Difference between revisions of "FreeNAS Corral 10.x setup"

Latest revision as of 20:20, 16 May 2017

Before we start

• We used a virtualized setup in order to create this walkthrough, using generic domain & computer names where possible.
• We used the private IP address range of 192.168.15.x - obviously you'll want to replace our internal IP addresses with your own
  • We used a single Active Directory domain controller, to keep things simple. We then configured the following network settings, which is reflected throughout this document:
    • Gateway: 192.168.15.1
    • DNS: 192.168.15.3
    • NTP: 192.168.15.3
    • DC (Domain Controller): 192.168.15.3
    • FreeNAS Corral: 192.168.15.4

• Where appropriate, we'll make a note of where additional server IP's can be entered, for redundancy
• Generic Password: HorseBattery@2017

Getting started with FreeNAS

Initial connection

• When FreeNAS Corral 10.0 is first installed, the network adapter is set to DHCP - we will change this a few steps down. We will be configuring FreeNAS purely from the webUI, so make a note of the IP on the FreeNAS server console:

• Use your favorite web browser to connect to that address - The FreeNAS webUI will prompt you for a password, for the default user root using the password you set during the installation routine.
• To change from a dynamic IP to a static IP, after you log in, on the left menu click on Network -> Interfaces -> "Interface name" (dhcp)

• On the next screen, uncheck DHCP, and then:
  • Click on Add address
  • 
  • Click the IPv4 radio button, and add 192.168.15.4 under Address, and 255.255.255.0 under Subnet mask / Prefix length and click Done, then click Save at the bottom of the page, and then click Save again.
  • 
  • Then click on Settings under Interfaces, and change the following:
    • Hostname: freenas.mai-dev.net
    • HTTP Proxy: leave blank
    • DHCP Settings
      • Assign Gateway: uncheck
      • Assign DNS: uncheck
    • Gateway Settings
      • IPv4: 192.168.15.1
      • IPv6: leave blank unless you're actively using IPv6 in your environment
    • DNS Settings
      • IP Addresses -> Add DNS Address: 192.168.15.3
      • Search Domains -> Add Search Domain: mai-dev.net
    • Click Save

Configuring Time Server

• On the left menu, click System -> Language & Region
  • Change the timezone to the timezone you FreeNAS server resides in (I used Pacific/Honolulu for this demo)
• Then, again from the left menu, click System -> NTP -> NTP Servers -> Add an NTP Server
  • Address: 192.168.15.3
  • Initial Burst: checked
  • Preferred: checked - only if you're leaving the default NTP servers in place, otherwise leave unchecked
  • When everything is done it should look like this (click image to zoom)
  • Click Save, then click on Dashboard to verify proper System Time

Connecting to Active Directory (finally!)

• From the left menu, click on Accounts -> Directory Services
  • NTP Servers: Select 192.168.15.3 from the drop down menu and then click Synchronize with NTP server (just to be safe).
    • Then click on Active Directory and fill in the required information:
      • Name: active directory testing (or whatever you want)
      • Domain Name (DNS/Realm-Name): MAI-DEV.NET
      • Domain Account Name: freenasadmin
      • Domain Account Password: HorseBattery@2017
      • Enabled: checked
      • Verify everything: (click image to zoom)
      • Click on Save
        • If it worked, there should be a green "dot" next to the Active Directory box:
      • You should be able to see users in Active Directory at this point by clicking on Accounts -> Users: (click image to zoom)

Creating a Storage Pool

• This is beyond the scope of this walkthrough, however:
• The official FreeNAS wiki is an excellent resource on creating your storage pool.
• We also suggest giving cyberjocks excellent PowerPoint presentation explaining what VDev zpool, ZIL and L2ARC is.
  • After your pool is created, we suggest creating a dataset specifically for CIFS sharing.
  • Again, the official FreeNAS wiki is a good source of info on how to do this

Prepping SMB (CIFS) File Sharing

• From the left menu, click on Services -> Sharing -> SMB
  • Enabled: checked
  • NetBIOS Name: FreeNAS
  • Workgroup: MAI-DEV (this should match your domain name, only without the .com .net etc etc...)
  • Description: FreeNAS Plexmedia Server
  • Server minimum protocol: SMB2 (unless you're using clients older than Windows Vista)
  • Everything else, leave at the default settings
  • Click Save