FreeNAS 8 alpha: How to use it

Since FreeNAS 8 binaries snapshots are available, here is a little HOW-TO with one disk shared by CIFS.
Simplified steps

1. log on the webgui with login “admin” and password “freenas”
2. Declare the disk
3. Create a “group” (single) using previously declared disk
4. Create a volume (mount point) using previously created group
5. Enable a share service
6. Add a share corresponding to the service previously enabled

Detailed steps with screen-shots:

1. Go in Disk: Add disk
   
2. Add your hard drive:
3. Go in Disk: Group disk
4. Create a “single” group type:
   
5. Go in Disk, Create Volume
   
6. Enter the detail of this Volume (mount point):
   
7. Go in Services, CIFS/SMB
   
8. Enable CIFS by Checking ON and clicking on save:
   
9. Go in Services, CIFS/SMB, Add share
10. Create your CIFS share by entering the name of your share, a description and the name of the volume you want to share, then click on save:

Share available with CIFS 🙂