Posts by MarcS

yes sure. I also realised that there is no OMV documentation for this setup. So I thought someone who has done it might see this here. I dont think it is very difficult but my trial and error only gave me one way connectivity. I also think, apart from a single Peer-server setup this site to site is the most common use case. Its the easiest way to create a virtual network with two separate physical locations.

I mean I can add details of each server to the other side's config but I don't think they will end up on the same subnet. Thats my issue. I dont want two separate subnets.

Of course, if I find the solution I will add it here.

thanks

yes i know and i did that - see first message

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Will be in the next release

https://github.com/OpenMediaVa…164afee4202c6f21772ed90b6

I saw today that this is now multi-line. Thanks for that. Very helpful!

yes thats a nice graphic and I know how it orks conceptionally, but doesnt explain how to set it up in OMV Wireguard plugin

I am looking to connect to OMV servers via Wireguard (separate LANs via internet).

So I created a wieguard client and added the client details from server-1 into custom config on server-2. Now I can connect from 2->1.

How can I make this connection 2-way? I could make the same setup in reverse but figured this is not the right way to do it.

Any ideas on what I need to add to the custom config so the networks are reachable both ways?

I can ssh into KVM. Are there Linux tools that would send keyboard commands via CLI?

So how do I ensure the server boots the OMV ISO from the KVM? Currently the server is stuck at the screen after SCSI controller initialised (correctly), because there was no boot device attached.

The NanoKVM keyboard also doesnt do anything. I think its because the USB where KVM is attached only wakes up later in the boot process.

So I installed one of those NanoKVMs on the bricked server and I managed to download the OMV.iso into the /data folder.

I also have an empty USB attached to the server but I cannot find a way to write the iso to the empty stick or otherwise install OMV from the iso.

Any ideas?

I found a good solution for me was synklogy Dsm in a docker image . Works really well and surveillance station is still the best package for the job of home surveillance.

Thts great. Thanks!

Yes multi line would be a great solution!!

Because I have quite long paths and adding 2 already fills the line. From there changes are just very difficult to manage.

Interesting. Thanks.

ChatGPT's insisted that borg has a --follow-symlink parameter. Probably haluzinating....

such as

`--follow-symlinks`

Use case:

I want to borg backup 1 single folder. Inside there are symlinks to all the relevant folders I need to backup.

This obviously only works if borg follows the symlink.

The setting canot be added via environment variable.

thanks. Will look into that and also looked at the Nanokvm device. They seem really cool. One question: can I load an ISO to the Nanokvm via lan connection or do i need to physically plug in another usb stick and nanokvm is just there to control manual interaction?

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why not clone the OMV stick and just have them insert the clone?

Because the old stick has physical damage so I have nothing to clone from.

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Is your plan to install OMV on the rescue stick to get things working? If it is, having debian netinst installed on it with even the same hostname and ip address would give a huge headstart.

No need for full OMV. All I need is a basic Debian and I can do manual stuff from there via SSH (connect SMB Clients, run docker etc). I tried a Debian Nestat image but it did not boot through. I cannot see the reason so I assume there is still some kind of manual interaction to be done which I cannot do. So I am looking for a 100% hands-off boot live image with sshd.

Ok I didnt give enough background info.

Getting it to boot a new stick is not an issue. I have someone that removed the old defect USB. And I can prepare on a nother server on the same LAN a fresh stick. I can then get someone to put that stick into the "down" server and turn it on. The new stick will boot automatically (as it is a replacement of the old one). So in my mind, all I need is a slimed down debian live stick that does not want to install anything and does not need any manual selection of options. Clean startup, start sshd and the rest I can then do remotely via LAN from the other server on the same network. Unfortuanelty its all headless so the stick needs to run streight through so I can connect via ssh.

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f your system doesn't have ipmi, I recommend nanokvm (I have one) or jetkvm

yes these are all good future additions.

Right now I need a rescue ISO on a stick that can boot without manual interaction. I am sure a live Debian exists somewhere, that has sshd automatically activated.

Has noone ever needed that?

Is there a way to create a rescue iso image (for USB stick) on a live OMV server that can be used to boot a second OMV server, where the original boot USB has died?

Requirements:

- the boot server must boot without manual input (offsite, headless)

- after boot the server should be ready to take ssh connections (from internal LAN)

- I dont need all OMV configurations to work, as long as I can get into the server via SSH its fine

I tried creating a modified Debian image from Debian-netstat and from DEBIAN-live, where I added preeseed.cfg to launch ssh at boot but both failed to boot the server.

An ideas?

Ok - I have now been able to reboot and the error is gone.

Thanks for your help!