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Aspirant

Apr 26, 2016

ReadyNAS Pro 4: Setting up MySQL properly.

Hello, I've been running into some troubles getting MySQL to run properly on my ReadyNAS Pro 4. But before I start explaining, I'd like to mention that I did search this and other forums for poss...

Feature Request & Feedback

mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Apr 28, 2016

You could install the MySQLOn add-on to enable MySQL.

Your NAS won't be getting any more firmware updates, so if new security issues come up having ports forwarded to it on the web probably isn't a good idea.

You can run OS6 on your ReadyNAS which is continuing to get firmware updates but that's not supported.

minikN
Aspirant
Apr 28, 2016
You can run OS6 on your ReadyNAS which is continuing to get firmware updates but that's not supported.
I'm confused, can, or can't I run OS6 on my NAS? If I can, could you point to a tutorial or something like that? THanks.
- minikN
  Aspirant
  Apr 28, 2016
  I just found the appropriate thread.
  - mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    May 02, 2016
    You can run OS6 but it's not supported so if you run into issues running OS6 on a legacy NAS, NETGEAR Support won't be able to help. You can of course seek help on the NETGEAR community here.