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ZeroTier as a ReadyCloud replacement.
Well, a big part of a replacement, anyway. With ReadyCloud going away, a lot of folks are going to be looking for a replacement in order to have remote access to their ReadyNAS, I have been using...
Seems the curl script no longer works in Debian Jessie. But manual install does.
I have an OS6.10.8 Intel-based NAS and successfully manually installed V1.6.6. Anything later fails. I will try an ARM machine when I get a chance to re-initialize one, or somebody else can try and report results.
Below is how to do the manual installation. In this example, I'm assuming a volume name of data and that share Temp exists. Use whatever is appropriate to you.
Go here: https://download.zerotier.com/RELEASES/1.6.6/dist/debian/jessie/ and download the amd64 version to the Temp share.
From SSH:
cd /data/Temp
apt install ./zerotier-one_1.6.6_amd64.deb
Note that the leading ./ is required, or it will try to install from a network source.
You will have to answer Y to a couple of prompts, and the default for at least one may be N.
Now just join your network and enable the member in ZeroTierOne.
I successfully downloaded, installed and configured ZeroTier on a RN314 running 6.10.8. (Intel). Using the 1.6.6. Joined the network. Added 2 Win 11 clients. Enabled all in the ZeroTier web portal.
But I am unclear how I access the shared folders on the NAS? I do not see anything in my File Explorer under Network - Computers, except for other local computers. Thoughts?
Did you also install ZeroTier on the PC and add it to the same network?
I'm not sure how Windows decides how to show things in "My Network", but it doesn't show two devices with the same name at two different IP addresses, so you won't see it there, at least when it's also on the local network. But you can map a drive to it or just go there directly by typing the IP address and share name into a Windows Explorer window's address field.
In my case \\192.168.0.42\Documents gets me to the Documents share via the local network and \\192.168.192.42\Documents gets me there via ZeroTier. I've assigned reserved IP addresses in ZeroTier that just change the third field from 0 to 192 compared to the IP addresses reserved in my router to make things easier.
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After installing the ZeroTier on client device, simply "Add Network Location" from Windows file manager then you can use managed IPs getting from ZeroTier network eg. 172.22.xx.xx (even on iPhone iOS > Files > Connect Server > ZT IP)
That's all
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