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Media Server

Media server for hosting files and various containerised services.

What is OpenMediaVault?

OpenMediaVault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, RSync and many more ready to use.

Deployment

The media server is deployed as a VM on Proxmox using the OpenMediaVault ISO.

  1. Download the ISO to the Node 1 storage.

  2. Navigate to proxmox01 > Create VM.

  3. Provide the following details for General and click Next:

    Setting Value
    Name media01
    Node proxmox01
    Start at boot ❌

  4. Under OS, select the storage where the ISO was downloaded to and choose the Proxmox Backup Server ISO image. Click Next.

  5. Under System, select the VirtIO SCSI Single controller and click Next.

  6. Provide the following details for Disks and click Next:

    Setting Value
    Bus/Device SCSI
    Storage local-lvm
    Size 50GiB
    Format Raw disk image (raw)
    Discard ✅
    SSD Emulation ✅
    Setting Value
    Bus/Device SCSI
    Storage lv-ssd-samsung
    Size 930GiB
    Format Raw disk image (raw)
    Discard ✅
    SSD Emulation ✅
    Setting Value
    Bus/Device SCSI
    Storage lv-ssd-crucial
    Size 50GiB
    Format Raw disk image (raw)
    Discard ✅
    SSD Emulation ✅

  7. Provide the following details for CPU and click Next:

    Setting Value
    Cores 4
    Type host

  8. Provide the following details for Memory and click Next:

    Setting Value
    Memory (MiB) 8192
    Ballooning Device ✅
    Minimum Memory 1024

  9. Leave Network as default, click Next and confirm deployment.

  10. Start the media01 VM and open the console to begin the installation.

  11. Follow the on-screen instructions to install OpenMediaVault, when prompted enter the following details:

    Setting Value
    Hostname media01
    Domain Name net.dbren.uk
    Email Enter email
    Password Enter password
    Default Gateway 192.168.0.1
    Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
    IP Address 192.168.0.9

  12. Once installation has completed, login to the web interface using the FQDN and credentials entered during installation.

Post Installation

Info

Where required, make sure to apply changes before moving on to the next step. A yellow box will appear after certain operations if this is necessary.

  1. Navigate to System > Date & Time and set the time zone to Europe/London.

  2. Under Storage > File Systems, click the + symbol and use the following configuration, repeating for each file system:

    Setting Value
    File System EXT4
    Device /dev/sdb
    Label apps
    Setting Value
    File System EXT4
    Device /dev/sdc
    Label paperless-ngx

    Click Save when finished.

    The file system configuration should look like below:

    OMV File Systems

  3. Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders and click the + symbol and use the following configuration, repeating for each shared folder:

    Setting Value
    Name apps
    Device /dev/sdb1
    Permissions Administrator: read/write, Users: read/write, Others: read-only
    Relative Path apps/
    Tags apps
    Setting Value
    Name consume
    Device /dev/sdc1
    Permissions Everyone: read/write
    Relative Path consume/
    Tags consume, paperless-ngx
    Setting Value
    Name media
    Device /dev/sdc1
    Permissions Administrator: read/write, Users: read/write, Others: read-only
    Relative Path media/
    Tags apps
    Tags media, paperless-ngx

    The shared folder configuration should look like below:

    OMV Shared Folders

  4. Navigate to Services > SSH and configure the following settings:

    Setting Value
    Password Authentication ❌
    Public Key Authentication ✅

SMB/CIFS

The steps below can be used to create a SMB/CIFS share for the Paperless-ngx consume directory.

  1. Navigate to Services > SMB/CIFS > Settings and configure the following settings:

    Setting Value
    Enabled ✅
    Browsable ✅
    Minimum protocol version SMB3

  2. Navigate to Services > SMB/CIFS > Shares and click the + symbol to add a new share with the following configuration:

    Setting Value
    Enabled ✅
    Shared Folder consume [consume, paperless-ngx]
    Comment Paperless-ngx consume directory
    Public Guests only
    Browsable ✅
    Inherit ACLs ✅
    Inherit Permissions ✅

    The share configuration should look like below:

    OMV SMB Share