Sam9s has posted a two-part series describing his project to build a powerful NAS running the Unraid NAS operating system. The first part, posted last year, describes the hardware and a detailed account of his thought process which led him to go with Unraid as the NAS OS.
The second part, posted just recently, describes setting up FTP (sFTP) and VPN connectivity to his Unraid NAS. Specifically, he covers:
In this part 2 of the project we will discuss a few quintessential features of a NAS, that most of us would love to add.
1. Ftp access to your server (sftp for secure access)
2. VPN access (also covered under security)
3. Configuring telnet by using Putty
4. Dynamic IP resolution : So that internal resources can be accessed from outside.
5. Enabling SSHThese features will help a user to use his NAS as .....
1. A File server
2. A Web Server ( You might want to host a site on your own server .., or run other services on it that require a HTTP portal to run (More on this later)
3. Access Shares across internet securely
4. Create a Music Server, which also can be accessed from internet and also from an Android Phone
The post goes into great detail with multiple screen shots showing setting up sftp and vpn access as well as describing how to set up a Unraid server so that you can access it from outside your LAN. Finally, he shows how to install the Logitech Music Server (formerly Squeezebox Server) on an Unraid NAS. He provides complete step-by-step instructions making installing the music server very easy.
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