FreeNAS is up and running. What is next?

[racielrod]

Hello,

So my FreeNAS is up and running; pools and shares are setup and they meet my needs.
I followed Uncle Fester’s Guide and I have setup my scheduled jobs for scrubs, S.M.A.R.T scans, snapshots, etc.

I would like to ask a couple questions and get your recommendation on a few areas:

• I have configured email notifications; however I don’t get any report when the smart scans are complete. Am I supposed to get these?
• What do you guys recommend for home offsite backups? Considering BackBlaze. I will be backing up pictures, videos and documents.
• What is your recommendation to keep cell phones pictures and videos automatically synching with my FreeNAS as soon as my family connect to our family network? We are all iphone users but Ideally I would like to use a solution that works with Android as well.
• What are you guys using to expose your music library to any player in your local network? AVR, etc?

Thanks!
R.

 

[danb35]

however I don’t get any report when the smart scans are complete. Am I supposed to get these?

No, there's no report on this. The system will email you if there's an error.

What is your recommendation to keep cell phones pictures and videos automatically synching with my FreeNAS as soon as my family connect to our family network?

Nextcloud.

Scripted installation of Nextcloud 28 in iocage jail

Status: This script will run with TrueNAS CORE 13. It's possible, but untested, that it will work with FreeNAS 12. Earlier versions are not supported. There are a number of guides on the forum to install Nextcloud, but they all rely on a lot of...

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What are you guys using to expose your music library to any player in your local network?

Plex.

Scripted installation of Plex Media Server

Introduction I’ve writen a simple script to automate installation of Plex Media Server. Like other scripts I’ve done, you’ll download the script, create a small configuration file, run the script, and your jail is up and running. Why bother? I’ve said for a long time that Plex installation is...

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[KevDog]

Curious to know if you go with BackBlaze. I looked at them, but entry seems pretty steep. Honestly I was thinking of just making another FreeNAS system remotely and backing up to that.

 

[racielrod]

Curious to know if you go with BackBlaze. I looked at them, but entry seems pretty steep. Honestly I was thinking of just making another FreeNAS system remotely and backing up to that.

I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I had to put this and many other projects on hold this year - slowly getting back to this now.

 

[racielrod]

No, there's no report on this. The system will email you if there's an error.

Nextcloud.

Scripted installation of Nextcloud 28 in iocage jail

Status: This script will run with TrueNAS CORE 13. It's possible, but untested, that it will work with FreeNAS 12. Earlier versions are not supported. There are a number of guides on the forum to install Nextcloud, but they all rely on a lot of...

www.ixsystems.com

Plex.

Scripted installation of Plex Media Server

Introduction I’ve writen a simple script to automate installation of Plex Media Server. Like other scripts I’ve done, you’ll download the script, create a small configuration file, run the script, and your jail is up and running. Why bother? I’ve said for a long time that Plex installation is...

forum.freenas-community.org

I'm looking at Plex now. Assuming I pull the trigger on a Plex Pass... isn't Plex a one stop shop for everything media? Including keeping mobile devices in sync with our media library?
Curious on whether I can address these 2 requirements with a single solution - seeing that you are using both Plex and NextCloud.

 

[danb35]

seeing that you are using both Plex and NextCloud.

First, even though I wrote the script and spend a good bit of time keeping it up to date, I don't run Nextcloud on FreeNAS; I run it on a public Linux server that provides web and mail service (among other things) for my domain. But to your question, yes, I believe you can upload at least photos (and probably videos) from mobile devices to your Plex installation, and you can also download material from the server to your mobile devices to be able to enjoy it offline. If those are the only sorts of files you're interested in, you may not need Nextcloud. I store other files there, as well as use it for calendar and contacts.

 

[racielrod]

First, even though I wrote the script and spend a good bit of time keeping it up to date, I don't run Nextcloud on FreeNAS; I run it on a public Linux server that provides web and mail service (among other things) for my domain. But to your question, yes, I believe you can upload at least photos (and probably videos) from mobile devices to your Plex installation, and you can also download material from the server to your mobile devices to be able to enjoy it offline. If those are the only sorts of files you're interested in, you may not need Nextcloud. I store other files there, as well as use it for calendar and contacts.

Very cool. Thank you!

 

[kale2020]

No, there's no report on this. The system will email you if there's an error.

Nextcloud.

Scripted installation of Nextcloud 28 in iocage jail

Status: This script will run with TrueNAS CORE 13. It's possible, but untested, that it will work with FreeNAS 12. Earlier versions are not supported. There are a number of guides on the forum to install Nextcloud, but they all rely on a lot of...

www.ixsystems.com

Plex.

Scripted installation of Plex Media Server

Introduction I’ve writen a simple script to automate installation of Plex Media Server. Like other scripts I’ve done, you’ll download the script, create a small configuration file, run the script, and your jail is up and running. Why bother? I’ve said for a long time that Plex installation is...

forum.freenas-community.org

No, there's no report on this. The system will email you if there's an error.

Nextcloud.

Scripted installation of Nextcloud 28 in iocage jail

Status: This script will run with TrueNAS CORE 13. It's possible, but untested, that it will work with FreeNAS 12. Earlier versions are not supported. There are a number of guides on the forum to install Nextcloud, but they all rely on a lot of...

www.ixsystems.com

Plex.

Scripted installation of Plex Media Server

Introduction I’ve writen a simple script to automate installation of Plex Media Server. Like other scripts I’ve done, you’ll download the script, create a small configuration file, run the script, and your jail is up and running. Why bother? I’ve said for a long time that Plex installation is...

forum.freenas-community.org

Will the Plex Script work on 11.3? I'm having issues installing the Plex Plugin, so, I'm curious to try other options. I don't want to hijack this thread for my issues.

Thanks,
Kale
FreeNAS 11.3 U2
SuperMicro MBD-X11SCL-IF-O
Intel Core i3-8100
32GB RAM
4x4TB Ironwolf

 

[danb35]

Will the Plex Script work on 11.3?

It should.

 

[racielrod]

Will the Plex Script work on 11.3? I'm having issues installing the Plex Plugin, so, I'm curious to try other options. I don't want to hijack this thread for my issues.

I just installed the Plex plugin this weekend. What is the problem you are having?

 

[kale2020]

If I just try to install with just basic DHCP, I get this error. When I try a Static IP, I end up a DNS error. When it tries to communicate with Plex.

 

[racielrod]

If I just try to install with just basic DHCP, I get this error. When I try a Static IP, I end up a DNS error. When it tries to communicate with Plex.

Weird, I didn't have that error. I was asking because I thought you had the classic permission error after mounting the storage; which I fixed following directions on this post: https://www.ixsystems.com/community...to-install-plex-in-a-freenas-11-2-jail.19412/

You can follow the same post to install Plex using a regular Jail, which is really simple and gives you the ability to update Plex regularly vs the quartely (I believe) plugin update schedule.

 

[kale2020]

Weird, I didn't have that error. I was asking because I thought you had the classic permission error after mounting the storage; which I fixed following directions on this post: https://www.ixsystems.com/community...to-install-plex-in-a-freenas-11-2-jail.19412/

You can follow the same post to install Plex using a regular Jail, which is really simple and gives you the ability to update Plex regularly vs the quartely (I believe) plugin update schedule.

I figured my problems out. Both of my errors were tied to network settings. Because I have two routers, it was difficult to get the right settings to let everything work together. Thanks to going through Uncle Fester‘s guide, I also found a few steps I’d skipped along the way that also contributed to some issues. Appreciate everyone’s help.