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Setting up ZeroTier to work with your NAS
Disappointed that NETGEAR is ending ReadyNAS Replicate, leaving you without an easy-to-use secure VPN-like method to make backups and copies of your files? Need another level of security and ease-of-use with ReadyDR? Want to access your ReadyNAS without the ReadyCLOUD app? Boy, do I have a solution for you! I started updated the community app ZeroTier NT, made by NAStools. ZeroTier which is an easy-to-setup VPN solution for your computers, mobile devices, and more. In fact, it is so easy, I'm sharing with you instructions on how you can transition. INITIAL SETUP Creating a ZeroTier account Go to my.zerotier.com Click Create an Account Enter your e-mail address in the E-mail Address field. Enter a password in both Password fields Click Create an Account Setting up the ZeroTier Central interface for the first time Once you're logged into the ZeroTier Central interface, click Networks. Click Create to create a new network. Immediately, a new network is created for you. Click the newly created network. At the top, notate the Network ID. You'll join your ReadyNAS to this network. Optionally, configure the Name and a Description. Scroll down to IPv4 Auto-Assign. Select a IP range you with to use. In most instances, you'll select a Class C network. This network must be unique to all NAS and devices you want to link. Do not try to assign the same subnet as your existing subnets, as this creates a routing issue. Installing ZeroTier on ReadyNAS OS 6 devices Navigate to https://github.com/didyouexpectthat/zerotierone/releases/tag/readynas%2F1.1.14-nt3 Download the package for your system armel for ARM based (RN100, RN200, RN210, RN2120) amd64 for x86 (all other NAS) Navigate to your ReadyNAS Admin page Go to Apps tab, then click Upload. Browse to the downloaded file, and click Upload. Refresh the Apps page once the installation is complete, then click Launch under ZeroTier One NT. If prompted, login with your ReadyNAS admin username and password. Adding devices to ZeroTier network Once you are in the ZeroTier UI, take note of your alphanumeric address, located at the bottom left corner. Type your Network ID from the ZeroTier Central interface in the [ Network ID ] field, then click Join. After ZeroTier connects to the internet and requests the config, you may see the status ACCESS_DENIED. This means you need to give permission from ZeroTier Central for that device Go back to ZeroTier Central, refresh, and scroll down to Members. The newly created network will appear with a dashed red line and will match the address from your ZeroTier UI. To authenticate this device, click the checkbox under Auth?. The dashed red line will change to green. For your reference, type in a (short name) and a (description) so you know which device is which. After a short time, ZeroTier UI will change status to OK. Your ReadyNAS is now setup for with ZeroTier. Configuring ReadyDR or Backup Jobs to utilize the ZeroTier connection Once the status is OK in ZeroTier, refresh ZeroTier Central and scroll back to Members and review Managed IPs for the device. These are the private IP addresses to use for your job. Do not use Physical IP. Only use Managed IPs Things to note: The ZeroTier One NT for ReadyNAS OS 6 listed above is NOT the latest version; it is on 1.1.14. There is a new version of ZeroTier but it does not have UI support, like the ZeroTier package from 1.1.14. If you want to use 1.2 and newer, you'll need to use ZeroTier CLI commands once installed, which you can use to access the ReadyNAS. Upgrading from the 1.1.14 package to a 1.2 package will not destroy your existing network or setup. You will just not be able to use the UI to manage networks. Proceed at your own risk. Download the latest package from https://github.com/didyouexpectthat/zerotierone/releases Instructions on using the ZeroTier CLI are available at https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/wiki/Command-Line-Interface
didjaexpectthat
Feb 12, 2018 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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Letsencrypt/certbot experiments with ReadyNAS OS 6.5.0 on RN202
