Replacing Win Server 2016 with Nethserver?

[dnutan (Marc)]

It might not feel you better but at least you are not alone . A similar case (no confirmed resolution):

Installing Nethserver on previously used hard drives

I am new to Nethserver and recently installed it (7.4) on a lab PC that has two 5TB drives. The installation went fine and I explored some of the various applications and configuration options. I had selected the local LDAP accounts provider and ultimately decided that I wanted to configure the AD accounts provider. Based on what I read in the documentation this would require starting over with a ‘fresh’ install. When I attempted to perform a ‘fresh’ install I was confronted with ‘not enough dis…

[Zer0Cool (cb)]

CentOS 7 minimal worked as expected. Automatic partitionin see’s the ext4 partition I made using gparted. It allowed me to reclaim without error.

Ill check out the above post, but not sure were to go from here

[mrmarkuz (Markus Neuberger)]

Glad it worked!

Check NS install on minimal centos:

http://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/installation.html#install-on-centos

[Zer0Cool (cb)]

Ok so letting CentOS minimal install and finish, then attempting to install NS. Auto part wouldnt work same as before, couldnt reclaim space. Manual did work however, letting me delete all existing partitions and then use the auto link within manual to create what was needed (which I tweaked the size of root/home a bit). Install running now.

Thanks everyone for the help.

[Zer0Cool (cb)]

Ok well I am in the process of trying to setup ZFS for my 4x 4TB drives. I surely have some reading to do, its currently installing. Gotta figure out how to create the pool and what options to use to ensure I have the parity I need (equivalent to RAID5).

Any insight would be great. Devices are sda to sdd

Thanks

EDIT: Think someone already gave me the command looking back, gonna try this,

@danb35

zpool create -m /path/to/mountpoint tank raidz1 sda sdb sdc sdd

EDIT2: Think I got the pool created correctly. Gonna setup shares and see how it works out.

Used this command:

zpool create -m /var/lib/nethserver/ibay data raidz1 sda sdb sdc sdd

[danb35 (Dan)]

@Zer0Cool

zpool create -m /var/lib/nethserver/ibay data raidz1 sda sdb sdc sdd

That should work. You’re going to have the default compression and other options set, which are fine for 99% of use cases. You can confirm that the pool is running properly by running zpool status.

[Zer0Cool (cb)]

yep zpool status is good, lsblk shows data mounted as specified at about 11TB of space with nothing on it yet which is about right. Thanks

[m.traeumner (Michael Träumner)]

@Zer0Cool

Sorry if I am a bit slow , but would I be setting them to an external DNS like 8.8.8.8?

Yes you can use this, or your Router-IP, it gets the DNS from your provider.

[Zer0Cool (cb)]

Well I have it up and running for the most part, still have some configuring to do but I got a little burnt out after the install issues (and got an xbox 1 x this weekend) so ill need to finish this up in the coming week or weekend.

Is there a detailed post/guide about setting up AD in Nethserver? Some of the posts I’ve come across seem to assume some knowledge of doing so.

Also is there any module or program that can give me a good representation of my overall storage, not just root/install partition? Itd be nice to see how much space I have in my zfs pool either from the dashboard or a page in the web GUI.

[mrmarkuz (Markus Neuberger)]

@Zer0Cool

Is there a detailed post/guide about setting up AD in Nethserver?

This describes basic installation:

http://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/accounts.html#samba-active-directory-local-provider-installation