IMTheNachoMan Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I have a rather locked down home network. I am planning on installing unRAID on my Intel NUC. I'm trying to find information on what ports unRAID needs but can't find any concrete documentation. I assume it needs 80 and 443 for LAN to LAN access so other clients on my network can access the unRAID GUI. Then I assume Samba or NFS ports for LAN to LAN -- for obvious reasons. But I am sure unRAID needs other ports? For example: 80/443 to WAN out so it can have internet access? NTP, DNS? I cannot find a listing of the ports unRAID needs so I can configure them in my firewall. Quote Link to comment
alturismo Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 3 hours ago, IMTheNachoMan said: 80/443 to WAN out so it can have internet access? may rather describe where you want to open ports. if you talk about your router and opening WAN ports, nothing needs a external port to function, only when you want to access something from outside your home, then you can consider opening ports on your router depending on your services you want to access from outside. but as you state you have a "locked down home network" may describe what you mean with this, is there something between which could block unraid ? then may someone could help on that specific usecase. Quote Link to comment
IMTheNachoMan Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 7 hours ago, alturismo said: nothing needs a external port to function I am sure it needs NTP out of WAN, right? It probably needs HTTP/HTTPS out the WAN -- especially to get the trial account and look for updates? Those are the obvious ones. Almost every product tells you what ports it needs/uses. I am just trying to find the same information for unRAID. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Licensed Unraid works fine on a network with no WAN access. Trial needs WAN and correct date / time to start the array, but can be isolated after that. Various add ons that have become part of a typical setup need WAN, but the core NAS is fine totally isolated. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 10 hours ago, IMTheNachoMan said: I am planning on installing unRAID on my Intel NUC. How are you planning on attaching storage? USB doesn't play well with the parity array, too unstable. For external drives SAS is best, followed by eSATA in a pinch. Quote Link to comment
IMTheNachoMan Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 41 minutes ago, JonathanM said: How are you planning on attaching storage? USB doesn't play well with the parity array, too unstable. For external drives SAS is best, followed by eSATA in a pinch. Well, I was going to give it a try to see how it works. My Intel has a 256 GB m.2 and 2 TB HDD. I was hoping I could just use the 2 TB for storage and the m.2 for cache. But I have no idea if it will work. If you tell me now it won't then I won't bother. I was planning on upgrading my NUC anyway. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 32 minutes ago, IMTheNachoMan said: 2 TB HDD You don't mention how that is connected. Quote Link to comment
IMTheNachoMan Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 SATA. 256 GB m.2 SSD for cache 2 TB SATA HDD for main storage I don't need redundancy or raid or anything. Right now, on the same box, I am running Debian as the host OS with everything else I need in containers. Managing a full OS stack is time consuming (upgrades, packages, failures, etc...). So I was thinking I could use unRAID cause it can run my containers. I have a job that backs everything up to Google Drive using rclone so I don't need any local redundancy. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 If you are just using it exactly as you say, then it should work fine. The issue comes when people see just how much else CAN be done, with the correct hardware, and try to extend beyond. Like I originally said for WAN access, it's purely for third party addons or optional services. Granted, Community Applications plugin is getting closer and closer to being built in, but it's still third party for now. Any communication out of the box is purely optional based on what functionality you want to enable. Trial mode is the only exception for the core product. Set your 2TB as array disk1, and your SSD as a single member pool. All your system files and container applications should be on the SSD, all your bulk storage on the HDD. You didn't mention what your actual use case is, so it's possible you may want some files to first temporarily go to the SSD and be moved to the HDD later, that's managed by the share settings and the mover schedule. Quote Link to comment
IMTheNachoMan Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Well, I ultimately need more than 2 TB. I was going to use unRAID for a few months and if all goes well get a bigger system with legit 3.5" HDs. So for WAN access it needs HTTPS for trial mode. I assume it must need NTP too. I can't fathom that unRAID wouldn't need to have correct time... Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 2 hours ago, JonathanM said: Trial needs WAN and correct date / time to start the array, I haven't personally verified it, but I don't think NTP is necessary unless you can't manually set the date and time correctly. Quote Link to comment
S80_UK Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 It's often the case that your router may offer a local NTP server. My Unraid server gets it from there, and only the router gets time from outside. Quote Link to comment
IMTheNachoMan Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 Then I have to give unRAID props. A lot of products ignore router provided time and make their own NTP call. Props to unRAID for getting it from the router. Quote Link to comment
S80_UK Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) You need to set it that way in the Time and Date settings - but you have control over where it goes. I also set up some other devices so they get it from Unraid, but that's just me... Edited September 8, 2021 by S80_UK Quote Link to comment
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