See also: LINK Install letsencrypt/certbot on Readynas OS 6.5.0 (Debian Wheezy): Docs and inspiration from: certbot netgear_581268 netgear_592613 # apt-get install nano (or any other editor you like) # cd /opt # mkdir letsencrypt # cd letsencrypt # wget https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto # chmod a+x certbot-auto # ./certbot-auto --help all # apt-get install libaugeas-dev (to prevent error: Unable to import libaugeas!) # service apache2 stop # ./certbot-auto certonly --standalone-supported-challenges tls-sni-01 -d fqdn.yourdomain.com (to use port 443) 3 Automatically use a temporary ... - Enter your email address - Read terms of service # cd /etc/frontview/apache # cp apache2.pem apache2.pem.orig # cp ssl.conf ssl.conf.orig # nano ssl.conf add the line "SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/frontview/apache/chain.pem" below line "SSLCertificateFile /etc/frontview/apache/apache2.pem" save ssl.conf # rm apache2.pem # cat /etc/letsencrypt/live/fqdn.yourdomain.com/privkey.pem >> apache2.pem # cat /etc/letsencrypt/live/fqdn.yourdomain.com/cert.pem >> apache2.pem # cp /etc/letsencrypt/live/fqdn.yourdomain.com/chain.pem chain.pem # service apache2 start Disadvantage: The key is only valid for 3 months and an automatic renewal is somehow complicated. Maybe a script can help :-) Test with: SSLLABS SSLSHOPPER
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chrhei
May 25, 2016 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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ZeroTier and the ReadyNAS
NASTools mentions in the Apps sub-forum that he is looking into an app for ZeroTier. I started a small tangent discussion and thought it better to move it to its own thread. I. too, have been looking into ZeroTier, and I think it has great potential on the ReadyNAS. For those open to SSHing in, it's an easy install in OS6.6.0. But everything has to be done via SSH and the ZeroTier CLI, so it's not for everyone (yet). If NASTools does get an app with a GUI, then all aboard. I suppose ShellInABox could also be used, since it gives SSH access -- I have never tried it. I have installed ZeroTier One (the official name of the application) on OS6.6.0 running on legacy x86 devices. With OS6.6 now being based on Debian 8 (aka jessie), it should also install on ARM devices using the standard method, according to their documentation. But I do not have an ARM device on which to try it. Anyone wishing to risk the possibility of needing to factory default if it does not work right is invited to give it a try (see instructions below) and let us know in a reply if it works. So, "What is ZeroTier?", you ask. The best desctiption I have seen is that is it a "mesh VPN". That is, it is a VPN that runs in conjunction with your normal NAT, not instead or in the middle of it. Instead of routing everything over the VPN, as is the typical VPN implementation (though it can be made to do so), it sets up one or more parallel networks that you can access through ZeroTier. You can find more information at https://www.zerotier.com/. I have installed it on two ReadyNASes, a PC, and my Android phone. I can now directly access the NASes (including the admin page) from my PC or phone when away from home as if I were on the same LAN (though my phone's resolution and the OS6 user interface don't work well together). I can map drives on my PC. I can create a backup job between NASes, even if they are in physically different locations. No need for Rsync over SSH, ReadyCloud or ReadyNAS Replicate. Just a standard backup process using the other NAS's ZeroTier IP address instead of it's normal one. For me, this is huge. It's a lot like ReadyNAS Remote and then some. Like the ReadyNAS apps, it does use an external server to establish the route between devices, but it does not route all traffic though that server. As a result, it's only bottleneck is the connection speeds of the devices There is an option to run your own server, though documentation is sparce (likely intentionally, as doing so is only for highly skilled users). Because traffic takes the most direct route, including staying on your LAN if appropriate, this also means you can use the same Windows drive mappings no matter where you are. When both devices are on your LAN, speed does not suffer by being routed "around the world". But your internet traffic also doesn't suffer when you are on the road by being routed through your VPN gateway. Note that this could open a remote PC up as an attrack point on the LAN, so caution should be used by business users. Having the ZeroTier connection made automatically with stored credentials is probably not wise for many cases. I was initially reluctant to install ZeroTier because it just used a script and I could not see what it was doing. But I downloaded and looked over the script and became convinced it would work. And work, it did. Just go here: https://www.zerotier.com/product-one.shtml and run the CURL command listed for the Linux install from an SSH session. I point to the page instead of duplicating the command in case it changes in the future. I did run an apt-get update first, because I think the system