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I'm sorry as that opens all these little tootips but I do not understand them. Is the HTTPS working, even with that warning on the padlock in the startbar?

is there instructions.... what is this "provision" thing? I tired clicking it with the setting on auto ... but got an error.. I searched the documents but the only mention of it is in the getting styarted guide and it dose not say anything about it. I changed it to "ON".. lets the ports as default and firefix complains about the certificate.. and I click open anywya and it has a broken padlock icon in the address bar saying it is not secure...? Is that actually working?

In spaceinvaders tutorials he talks about enabling SSL for https.... but I can not see these options.... How do I enable HTPPS?

I think getting it working is step one.. once it is up and running.. the use of a keyfile is something to look into latter. The thing is the SpaceInvader Tutorial dose not tell you how to encrypt the parity drive or the ssd cache. Any idea how to do that?

So I am in the process of setting up my 1st unraid server. I am new to this kind of thing... but I've done a lot of youtubing and reading (well youtubing... I have basically been watching SpaceInvaders stuff) and this is what I am planning to do, and I would like your recommendations and comments and suggestions. Setup Unraid WebUI to be HTTPS Encrypt the entire array with passphrase Add a Docker that I use with a commercial VPN (expressVPN) to route other dockers that access the web through it. Add an OpenVPN / WireGuard to allow secure tunneling into my server from outside my local network to access files. What about a good old fashioned firewall? I've always used firewalls, but not seen them mentioned at all in relation to unraid. Setup Unraid WebUI to be HTTPS I'm a little confused as to how to do this. I have been using SpaceInvaders tutoriuals and he does it on a much older version of Unraid and my version does not seem to have the same icons and buttons to click. So I am not sure how to do this. Encrypt the entire array with passphrase The downside of this is that I need to manually enter the password if the server reboots.... I assume I can use a keyfile, but would need a way to store it securely. Maybe copy it from a web server or something. I think for now entering the passphrase would be fine. I can look into keyfile options down the line. SpaceInvader has a tutorial on this, but like the HTTPS thing, my version seems to different it is very hard to follow along. Add a Docker that I use with a commercial VPN (expressVPN) to route other dockers that access the web through it. SpaceInvader shows how to do this on his youtube chan... it seems strait forward. The plan is to make a single "vpn" docker using expressVPN and route through it most, if not all, of the applications that will use the internet. So I do not need a zillion expressvpn licenses. Add an OpenVPN / WireGuard to allow secure tunnelling into my server from outside my local network to access files. One of my goals for this project is to have a private "dropbox" type thing, were I can access my files and backup to my server when freelancing in other offices. As I understand it, this is how to do this, but making a secure tunnel. I do not know what the diffrence between OpenVPN and WireGaurd is, SpaceInvader uses OpenVPN in his tutorial. What about a good old fashioned firewall? When I did my test server I used Ubuntu Server and liked the experience so much I started to look at dedicated system like this and OpenMediaServer / FreeNAS... but when I used Ubuntu, the first thing I did was put a firewall on it... but I can not seem to see much info on that with unreal.. is a firewall something I do not need? Normally I just block all incoming of any kind apart from what I specifically allow. Anyway... I'm new to all this and would like any thoughts about security with unraid. I know it says "do not expose to the internet" and that it is not "hardended" and all that, but I still think there must be some precautions I can take. Is there anything I got completely wrong, anything I need to do in addition or anything I need to do differently. Plus I would appreciate any thoughts you have and particularly be happy if you could point to tutorials on how to actually do it! Thanks

So the creation of the ParityDrive is going to take 17 hours.. and I have over 10 left to go... can I do other stuff... or do I need to wait for that to fully complete?

Ok... cool.. thanks. Also I still have a unassigned ssd, and that is not formatting?

I can not seem to see a format option... there is a greyed out button "format" further down the page of that screenshot... and clicking on either the disk icon or the "Disk #" name while it beings up a 2nd screen of info, dose not seem to have a format option? My understanding is that I need to "stop the array" before formatting.

Ok... well its all good... I prefer using stable versions but hey... working is working and not working is not working. : ) Ok I added the "parity" drive and the two data drives and started the server... I couldn't see the option at "the bottom of the page" for the cache SSD drive... but I'll deal with that latter. It has to formate everything and get it all setup I guess, everything is showing "unmountable, invalid partition layout"... I assume it is all setting it up... the message at the bottom says 1.6%... this could take a while.... but after it is done.. I'm sure I can get everything up and running. Thanks guys....

that seems to have got it working... thanks a lot man.. I got all the way as far as downloading openmediaserver and FreeNAS : )

OH BTW (just installing the beta to the usb, this is still 6.8.3) I can seem to login with root/<nopassword> but I do not know what console commands work. "ls" "ip link" "lsblk" and other unix commands do not seem to work.

Oh... ok.. I'll try that then and get back to you.

I have attached a keyboard, a wireless mouse (both usb) and a monitor. The only one I had is a TV connected through the HDMI o the motherboard. The netwrok is plugged in via LAN into the motherboard. The system is new.. I built it just for this... I guess the important things you are asking is... Asus Prime Z490M-PLUS LGA 1200 Micro-ATX Motherboard Intel Core i5 10500 CPU Processor Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x 16GB) DDR4 3200MHz Memory

So if I boot into the GUI version (safe or not) it just goes to a blank screen. If I just choose the top option (default), the screen shot above is what I see on my temporary attached monitor. The really strange thing is that the computer is not even showing up in connected devices in my router! As a test I booted into ubuntu Live Iso and that worked fine and connected through the lan cable and could access the internet. Any ideas what to do from here? (cross post from reddit as my tech support post keeps getting down voted?)