Ansible-NAS is an open-source project that lets you quickly and easily set up a network-attached storage (NAS) system on a Linux server. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to install Ansible-NAS on Elementary OS Latest.
Before installing Ansible-NAS, you need to ensure that the following dependencies are installed on your system:
You can install these dependencies by running the following command.
sudo apt-get install python-pip git
To install Ansible-NAS, we need to clone the repository from GitHub. To do so, navigate to the directory where you want to install the software and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/DaveStephens/ansible-nas.git
This will download the Ansible-NAS repository to your system.
Ansible-NAS requires Ansible to be installed on your system. You can install Ansible using pip by running the following command:
sudo pip install ansible
Next, we need to configure Ansible-NAS with the appropriate settings for our system. To do this, navigate to the ansible-nas directory and open the config.yml file in your text editor of choice.
cd ansible-nas
nano config.yml
In this file, you will need to configure the nas_name, nas_domain_name, nas_timezone, nas_interface, and nas_users settings based on your specific needs.
Once you have configured Ansible-NAS, you can run it by running the following command:
ansible-playbook -i inventory nas.yml
This will start the installation process for Ansible-NAS. The installation process may take some time to complete, so be patient.
Once the installation process is complete, you should be able to access your new NAS by navigating to http://nas_domain_name in your web browser. You will be prompted to enter the username and password you specified in the config.yml file.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Ansible-NAS on Elementary OS Latest.
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