Solved - Headless CLI boot not working on trial?

[Abzstrak]

I ave the trial working, but unless I boot the GUI mode, and sign in, it doesn't get and address from DHCP and doesn't mount the arrays or anything.  Is this by design for the trial?  Or is there a setting I'm missing somewhere?

 

I want to run headless, but having to manually sign in on the console any time I reboot is holding me back from purchasing.

Edited May 27, 2019 by Abzstrak

[itimpi]

Have you tried booting into; GUI mode and then NOT signing in and checking if you are getting an IP address?

 

just asking as there have been reports that some motherboards only boot with GUI mode option, but that you do not need to login and can still effectively run in headless mode controlling Unraid over the network.

[Abzstrak]

when I don't sign in, no IP.  It doesn't appear to make a DHCP request until after I login.  Obviously this means I cannot access the web console from elsewhere on the LAN unless I login from the gui mode. 

 

I've switched to another virtual console from the login screen and confirmed.  I can run dhcpcd manually on the bond and get an IP, but that's not really getting me anywhere as it still require manual intervention. This also doesn't mount anything or start nginx.

 

I must be missing a setting somewhere...

 

 

Edited May 26, 2019 by Abzstrak

[Abzstrak]

I figured it out, in case anyone has similar issues.

 

Between my Cisco switch and pfsense, somehow dhcpcd was coming up before the port was up on the switch entirely... I found that if I left it for a while at the CLI login (like 7 minutes) it would eventually get the IP and start working... however, at that point, the check was already made for internet access (for the trial) so it wouldn't start the array.

 

Simply fix, I set a static IP.  I usually don't use these in lieu of DHCP reservations, but it immediately solved the issue, everything works as expected.