Your Own Network Storage and Remote Access Server | WireGuard and OpenMediaVault
I have three hard drives two traditional hard drives for data storage a solid-state drive running Finding a network storage operating system To install the operating system I used a USB drive The operating system used in this case is called open media vault There are several other operating systems for building a network storage server but I chose open media Vault because It does not require too expensive Hardware it is suitable for personal Family or a small business needs After downloading you use the portable installer tool You plug in the USB drive and browse to the downloaded operating system installer After a few minutes you will have a bootable installer What are the steps to install a network storage operating system on your computer Make sure you have added three hard drives to the Target computer you can connect multiple drives hard Live if you want You are asked to create a password for the Ruth account it will be used when Can you access it via the command window interface with it you can install some Advanced applications compared to To the graphical interface Here is a list of hard drives on my computer you choose the hard drive that runs the operating system Of course you choose to install the operating system on the solid state drive for faster speed traditional National hard drives are used to store data they will be configured in the following steps all data on the College state drive will be erased in the operating system installed on it After completing the installation you remove the USB drive and restart the computer And this is the IP address of the server And this is the default username and password used to access the server you use this information to Access it over the network I use another computer in the same internal Network to access it on this Computer you open any browser and enter the IP address of server You use the default username and password to access the server management page Here are some basic settings Kirani select all the information on the dashboard you can remove some things if you want I select all because I want to see all the information about the server I always want to know the performance of the server always want to know about the status of the hard drives and the Percentage of hard drive usage don't forget to set the time zone because it affects the scheduling of tasks By default the server is assigned a dynamic IP address so I recommend you set up a static What's the address the static IP address helps you configure port forwarding for the services in the next steps Don't forget to add DNS addresses for the device to connect to the external network With a network storage server you cannot ignore the configuration of hard drives these are the hard Bribes on the server you ignore the solid state drive running the operating system you only pay attention to Play two large traditional hard drives more these are the hard drives that store Data before using them You erase the data on them Then you can figure the back of more to store the same data on In both hard drives when one of the two hard drives fails your data is still safe this What's method does not optimized storage capacity but I prioritize data safety After completing the backup configuration you format the hard drives Because this is a Linux operating system they are formatted as above Next are some advanced settings such as usage warning thresholds and adding notes If you have different groups of hard drives you should add notes to distinguish them for different uses Next you create a new shared folder this shared folder is created on the newly formatted group of Shared folders on the same group of hard drives if there are many Any groups in your organization you should create separate folders for each group by assigning permissions After completing the creation of the shared folder you enable the sharing service there are different Open sharing services on different platforms here I use the SMB sharing service this is the Sharing service we use most often don't forget to enable the sharing service for the folder you just created in the Previous step Does the folder has been shared over the network using the SMB service But you need an account with access rights to the shared folder therefore you create a new account Accord According to your own wishes if you use this network sharing server in your organization you have many people Music together I recommend you create groups and each account belongs to a group at that time you Define permissions by group and each group is only allowed to access certain shared folders this way of management will be Will be more effective Don't forget to add read and write permissions to the newly created account for the shared folder with the above Steps you have a file storage server in a local network On the computer in the same local network I access the shared folder on the server to check the result As you can see I successfully used access to the shared folder over the network with the newly created account This account has read and write permissions so I can upload or download files The above are the steps to build a network storage server but it is only used in the local network If you have members connecting remotely follow the following steps the purpose of this part is to turn the Work storage server into a virtual private Network server the client connects to the remote server over the internet You follow the following steps You update the server operating system you are asked to restart the server to apply the updates After completing the update you install additional packages by default The operating system does not have these packages you added to turn it into a VPN server you These two methods use the same command Just different ways of doing it To install a VPN server I use wire guard you install the VPN server Package as above After completing the installation a new service will appear on the server management page this service Hope this helps you create a tunnel to connect the client to the network storage service via the Internet You create a new tunnel you are asked to set up a name public IP address and port The name you set up if you like then you find and set up the public IP address you are using if you Can you use a dynamic IP address I will guide you on how to use a free domain name in The Following steps Do you have you can change the default Port if you want but in this case I use the default port After completing the tun Creation you add new configurations for the clients here I create a new configuration file for the client Using the computer the client uses the tunnel just created in the previous step Because my server is on a local network separated from the outside Network buy a router so I can Gear port forwarding on the router I forward the default port to the server's IP address if in the Previous step you change the default port to any port then on the router you forward that Port now you create a Configuration file for the client You will send this file to the client and use it to establish the connection you copy the above content to Create the configuration file you know to set the correct file extension On your computer you download the software from the homepage and install it After completing the installation you add the configuration file created in the previous step On Is computer I connect to another wireless network so the computer in the server are not on the same internal I will set up a virtual private network connection to access the shared folder over the internet Remote connection established successfully my computer has an additional IP address assigned by the virtual Virtual private network connection I can access the management page using the tunnel not only that I can Load or download files on the shared folder Kira I have completed the remote connection to the network storage server as mentioned I will Dynamic IP address I use a free Dynamic IP address update service you connect to the server using the domain Game you use the dynamic domain name Service as above it is completely free You follow these steps You open the command window and connect to the server using SSH You use the admin username and password created when installing the operating system to connect to the server You can use the task scheduler to install the above package but I find using the command window more effective After completing you add a new schedule or two update the IP address for the dynamic domain I will update 3 hour so you have solved the dynamic IP address problem you replace the domain name in your own Go to schedule the update After completing the schedule or ironic manually to test the service the IP address and My name have been mapped successfully With the domain name Service as above I will change the tunnel configuration instead of I'm using the IP address I use the domain name I create a new client This client connects to the server using the name domain Color to the last time I created a configuration file for the client As you can see this configuration file uses a domain name instead of an IP address On the client software I use a new configuration Russian file to set up a connection as you can see the connection is successful so I have completed how to use Use the dynamic domain name service to connect to the network storage server over the internet If you want to connect to the server using a phone how do you do it You follow these steps on the server I create a new configuration for the client as a mobile device You know that each client has a different identifier unlike computers mobile devices Create connections using QR codes here are the steps on mobile devices on the phone you install What's a client application next you add a connection using QR codes This method is faster than using the configuration file on the computer Very quickly you have set up a virtual private network connection to the server on the phone you connect to the To the shared folder as follows You make sure to allow the use of the service sharing service when connecting to the internet using mobile data Then you create a new connection to the shared folder In addition to this method you can connect to the shared folder without a virtual private Network This method provides a faster connection but is not secure It only applies to one important data You follow these steps Because I share the folder using SMB service I forward the ports as above With the above port forwarding method you can access the shared folder over the network You can connect using a public IP address or a dynamic domain name service The above are the basic steps to build a network storage server in some ways to access the shared folder remotely Thank you for watching don't forget to like And subscribe Good luck
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