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I'll try and take a look at this tomorrow. Main issue at the moment is I need to sort out the Wireguard OOT drivers. Any new OOT driver is a PITA

Just my 2 cents on the controller front. If using iOS, iPeng is definitely worth it. For Android I think the options are pretty miserable TBH and no where near as polished as iPeng. I used Squeezer for a while and was reasonably impressed. Then I bought Orange Squeeze and IMO it is not that great... maybe a little bit better than Squeezer but not worth the asking price IMO. However my tip is to install the Material theme/skin for LMS and then point your Chrome browser to that. It has a wonderful responsive design so works equally well on a desktop as on a mobile device. You can get chrome on Android to create a nice little icon and place it on your homescreen, which will then open a chrome-less (app like) experience. Very nice indeed 🙂

A plugin to create and modify vfio-pci.cfg from the unRAID webGui. Allows you to bind PCI devices by address to the vfio-pci driver. Also displays IOMMU groupings and which devices support reset. Unbound USB controllers display USB devices connected to them. Bound devices will be available to pass through to your VMs under "Other PCI Devices" in the Edit VM Form View. Please see the release notes for 6.7.0-rc1 for more information on this binding method. Search for "VFIO-PCI Config" in Community Applications Github repository: https://github.com/Skitals/unraid-vfio-pci/ URL for manual plugin install: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Skitals/unraid-vfio-pci/master/plugins/vfio.pci.plg

**Beta** Theme Engine A plugin for the unRAID webGui Theme Engine lets you re-style the unRAID webGui. Instead of creating a whole new theme, it adjusts settings that override the theme you are already using. You can adjust as few or as many settings as you like. Mixing and matching the base themes with Theme Engine settings creates endless possibilities. Import one of the included styles, or remix and export your own. --- How to install Search for Theme Engine on Community Applications. -OR- the URL to install manually: https://github.com/Skitals/unraid-theme-engine/raw/master/plugins/theme.engine.plg --- How to use To load an included theme, select it under Saved Themes and hit Load. To import a theme (zip file) from the community, paste the url under Import Zip and hit Import. The theme is now available to Load under Saved Themes. To import a theme (zip file) from usb, place the zip file in the folder /boot/config/plugins/theme.engine/themes/ select it under Import Zip and hit Import. The theme is now available to Load under Saved Themes. Note that when you Apply changes to a theme, it applies to your current configuration but does not overwrite the Saved Theme. If you want to update the saved theme, check the checkmark next to "Export to Saved Themes" before hitting Apply. To save it as a new theme, change the Theme Name, check the checkmark, and hit Apply. To export your theme as a zip file, hit Apply to save any changes, toggle on Advanced View, and click "Download current confirguration as Zip File" at the bottom of the page. --- Screenshots Basic View: Advanced View: --- Advanced / Hidden Options You can inject custom css by creating the following files and enabling custom.css under advanced view. The files, if they exist, are included on every page just above `</style>` in the html head. The custom.css files are independent of the theme engine theme you are using. If custom.css is enabled, it will be included even if theme engine is disabled. /boot/config/plugins/theme.engine/custom.css Will be included in all themes. /boot/config/plugins/theme.engine/custom-white.css /boot/config/plugins/theme.engine/custom-black.css /boot/config/plugins/theme.engine/custom-gray.css /boot/config/plugins/theme.engine/custom-azure.css Will only be included when using the corresponding base theme.

