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Web interface and installing, updating and removing apps
I have a ReadyNAS 214 running 6.9.3 Back when it was on 6.8.0 (I think) I was one of the people who had trouble with installing and updating apps via the web interface. When the OS updated and th...
Assuming you have a good backup, why not trying the downgrade/upgrade-the-firmware-approach. It helped for example in the case below:
Retired_Member wrote:
Assuming you have a good backup, why not trying the downgrade/upgrade-the-firmware-approach.
That resolved a very different problem, and I don't think it's likely to resolve this one.
If you do want to try it, don't try to downgrade back to 6.8.0. You'd need to stay within 6.9.x. I'd also suggest doing a simple OS-reinstall first (which I think has about the same odds of fixing it, but is less likely to make things worse).
Since you have apps installed, I suggest checking for OS partition fullness first - download the log zip file, and look in volume.log. The section you want starts with
=== df -h ===
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 10M 4.0K 10M 1% /dev
/dev/md0 4.0G 955M 2.7G 26% /
Look at the fullness of /dev/md0 - it's normally around 25% full. If it's over 50% full, you should probably clean it.
StephenB wrote:
Since you have apps installed, I suggest checking for OS partition fullness first - download the log zip file, and look in volume.log. The section you want starts with=== df -h ===
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 10M 4.0K 10M 1% /dev
/dev/md0 4.0G 955M 2.7G 26% /Look at the fullness of /dev/md0 - it's normally around 25% full. If it's over 50% full, you should probably clean it.
It is indeed currently showing 53%. How exactly do I clean it?
Sorry for coming back to this two months later. My work schedule got busy and I had to put this aside for a while.
SisyphusBond wrote: It is indeed currently showing 53%. How exactly do I clean it?Basically you need to use ssh to find out where the space is going. What you do depends on where/what the files are.
Mitigations include
- deleting temp files (for instance core files) or cache
- uninstalling apps
- replacing some app folders with symlinks to the data volume
- deleting files under system mount points (a bit tricky to find)
- truncating unrotated log files
The other approach is to bite the bullet and do the factory reset. Then reconfigure the NAS, and reload the files from your backup.
StephenB wrote:
Basically you need to use ssh to find out where the space is going. What you do depends on where/what the files are.
Mitigations include
- deleting temp files (for instance core files) or cache
- uninstalling apps
- replacing some app folders with symlinks to the data volume
- deleting files under system mount points (a bit tricky to find)
- truncating unrotated log files
The other approach is to bite the bullet and do the factory reset. Then reconfigure the NAS, and reload the files from your backup.
I think I'm getting out of my limits of knowledge a little here. Are there any handy references for how to do any of these things? Some of them look a bit more intimidating than others.
Unfortunately I don't currently have a way of backing up a lot of the stuff on my NAS. The important things are, but I'd rather not lose the rest unless I absolutely have to.
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