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    On 10/6/2024 at 4:18 PM, Aractor said:

    Can someone please help me understand the "binhex-shared" folder added to many of the binhex templates, and how to use it? I've tried looking for any documentation on this feature of the binhex templates but haven't really been able to find anything explaining it.

    It's to share information between containers, like VPN state and such.

    Just now, killeriq said:

    what is the correct process to upgrade with NC Docker (unraid) and the Nextcloud server it self?

    For THIS specific container, just keep walking the tag versions forward. I don't know how many you can jump, sometimes even point updates are needed for major versions to work.

     

    Other containers may handle this differently.

    On 10/3/2024 at 7:37 AM, snailtrails said:

    4. Windows image backup for the machines, currently using macrium free but no longer supported. Any other alternatives?

    I very successfully use UrBackup. Does both versioned file backups and full images if desired. I've done both image restores and selective folder recoveries over WAN from my remotely located Unraid server hosting the UrBackup container.

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    On 9/30/2024 at 7:12 PM, dougraid said:

    Is it possible to have a backup USB ready to go with the key ready as well?

    Only if you are willing to buy an extra license. The *.key is the license file, and it's bound to one flash drive at a time.

     

    Realistically, the time it takes to transfer a key to a new USB is minimal, it's automated so as long as you have internet, it's just a couple clicks. The only caveat is the automated transfer is once a year to prevent abuse. Contacting support to get a key transfer sooner than a year is pretty painless, just need to tell them what happened and they'll get you sorted.

    51 minutes ago, only-university6482 said:

    How do you do this for a proxmox VM? I am wary of running the suggested command in the proxmox shell. It's just used as a qdevice for quorum in a cluster

    Not sure what you mean by suggested command, and I'm not saying to run anything in proxmox.

     

    Whatever OS you are running as a guest, use the urbackup client inside it, just like you would any other computer. There is a urbackup host container that I run on Unraid to receive those backups.

    18 minutes ago, Rysz said:

     

    They offered an "environmentally friendly" (/s) variant with non-replaceable batteries for a (short) while. ;-)

    Talk about counter productive. If it wasn't under warranty I would have recommended experimental surgery, depending on the user's level of hardware tech experience.

    Try using a standalone VNC viewer, use the server's IP address and port 5900 for the first VM, 5901 for the second one started simultaneously, etc. If that works, then the issue is probably your web browser.

     

    As you alluded to, the VNC built in to the server is really only for setting up the VM, or managing things before the guest OS is able to start a nomachine or RDP session. It's not meant to be used as a daily driver interface, just management.

    On 9/29/2024 at 11:50 AM, uplay said:

     I’m in a trial, my build hardware comes in this week and considering my paths due to such a high cost on lifetime.

    The price penalty for upgrading from a lower version to lifetime is currently less than $10, so I'd recommend buying whichever lower tier license works for you, run it as long as you want while you save for the upgrade. It's kind of like putting it on layaway and still be able to use the product.

    On 9/29/2024 at 8:16 AM, PeteAsking said:

    @wgstarks I believe a better way to handle this certificate issue is to use a reverse proxy. I know there are docker reverse proxys on unraid.  Im not 100% clear how you do this but traffic would work like request —-> reverse proxy on https —-> forwarded by reverse proxy to unraid. Cert would be handled by reverse proxy. 

    That is exactly how I have mine set up. SWAG provides the reverse proxy to the UI, other required ports are forwarded through the firewall. I manage multiple WAN locations with this image. The set inform override is my FQDN.

    19 minutes ago, Elmojo said:

    I'd much prefer to have both running in parallel, until I can confirm that the new one is correctly set up and running reliably.  Is this possible?

    Yes, just more complicated.

    1 hour ago, Elmojo said:

    Is there any way to avoid having to start from scratch, in terms of shares, containers, VMs, settings, etc?

    You would pretty much be doing a lot of this from scratch on the new array.

     

    That's the question I was trying to address.

    I'm just talking about the normal process of upgrading drives. Shut down, remove and replace with a larger drive, boot up, select larger drive in the GUI to replace the missing drive.

     

    You'd start with Parity1. After that completes, you would remove Parity2, start the array with it set to uninstalled, shut down and replace Disk1, rebuild, and continue until all the new drives are installed.

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