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hootNAS - Create and spin up a hootNAS instance

  1. Create a hootNAS ISO image, or just download latest ISO image releases.

  2. Boot the image up in a virtual machine or on a physical machine with at least three available disks, and then note the IP address displayed on the terminal screen.

    If you are using VMware, set disk.EnableUUID="TRUE" in the vmx configuration file or in the vsphere configuration. If you are using QEMU/KVM, make sure you are using virtual SCSI or SATA disk (and not VirtIO), alternatively set a unique serial number on each virtual disk using libvirt or qemu e.g.: -drive if=none,id=disk1,file=disk1.qcow2,serial=1234567890

    Setup name resolution

  3. Add the IP address to your /etc/hosts file, e.g. if the IP address is 192.168.22.48 then add the following line like this

    $ sudo echo "192.168.22.48    hootnas" >> /etc/hosts

    You can now access the frotend webapp using the URL http://hootnas in your browser or log on with SSH:

    $ ssh root@hootnas

    The default root password is pass1234

    Setup SSH key authentication for development

  4. Generate a public/private rsa key pair, just accept the defaults by pressing enter repeatedly, this will create the files ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa

  5. Copy the public key to the hootnas machine. This will prompt for the root password, enter pass1234 which is the default root password on the hootNAS ISO image.

    $ ssh-copy-id root@hootnas

  6. Log on to the hootnas machine once, so that the machine is automatically added to the local ~/.ssh/known_hosts file.

    $ ssh root@hootnas

    You can now log on to the hootnas machine without ever entering a single password. This is required for development.

  7. What you would ideally want to do now, unless you are developing the setup wizard itself, is to setup the storage using the setup wizard. You can do this by accessing the setup wizard with your browser on the IP address or hostname of the hootnas machine, e.g. http://hootnas or http://192.168.22.48. The setup wizard will guide you through the process of setting up the storage, and should also create a user account when given the opportunity by the wizard.