Hello,

 

I'm an expat in China and I use a VPN on my regular windows computer to surf the web. I can share this VPN by creating a proxy on LAN.

I just figured out that all the trouble I had with downloading OS upgrade and plugins from my unRAID server is because unRAID connects directly to internet and some server are somehow blocked or slow down by the Great FireWall.

I just runned the test today to download the 6.8 OS upgrade : on my windows + VPN, the download of the zip file took about 30 seconds, and on the unRAID it reaches 4% after downloading for ages... and then stops due to "network issues"

So I'd like to configure my unRAID server to connect through the proxy of my VPN. How can I do that ?

 

Thank you

Hi, you can try this and report back if it works:

 

Edited December 28, 20196 yr by ghost82

Hello,

 

thanks for your answer. Unfortunately the trick doesn't work.

7 hours ago, Corius Barymen said:

download the 6.8 OS upgrade : on my windows + VPN, the download of the zip file took about 30 seconds

Do you know how to use that download to upgrade your existing install?

1 minute ago, trurl said:

Do you know how to use that download to upgrade your existing install?

Hello, yes, I did the upgrade already, but I'd like to be able to use Community Apps as well...

well... now the "App" tab is gone.

27 minutes ago, trurl said:

Do you know how to use that download to upgrade your existing install?

24 minutes ago, Corius Barymen said:

I did the upgrade already

9 minutes ago, Corius Barymen said:

now the "App" tab is gone

Exactly how did you use that download to upgrade your existing install?

 

 

10 minutes ago, trurl said:

Exactly how did you use that download to upgrade your existing install?

 

 

I unzipped and paste all the bz* files on my flash drive, replacing 6.7.2 OS files.
Then, I rebooted and it was fine, except for this china censorship issue.

 

The "App" tab was there and available (not working really good as speed was really slow).

 

then after the edit of config/go file and reboot again, the tab was there. I tried it to see if the access/speed issue was solved. And it wasn't. So I revert the config/go file, reboot again, and now the tab is gone.

Edited December 28, 20196 yr by Corius Barymen

1 minute ago, Corius Barymen said:

edit of config/go file

And what was that edit? An edit shouldn't have been needed for the upgrade since you didn't overwrite it. For many purposes, User Scripts plugin is better than editing go anyway.

this edit, as it was suggested by Ghost82, first answer to my post

 

If you are using the stock go file I don't see any reason the Apps tab should be gone. In fact, if the webUI is working at all likely the go file is not to blame.

 

Have you tried clearing browser cache?

 

Do you have a backup of flash?

I have a back up, prior to 6.8 update. clearing browser cache doesn't make the App tab come back

So it appears that the file " community.applications.plg" was moved from "plugins/" to "plugins-error/"

Apart the app tab issue, can't you setup the vpn directly into your router?

8 minutes ago, ghost82 said:

Apart the app tab issue, can't you setup the vpn directly into your router?

nope, because I don't want to have it enable by default. A lot of website used by my chinese wife won't be accessible or super-slow with the vpn installed on router

You'll likely need to have a secondary router setup with VPN connectivity that sits behind your main router for it's internet source.

seems like my problem are solved :
- I tried to move back the file "community.applications.plg" from "plugins-error/" to "plugins/", then reboot  -> guess what, reboot with GUI ok, but the interface won't open in browser, "url not found" error, and Shares won't mount in Windows.

- I restored the flash drive to OS 6.7.2 by pluging it on my windows pc and moving back the files I backed up earlier today, then copy again the bz* files from OS 6.8 zip, then reboot

-> "Apps" tab is back, but still GFW issues.

- I changed my DNS settings in unRAID settings/network to use the DNS suggested by C.A. : 208.67.222.222 / 208.67.220.220, and tadaaaa, Apps loading fine !

 

Thanks all for the help anyway.