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ilansch
Nov 30, 2016Aspirant
How to manage ReadyNAS 6.5.1 OS not via WEB Admin?
Hi, How end-user usually control/manage the ReadyNAS appliance ? I can control/manage via Web browser. Does it provide another way - not via web ? I can do it via SSH - but it is disabled and not...
- Nov 30, 2016
ilansch wrote:
Yes, I know i can open wireshark/fiddler, figure out the http post/put and run them from my shell instead of a browser. Does customer do it ??I am not trying to bypass the web admin - I just want to know if there are alternatives.I'm not sure why you need alternatives - sometimes I do need ssh for things the web ui doesn't do, but it's risky to try and manually create shares, etc.
Personally I use the web ui to configure my various ReadyNAS. I do have ssh enabled on all of them, and used that to install/maintain crashplan (which is on an OS-4 system). But generally I only use ssh for monitoring and occasional troubleshooting.
RAIDar 6.x has some new features related to management - the ability to download logs, and a diagnostic mode.
ilansch wrote:
Enabling SSH on the server may cause deny from support - this is a fact.
"May" is the key word. Simply enabling ssh shouldn't result in a denial of support (despite the warning). There is more information on that here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30068
mdgm-ntgr
Nov 30, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Any way you use the shell whether using SSH or otherwise has the same implications.
It is possible to figure out the URLs to do tasks on the NAS and use curl to do stuff. However these URLs may change from firmware to firmware.
You can tunnel the web admin interface over SSH.
- ilanschNov 30, 2016Aspirant
Hi,
I did not understand you.
Enabling SSH on the server may cause deny from support - this is a fact.
How do users config their ReadyNAS ? Only by opening a web browser and configuring it from there ?
Yes, I know i can open wireshark/fiddler, figure out the http post/put and run them from my shell instead of a browser. Does customer do it ??I am not trying to bypass the web admin - I just want to know if there are alternatives.or just to fiddler the http messages and curl them.usually appliances provide web admin and maybe a CLI that we can telnet to.Thanks for response !- StephenBNov 30, 2016Guru - Experienced User
ilansch wrote:
Yes, I know i can open wireshark/fiddler, figure out the http post/put and run them from my shell instead of a browser. Does customer do it ??I am not trying to bypass the web admin - I just want to know if there are alternatives.I'm not sure why you need alternatives - sometimes I do need ssh for things the web ui doesn't do, but it's risky to try and manually create shares, etc.
Personally I use the web ui to configure my various ReadyNAS. I do have ssh enabled on all of them, and used that to install/maintain crashplan (which is on an OS-4 system). But generally I only use ssh for monitoring and occasional troubleshooting.
RAIDar 6.x has some new features related to management - the ability to download logs, and a diagnostic mode.
ilansch wrote:
Enabling SSH on the server may cause deny from support - this is a fact.
"May" is the key word. Simply enabling ssh shouldn't result in a denial of support (despite the warning). There is more information on that here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30068
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