ZeroTier as a ReadyCloud replacement.

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Sandshark wrote:

Yes, Debian8 is now archived, so apt cannot fetch those dependancies unless you update the location for it to look and tell it to allow expired signatures.  While I believe that was already mentioned in the thread, here is the link again as to how you have to fix that: How-I-got-apt-update-and-install-to-work-with-Debian-Jessie .

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Sandshark StephenB ,

Thanks I saw StephenB's reply first so ignore my previous post. Okay, now to figure out how to make these edits remotely via a macOS SSH terminal😬.

Thanks!

––David

StephenB 

Thanks for the reply. I followed the procedure from Sandshark's post on page 2 of this thread:

Sandshark wrote:

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.

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I thought this was for a fully manual install. It sounds like the error means apt install still needs to download from external libraries, correct?

I haven't made the changes from the link you posted because I didn't know they were necessary. Are you referring to these changes?

Sandshark wrote:

OK, so I started off creating my own local Debian repository.  Not recommended -- it's a lot of work.  But with a lot of Googling and experimenting, I finally got apt to work using an online source.  Now, this requires bypassing a lot of security features, so use at your own risk.  It works on ARM and Intel based systems.

 

My /etc/apt/sources.list now looks like this:

deb https://apt.readynas.com/packages/readynasos 6.10.8 updates apps main

# deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian jessie main
# deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main

deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.kernel.org/debian-archive/debian jessie main contrib non-free
deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.kernel.org/debian-archive/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-free

I commented out two original lines, but you can remove them if you like. archive.kernel.org is a US repository, so you can look for another if you like.  Netgear never had a jessie-backports source or  contrib and non-free included for jessie, so you may not want them.

 

Then you need to create /etc/apt/apt.conf with the following content:

Get::AllowUnauthenticated true;
Acquire::Check-Valid-Until false;

How long will this last?  I don't know, but that archive has some distros even older than Jessie, so I suspect for a while.

I have only rudimentary Linux/shell skills and have to make these fixes via a remote connection. Any advice on how to get this working with minimal pain is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help!

best,

––David