Installing OpenMediaVault on OpenBSD

OpenMediaVault is an open-source network-attached storage (NAS) operating system based on Debian Linux. It provides an easy-to-use web interface for managing storage, network share, user account, and many more. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OpenMediaVault on an OpenBSD system.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure your OpenBSD system has the following prerequisites installed:

• curl
• sudo
• gnupg
• git

You can install them by running the following command:

$ doas pkg_add curl sudo gnupg git

Step 1: Adding OpenMediaVault Repository

OpenMediaVault provides a repository that contains all the required packages to install OpenMediaVault on top of Debian Linux. OpenBSD uses a different package manager and repository, so we need to add our own repository for OpenMediaVault.

First, add the OpenMediaVault repository signing key:

$ curl https://packages.openmediavault.org/public/archive.key | doas gpg --import -

Then, add the OpenMediaVault repository URL to your /etc/installurl file:

$ echo "https://packages.openmediavault.org/public/arrakis $(uname -r)/" | doas tee -a /etc/installurl

Note: Replace arrakis with the version of OpenMediaVault you want to install.

Step 2: Installing OpenMediaVault

Now that we have added the OpenMediaVault repository, we can start installing it on OpenBSD. Run the following command to update the package list and install OpenMediaVault:

$ doas pkg_add openmediavault

During the installation, you will be prompted to set a password for the admin user. Make sure to remember this password, as you will need it to access the web interface.

Step 3: Starting OpenMediaVault

After the installation completes successfully, start the OpenMediaVault service:

$ doas rcctl start openmediavault

By default, OpenMediaVault listens on port 80. If you have a firewall enabled, make sure to allow inbound traffic to this port.

You can now access the OpenMediaVault web interface by navigating to http://<ip-address-of-your-OpenBSD-system>/. Log in with the admin user and the password you set during the installation.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install OpenMediaVault on an OpenBSD system. OpenMediaVault provides an easy-to-use web interface for managing your storage, network shares, users, and many more. We hope this tutorial helps you get started with OpenMediaVault on OpenBSD.

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