This is a bug fix and security update release. Due to a security vulnerability discovered in forms-based authentication: ALL USERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO UPGRADE To upgrade: If you are running any 6.4 or later release, click 'Check for Updates' on the Tools/Update OS page. If you are running a pre-6.4 release, click 'Check for Updates' on the Plugins page. If the above doesn't work, navigate to Plugins/Install Plugin, select/copy/paste this plugin URL and click Install: https://s3.amazonaws.com/dnld.lime-technology.com/stable/unRAIDServer.plg Refer also to @ljm42 excellent 6.4 Update Notes which are helpful especially if you are upgrading from a pre-6.4 release. Bugs: If you discover a bug or other issue in this release, please open a Stable Releases Bug Report. Version 6.8.1 2020-01-10 Changes vs. 6.8.0 Base distro: libuv: version 1.34.0 libvirt: version 5.10.0 mozilla-firefox: version 72.0.1 (CVE-2019-17026, CVE-2019-17015, CVE-2019-17016, CVE-2019-17017, CVE-2019-17018, CVE-2019-17019, CVE-2019-17020, CVE-2019-17021, CVE-2019-17022, CVE-2019-17023, CVE-2019-17024, CVE-2019-17025) php: version 7.3.13 (CVE-2019-11044 CVE-2019-11045 CVE-2019-11046 CVE-2019-11047 CVE-2019-11049 CVE-2019-11050) qemu: version 4.2.0 samba: version 4.11.4 ttyd: version 20200102 wireguard-tools: version 1.0.20200102 Linux kernel: version 4.19.94 kernel_firmware: version 20191218_c4586ff (with additional Intel BT firmware) CONFIG_THUNDERBOLT: Thunderbolt support CONFIG_INTEL_WMI_THUNDERBOLT: Intel WMI thunderbolt force power driver CONFIG_THUNDERBOLT_NET: Networking over Thunderbolt cable oot: Highpoint rr3740a: version v1.19.0_19_04_04 oot: Highpoint r750: version v1.2.11-18_06_26 [restored] oot: wireguard: version 0.0.20200105 Management: add cache-busting params for noVNC url assets emhttpd: fix cryptsetup passphrase input network: disable IPv6 for an interface when its settings is "IPv4 only". webgui: Management page: fixed typos in help text webgui: VM settings: fixed Apply button sometimes not working webgui: Dashboard: display CPU load full width when no HT webgui: Docker: show 'up-to-date' when status is unknown webgui: Fixed: handle race condition when updating share access rights in Edit User webgui: Docker: allow to set container port for custom bridge networks webgui: Better support for custom themes (not perfect yet) webgui: Dashboard: adjusted table positioning webgui: Add user name and user description verification webgui: Edit User: fix share access assignments webgui: Management page: remove UPnP conditional setting webgui: Escape shell arg when logging csrf mismatch webgui: Terminal button: give unsupported warning when Edge/MSIE is used webgui: Patched vulnerability in auth_request webgui: Docker: added new setting "Host access to custom networks" webgui: Patched vulnerability in template.php

If you have a non-ASCII printable character in your passphrase it will not work (and in next release we are only going to support the 95 printable ASCII characters in a passphrase). In this case you will need to use 'keyfile' method. In a future release we will add ability to change the passphrase via webGUI. If you are using some kind of mechanism to fetch a keyfile from an external server during the Unraid boot process, e.g., via the 'go' file, and that operation fails and leaves an invalid or zero-length keyfile, you will also get 'wrong key' even if you type the passphrase. This will be addressed in the next patch release 6.8.2. If neither of these cases applies to you, yes send me a representative passphrase in PM.

Schedule direct is very nice. I have found zap2xml just as easy and free!

What size are those 30 drives? If some of the drive sizes are smaller it might be worth consideration on selling off some of the smaller ones and getting one or two larger ones.

Network tuners \o/ DVB-T2 = HDHomerun or DVB-S2 = DigitbitR1

One of the features I personally can't live without is only offered on server boards. IPMI / remote management. If the server is going to be in a normal living space with a local monitor / keyboard / mouse, and someone will be home pretty much constantly, then it's not an issue. However, if the server will live in a basement or closet, or you are away from the house a large amount of time, it is so nice to be able to bring up the server's local console in a browser from anywhere that has internet access. Even if the OS has crashed or is denying network access, you can work with the server just like you were sitting in front of it, including a hard power down and restart if necessary, as well as access the BIOS. All you need is a VPN tunnel hosted on another device on the network, typically your router, and it's just like you were there sitting beside the server.

You can go to pcpartpicker website and add the i3-8100 to check the compatibility (and availability if you are in the US / UK - not sure about EU) and filter stuff by features too. It's a very useful resource for new builders.

