Ansible-NAS is an automation script that is used to build a personal Network Attached Storage (NAS) using Ansible. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to install Ansible-NAS on your MXLinux.
Before we start with the installation process, you need to ensure that you have:
Follow the steps below to install Ansible-NAS on MXLinux:
Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where you want to clone the ansible-nas repository. Enter the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/DaveStephens/ansible-nas.git
This command will create a new directory named ansible-nas containing all the files required to build your NAS.
Navigate to ansible-nas/ansible/group_vars directory and edit the all.yml file using your preferred text editor. Update the variables such as samba_users, samba_passwords, media_directories, backup_directories, and ssh_keys as per your requirements.
Once the configuration is done, navigate to ansible-nas/ansible/ directory and run the following command to start the playbook:
ansible-playbook -i hosts nas.yml
This command will start the playbook and create your personal NAS. The process may take some time, depending on the speed of your system.
Once the playbook completes successfully, you can access your personal NAS by navigating to \\<your_server_ip> in Windows or smb://<your_server_ip> in macOS. You can also login via SSH using the following command:
ssh user@<your_server_ip>
Ansible-NAS is a powerful tool that automates the building of personal Network Attached Storage. With the help of this tutorial, you should now be able to easily install Ansible-NAS on your MXLinux latest version. Happy automation!
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