Setting up the jailĬreate a jail using the FreeNAS web UI Jail name: media_jail Read what the prompt says and feel free to drop a comment if answers seem ambiguous. I often skip over different yes/no options for brevity in this guide. It is easy to forget if you SSH'd into FreeNAS or into the jail.Īdditionally, do not copy/paste entire chunks of commands. Unfortunately that means you'll have to replace a bunch of references to:Īlong with that be sure to keep paths consistent between your builds.

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If you make a terrible error, just throw up another plugin sandbox and repeat. Here are straight-forward instructions to setting up a bunch of different software on FreeNAS. The sandbox nature of FreeNAS's jail system is especially helpful for playing around without having any consequence on your core system. After fiddling for a few days (now turned into months) I believe I have created something helpful for the community and anyone interested in picking up the port system. I've ran into several issues related to plugins and user + group permissions so I decided to just use the available FreeBSD port system. It looks like they recently went to a plugin system as of version 9 to make installing software easier for end users. It is fantastic piece of software and I have been really impressed by the upgrades just in the few months I've been using it.

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