Both cases are among the quieter already so I would prioritise other needs over noise level. So if, for example, the best mobo you can find is an ATX then you would not pick the 804. When you have enough HDD (and fans to cool those HDD), it won't be whisper quiet anyway. CPU is ok for budget build and what you described as its use case. I would prefer Gigabyte motherboard because their BIOS has a lot of flexibility with regards to Initial Display Output so, for example, you can select the IGPU or any of the other PCIe x16 slots as primary (what Unraid boots with). So if you ever need to pass through a powerful GPU on the 1st PCIe slot, a Gigabyte motherboard will make your life a lot easier. I personally would not pick the Asus B360M because it has only 1 PCIe x16 slot. Again, flexibility is paramount and I would value an extra PCIe x16 slot (albeit running at x4 speed) over any bells and whistles. Server board is not a requirement for Unraid. It's a need thing e.g. if there's a certain feature that only server boards would have. You may even have to consider the overall costs of the alternative. For example, I had an Asrock C236 WSI build because that board is the only ITX motherboard at the time to have 8 SATA ports - perfect fit for a NAS build with the 304 case (2xSSD, 6xHDD). It was expensive but the cost of a cheapo motherboard + a LSI controller is at least 50% more expensive. 6 SATA ports are typically aplenty for home uses. You don't "NEED" 8. You should aim to get fewer high capacity drives instead of going for a big load of low capacity drives. In terms of price / GB, 8TB and 4TB HDD's don't differ by much (if at all). So instead of 8x4TB, you should be getting 4x8TB. Due to how HDDs fail (in a probabilistic manner), doubling the number of drives almost double your chance of having a failure. If you still want extra ports, you can go on Ebay and search for "LSI IT Mode" and pick (quoting johnnie.black) "any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008/3408 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, 9400-8i" Given your admitted skill level, I would not recommend clones of the LSI boards e.g. Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015 just to make your life a tiny bit simpler. It is still best of you keep it to the number of SATA ports from your chipset (see point above). For PSU, go to pcpartpicker and select all your parts and see if the wattage estimate matches. I personally add about 20% to the pcpartpicker estimate for extra safety margin and future expandability. In terms of fans, I'm a Noctua fan 😅 . They are fugly but they are dang good. You are likely to need additional HDD anyway because it is highly unlikely you will be able to just move your HDD from the Synology (RAID) NAS to Unraid because you can't just randomly remove any number of drives from a RAID. What you forget probably is a migration plan i.e. how you plan to migrate your data from the Synology NAS over to the new Unraid server. Trust me, once you put it down in a plan (and double check on here if it makes sense), you probably will discover a few not-nice surprises.

Good to see Squeezelite still going strong. Used to have it installed at work and stream music from home before the likes of Spotify and Plex came along. And IT clamped down on open ports.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. :-) :-) coding is done, just working on the documentation, posts etc and then i will release.

Search eBay for it-mode and you find a lot pre flashed LSI controllers

Almost ready

Tools -> Diagnostics -> attach zip file.

Too bad. I'm looking to upgrade but won't pull the trigger if this problem still exists.

The update just rolled out. It might not look like much, but it was 4 days of work, 17 files changed, 829 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-). Hopefully there aren't TOO many bugs I didn't catch...