should be up to date before installing any "foreign" apps, but Netgear does not recommend doing the update, as it may create conflicts within the OS. The script checks what version of Linux and what processor you are using, then installs the appropriate files. It installed fine on my x86 OS6.6.0 system. It should install on ARM 6.6.0 and may install on older X86 6.x, but I have not tried it. Instructions for installing on earlier ARM OS6 can be found here: https://www.andrewmunsell.com/blog/remote-access-to-readynas-zerotier-one/. If it were to run on OS4.x or 5.x, it would probably also need to be compiled and scripts manually installed as described on that page. If it works on OS4 and OS5, it would be the answer to the lack of ReadyNAS Remote and ReadyCloud compatibility on the same client machine. But even if it doesn't, ZeroTier, unlike ReadyCloud, is compatible with running ReadyNAS Remote on a PC, so you could have concurrent ways to access both old and new systems, though not between each other. Once installed, it's just a mater of using the zerotier-cli command or Windows/Mac/Android/iOS GUI to join all devices to the same network and get an IP address on that network. ip addr show now now shows a new zto: interface and (if connected to a network), the IP address associated wih it. The interface and network connections survive a reboot, courtesy of startup scripts installed by the ZeroTier installer. It was not necessary for me to change any configuration on my router. Note that uninstalling may be more difficult than installing, as there is no uninstall script. But you can leave it installed but disconnected form any networks and it should cause no problem. Please share your installation experience, good or bad, especially if not on an OS6.6.0 or above X86 system.
Sandshark
Oct 30, 2016 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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6.4.0 changes share network access permissions for groups
Upgraded to 6.4.0, no other changes. Now all windows users get network access credentials prompt when trying to access a share for which same users have always had access as part of a group of users defined on the readynas. Network access permission box for users is ticked and this has always worked previously - on all previous versions of OS6, OS4.2.x and 4.1.x. I have never had these prompts before and of course the credentials of the user entered in this dialog box are not accepted (no suprise there) Now I need to grant each user network access by ticking the individual user's name on the network access tab. This effectively renders the use of groups of users on the readynas useless. Simple to solve,but.... Why is this broken now, this cannot be by design?
vandermerwe
Oct 07, 2015 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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LSB issue on leafp2p
Hi, May be not the correct section, but I didn't find anything reporting this issue. I have upgraded to last 6.2.4, and fall to: insserv: warning: script 'leafp2p' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: There is a loop between service logitechmediaserver and leafp2p if stopped insserv: loop involving service leafp2p at depth 2 insserv: loop involving service logitechmediaserver at depth 1 insserv: Stopping leafp2p depends on logitechmediaserver and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true! insserv: exiting now without changing boot order! update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header Comparing /etc/init.d/leafp2p with my previous 6.1.9, all LSB comment section has disappear in the last version... Adding back ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: leafp2p # Required-Start: $network $remote_fs $syslog # Required-Stop: $network $remote_fs $syslog # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: P2P functionality for addons and applications ### END INIT INFO solved my issue. Any reason that it disappear between 6.1.9 and 6.2.4 ? Regards,
iamthemitch
Jun 06, 2015 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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Large deployment of Orbi Pro, ReadyNAS and Managed Switches Dianbai #CaseStudy
