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HendeV's avatar
HendeV
Aspirant
Feb 02, 2017

Firmware upgrade using SSH OS6

I am running a ReadyNAS 300 using firmware 6.2.2 and I'm not able to access the webinterface (http://IP_of_NAS/admin).
Appearently this was a known issue and this should be solved in newer firmware but since I'm not able to access the webinterface for this NAS it's kind of a challenge.

SSH is enabled, I've copied the new firmware to the NAS but now I have to figure out how to install the firmware using SSH.

Is there anyone out there who can tell me how I should do this? Thanks!

3 Replies

  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Well if you uninstalled apps the reason would be shown if you look at

    # systemctl status apache2

     

    That should mention a broken symlink for an app you've uninstalled. Remove the broken symlink using rm and do

    # systemctl restart apache2

    and the web admin interface should be accessible again.



    Alternatively download the firmware e.g. to the /root directory then do e.g.

    # echo /root/ReadyNASOS-6.6.1-x86_64.img > /etc/.flash_update

     

    and reboot the NAS

     

     

    After you've updated the firmware you'll then have a safe mode that the NAS falls back to using if there is a problem with the http/s config. In http/s safe mode the web admin interface should still be accessible over https: https://ip.address.of.nas/admin

    • HendeV's avatar
      HendeV
      Aspirant

      Since # systemctl status apache2 did not show a broken symlink I will install the new firmware. I need to do this after working hours.

      Thank you for your quick reply!

      • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
        mdgm-ntgr
        NETGEAR Employee Retired

        Oops.

         

        There would be information in the output of

         

        # journalctl

         

        The broken symlink would be in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled if I recall correctly.

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