So...my server is a ML350p Gen8. CPU: 2x E5 2667v2 (originally E5 2670) MEM: 128GB 1600Mhz RDIMM HPE HD Controllers: p420i 2GB FBWC in raid with 8x2tb. LSI SAS 9211-8i HBA with 4x12tb spinners 3x480gb SSD NIC: HPE ETHERNET 10GB 2-PORT 561T (onboard 4port 1gb not in use) Now why I started with So... Getting hard drive cages was a pain...They are super overpriced and hard to get working together. Gen8 they stopped using SAS expander add on cards and integrated the expanders into the cage backplanes. I however found decent deals on cages that did NOT have the expander backplane but the regular backplane....Onboard p420i cannot handle more than one regular backplane cage...I did not know this. However after hours of research I found that the p830 controller can do this with 68pin "wide" sas to dual sas connectors. Again however you can only do two "regular backplane" drive cages in this setup. If you can get the expander style cages then you can use the onboard p420 for up to 3 cages either 3x8 2.5 SFF or 3x6 3.5 LFF setups. Some places want 500$ USD or more for these cages. Gen8 is Gen8...you can use ML350E cages however which are non SAS backplane and great for HBA addons. You have to use the trays as well. I use hotswap trays for all my drives as they were cheaper than NON hot swap trays....ML350E cages are cheaper and fit but no SAS backplane. Everything is "enterprise" and proprietary as can be. Your add on cards will make the system react weird because it's not "HP" branded cards. https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=c04128239 if the part number isn't listed on here. It's going to make your system funky...but it will still work. Mine just has elevated fan speeds. They won't go under 20% speed. IF I remove all the unbranded add on cards it'll idle at around 6-10% fan speed. Fans are proprietary and MUST be installed. Especially if you have dual CPU. It will run at full speed if you take one fan out or if it fails. At full speed it sounds like a jet. You can probably rig other coolers but why? The box has a plastic air diverter to fit perfectly in the box. It works great at cooling. I cannot for the life of me get VM GPU passthrough to work properly on this system in Unraid. It will force reboots to reset the cards and yes I have read the community extensively and watched spaceinvaders great vids.. Same GPU on a intel b250 chipset system works flawless for VMs.... Right now I run ESXi 6.5 with unraid as a guest. I use ESXi for all my guests and is great. I passed through the LSI HBA, one of the 10G nic ports and away it goes. No hiccups. In ESXi 6.5 at least you can boot via USB like normal. Just add USB device. In 6.0 and 5.5 it doesn't seem to work right but I can get it to work, just have to manually hit enter on guest bios. You're in the enterprise HPE world where drivers and support is PAY. Gen8 is out of warranty and unless you have a paid contract for support you can't even download drivers without a headache... Processors can be had for 40 bux. Ram is kind of expensive but can be had for about 20-40$ per 16GB. SAS drives can be had for 10-20bux per 2TB. I think I paid 150 shipped for 10x2TB. My systems a beast but it wasn't cheap. Same $$$ I'd probably build something else next time and get more, I mean no native Usb3.0 and DDR3 ram? It's old. However I'm happy with my setup. Enterprise level equipment has so many awesome features and pluggability. Once your drive cages are mounted it's a tool less system. I can answer more questions. I'm sorry if I jumped all over. I just went through this gen8 setup in the last couple months. It's a headache I'd recommend skipping for the impatient.

Hello there is a small visual issue with the upgrade to 6.8

I started understanding how to put this all together and wanted to throw some info out there for those that need it. First of all, I would recommend that if you are going to use the Vanilla version of MC (what binhex has provided) make sure the docker not running browse out to your appdata\binhex-minecraftserver\minecraft folder edit the server.properties file with notepad++ (I'm using Windows for all of this) Change the following settings if you like: difficulty=[easy|hard] gamemode=[creative|adventure|survival] force-gamemode=[true|false] level-name=world <=== This is the folder name all your game data is saved into motd=Logon Message <=== Message displayed when you log into the server from a MC client Now, if you are like me, you want to use Forge or Bukkit. In this case create a folder on your C:\ drive called "Minecraft" download the minecraft server file from HERE, and place it into C:\Minecraft (believe it's called 'minecraft_server.1.14.4.jar') double-click the file, and wait for a minute as it downloads some MC server files. When it stops, edit the EULA.txt file, and change the line inside from false to true eula=true Double-click on the minecraft_server.1.14.4.jar file again and wait for it to finish type in "/stop". This will kill the minecraft server. Download forge for the version of MC server you just downloaded (You want the INSTALLER button in the recommended box on the site) Place this file (forge-1.14.4-28.1.0.jar) in C:\Minecraft Double click on this file. Select SERVER and change the path to C:\Minecraft Let it perform its magic Once finished, again, shut it down with "/stop" Now copy the contents of C:\Minecraft to appdata\binhex-minecraftserver\minecraft Delete the file appdata\binhex-minecraftserver\perms.txt (this will restore the default permissions to the files you copied over) In Unraid, edit the docker and create a new variable Click SAVE and then APPLY/DONE Fire up the docker This will use the forge jar file within the docker container, instead of the vanilla jar file. From this point, if you want to add resource packs or mods, you can download them and install into the "mods" or "resourcepacks" folder as necessary. These folders may need to be created. A good mod to verify that your server is working is FastLeafDecay-Mod-1.14.4.jar. You can find it HERE. Chop a tree down and it should dissolve a lot quicker than normal. I would also recommend adding one or two mods at a time and testing. Let me know if you'd like more details on the above.

Well you are not alone, thanks for helping out another idiot

Im a complete idiot. This is because I put a number but not a G for gigabyte in the disk size.

Ok, thanks for explaining that. I thought it was along those lines but just couldn't find any explanation to confirm.