XigmaNAS Tutorial
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Introduction
- The original FreeNAS Project was on SourceForge before it got taken over by ixSystems selling their TrueNAS range based on it.
- FreeNAS v0.7 Open Source was forked as NAS4Free and due to copyright issues, it is now named XigmaNAS.
Build, Configure and Maintain a XigmaNAS Network Attached Storage appliance
- XigmaNAS v12.1.0.4 Build 7683 dated 2020-07-20
- Video of installation in a KVM - 3.7 MB, 3:39 mins
- Video of XigmaNAS First Boot - 3.2 MB, 3:41 mins
- Enabling root login by SSH into XigmaNAS - GUI settings - this will avoid errors like no supported authentication methods available when logging in by PuTTY or WinSCP (Portable)
Virtualisation KVM Install
Defaults
- Default IP Address: 192.168.1.250
- Default Access Credentials (Mode: username / password):
CLI/SSH: root / xigmanas Web: admin / xigmanas
Preferred Hardware
- Use Gigabit Intel LAN NIC model based on XigmaNAS version (date of release and kernel support for native drivers)
- Atleast 4 GB RAM advised for 64 bit installs
- Embedded installs on USB advised for general use
- 2/4 GB USB drives for old systems (< 2010) on embedded 32 bit installs
- Atleast 8 GB USB Drives for modern systems on 64 bit installs
- Choice of Hard Disks with 4K sectors (not surveillance HDDs)
Tested Hardware
Mainboards
Notes
- During install from USB 3 socket, graceful degrade to USB 2 occurs if the device is not USB 3 compliant.
- During usage of the embedded USB device, no such degrade occurs and the device must be plugged into it's appropriate socket.
- When remotely accessing the XigmaNAS using SSH, only a bare shell command prompt for CLI usage is available. To get to the console menu, execute the following command:
sh /etc/rc.initial
- To come out of the menu and exit the SSH session, drop to the shell (choice 6) and type exit