Case Overview User Industry: Education User Profile: 183 secondary and high schools in Dianbai, Maoming The project was a collaboration between NETGEAR and Guangdong Qijiao Technology to create a state-of-the-art recording and broadcasting platform for 183 schools in Dianbai County. In this case study, the NETGEAR products are mainly for use with the Spaceflight Teaching video broadcasting system for regular educational recording and broadcasting. They helped Dianbai District implement school-to-school and class-to-class connectivity, and build a solid infrastructure for regular video classrooms. Each elementary school in the district deployed an M4100-26G core switch and a GS750E access switch to implement school-to-school networks. In video classrooms, an Orbi Pro Wire-Free 3-band WiFi set was deployed to meet the requirements of e-school. Matching with Spaceflight Teaching's regular recording and broadcasting system, each elementary school deployed an RR2304 as local storage and regularly backs up the RR2304 data to the RR4360S, which acts as a centralized backup for disaster recovery. – Download the Dianbai Case Study to learn more. Technical Solutions: Tiered storage and data protection - NETGEAR RR4360S, RR2304, and RR2312 provide mass storage space with recording and broadcasting requirements and implement backup for disaster recovery. NETWORK backbone - NETGEAR's M5300, M4100, and GS724T WiFi – Orbi Pro Insight Enabled Access Points Products Used: RR4360S x 2 units RR2304 x 65 units RR2312 x 18 units SRK60 x 150 sets M4100-26G x 365 units GS724T x 215 units GS750E x 33 units M5300-28GF3 x 8 unit
BretD
Dec 20, 2018 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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Win a ReadyNAS - LIVE Q&A Celebrate World Backup Day with ReadyNAS by NETGEAR
What would you do if you lost all of your data? World Backup Day, recognized for March 31, is an annual reminder for people and business owners to protect their data and avoid looking like a fool on April Fool's Day. In a world of ransomware, theft, scams, and viruses. It's important to not only backup your data, but keep it safe. Are you prepared for World Backup Day? Welcome, Doug Cheung, NETGEAR's PLM for ReadyNAS, as we celebrate World Backup Day. Doug Cheung, NETGEAR’S Senior Product Line Manager for ReadyNAS is going to walk you through ways you can backup your information and answering your questions. If you ask a question during our upcoming ReadyNAS live event on March 30th, you will be eligible to win one of two (2) ReadyNAS 422 storage units by NETGEAR! So if disaster strikes, you'll be fully covered thanks to your data backup. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to tune into NETGEAR LIVE on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1JsK6Ej
BretD
Mar 26, 2018 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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ReadyNAS OS 6: Antivirus Update
NETGEAR is updating the anti-virus software in ReadyNAS storage systems. The new anti-virus software is integrated in ReadyNAS OS 6.6.1 and will be released on January 3, 2017. Your system might experience a short disruption of virus database updates, from January 1, 2017, to January 3, 2017. Your log file will indicate a failure in updating the virus database during that time. UPDATE: ReadyNAS OS 6.6.1 is now available! Also note that the Anti-Virus Plus app will be removed (if it is installed) when you update to 6.6.1.
kohdee
Jan 02, 2017 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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Turn off scrub/balance/defrag notice emails in ReadyOS 6
Every week i do a scrub, balance & defrag on all our ReadyNAS devices. For each of those, i receive 2 mails: started and finished/failed. Since we have of few devices, i receive around 20 mails in the weekend. I want to disable the notification mails and only want the failure mails. How do i do this?
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defcon84
May 30, 2016 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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Need for latest PHP .deb package for ReadyNAS 6.3.5
I have no clue why the new versions of ReadyNAS OS do not come with updated PHP and Apps,.... and many of them do not get update. PHP > v5.6.11 is availiable and I am aware that there are some applications that are not compatible but I am aware that there is a possibility to have multiple PHP versions of installed on a system to work with different applications. One example is Owncloud and Pydio, I am not sure that even the latest versions of either of these applications requires same PHP or not, but their very old version of them are availiable on Avaliable Apps (Even the application's update system can not update them properly). I am wondering why ReadyNAS OS Maintainers do not make the ReadyNAS OS suctures (folders, config files,... ) as much as similar to Debian, Ubuntu so one could manually download the latest .deb packages and install it on his NAS.
sunsina
Aug 01, 2015 Place Use your ReadyNAS
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