CH3SNAS: 1.05b02

For early birds 1.05b2 (1.58.0219.2009)

REVOKED (ftp server does not work !) Very wierd, but true !

error: Feb 22 16:15:25 CH3SNAS-2 ftp.err pure-ftpd: (?@?) [ERROR] Configuration error: Unknown logging format: simple
Uhpfff I am not happy ..

Quick release notes by head: xbox360 support (Not tested yet), format progress info is better, uptime supported, lan connection speed working again.

I have no idea if e-mail is not working: I can send mail on account level, so check it (check it with internal DNS or external DNS (internal DNS = IP of router what is used when using DHCP mostly)).

It took some time releasing this firmware as I had some difficulties formatting 1 box yesterday. I had heavily modified 1 box and was not able to format at all .. resetting by webinterface was no solution. A forced reset at the back of the device was .. So fixed ;-)

Upgrading should not cause any loss of data, but I advise always to force a factory reset so that scripts do work correctly.

Ok, give me your comments ;-)

Preparing some FW (firmware) release

added uptime support, but … no support on shell level. Sorry.

Lan settings fixed as well ..

More items? Probably .. xbox360 support, I can send e-mails …

For E-mail we have some neat things

Received: from 123.456.789 (HELO aroundmyroom.com) (123.456.789)

Ahhh… full domain offered so that it will be accepted by mailservers only accepting full qualified domainnames.

Subject: CH3SNAS_E-Mail_Alert
Message-ID: <20090221051536.GA1936@aroundmyroom.com>
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated

Ahh .. Auto-Submitted, again using RFC’s so that certain mailservers do not have to reply.

I’ll release the new firmware for the CH3SNAS asap ;-)

RFH (Request For HELP): UNPAK2 script for NZBget

I’ve managed to modify the updated unpak script from ydroll for the CH3SNAS with NZBGET. This one is much bigger and much worse to have it correctly implemented in the CH3SNAS (especially as there is a ‘catalog’ file included, which is different scripted and has less ‘hard-coded’ pathnames in it.

I’m not a script-kiddie, so Request for Help: the script in my folder is for experts only: you need to know what you are doing. I think the script is working for 95% and 5% gives probably issue on the catalog part. So if someone is able to modify the script / idea of ydroll so that many users of the Ch3SNAS can use it: help is appreciated on the UNPAK1 (the standard version I also use) and UNPAK2 script.

Looking forward to modified scrips .. ;-)

Lekker Genieten !

Een gebruiker was erg blij met de installatie van NZBGET op z’n CH3SNAS .. Rick .. We gaan ervan genieten !!! .. Mjum .. Zoals je ziet: goed overgekomen. Muchas Gracias!

CH3SNAS 1.05 firmware

Just released this morning … 1.05 firmware CH3SNAS (link is official download location)

1. FTP Server support Korean and Turkish codepages now 
2. Support for 1.5TB Harddisks (see above image)
3. Updated fanscript
4. RAID migration: Normal to RAID 1
5. Fixed time drift issue : the clock time always increased by 1 hour after every reboot, when daylight savings time was activated.
6. Add .info domain support for email alerts. 
7. Password support more special characters except these five : @ : / \ %
8. Fixed: 1st HDD unable to sleep issue. 
9. Removing the Auto Refresh Timer, it uses Inotify for UPnP AV and iTunes Server auto refreshing. 

1.5 TB HDD support: sidenote make sure the HDD is EMPTY and has no partitions or what-so-ever ..
it’s advised, strongly suggested to reset to factory defaults after upgrade. This will make sure that certain scripts will be correctly updated !

Update nzbget.conf

This how-to is outdated. Use this one!

to have the ch3snas working fine with nzbget you need the nzget.conf file
I have adjusted the nzbget.conf delivered with latest beta release nzbget-0.6.0-testing-r269 to have it working with the CH3SNAS and my previous installation instruction. download the new file here you can rename the nzbget.conf.new to nzbget.conf

I’m now checking if there is an updated unpak script yes/no ;-)

CH3SNAS & Fun_Plug & NZBGET

As some users are still having issues with nzbget and the installation on a CH3SNAS I made a new installation instruction.

This Instruction only tells you how to install NZBGET. The instruction does not tell you the use of the postprocess configuration file (par and unpack the downloaded files) and the installation of nzbgetweb.

I used a totally empty CH3SNAS with 2 fresh formatted HDD’s ..

Follow the instructions and nzbget is installed and started. Please note that this is a quick and dirty installation from scratch and you need to do a lot of other fine-tuning but this shows the simplest way how it should be installed. I expect you have a little Linux knowledge and you know what telnet is.

You can copy the files in \Volume_1

Volume_1 should be equal to /mnt/HD_a2 later used in telnet.

copy fun_plug
copy fun_plug.tgz
# download these 2 files from:
http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug/0.5/
—
copy nzbget-0.6.0-testing-r269-bin-dns323-arm.tar.tar
or nzbget-0.6.0-testing-r269-bin-dns323-arm.tar.gz (depends on how you downloaded the file).
# download from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=102632&package_id=264752

Note: depending on how you downloaded the file, it can also have extension *.tar.gz than the commandline will be:
—
copy nzbget.conf.example
# download from http://www.aroundmyroom.com/ch3snas-funplug/nzbget.conf.example

# above files you have to put in /mnt/HD_a2
reboot the CH3SNAS
—
open telnet session  with for example `Putty`
you will see: #

cd /mnt/HD_a2
# make some folders. They are used in the nzbget.conf file
mkdir unpack
mkdir usenet
mkdir usenet/download
mkdir queue
mkdir tmp
mkdir nzb
# all folders are made, if you want to have other names, or locations you have to adjust them in the nzbget.conf file as well.

Update 270109: I believe the queue, tmp and nzb folders need to be in the root ’/mnt/HD_a2′ to have the script work ok. Cause this will make sure that ONLY the USENET folder will have ‘the content’ This is my home situation.

# if you want to have all folders writable for everyone than you can do this:
Option:
chmod 777 usenet -R
But I do not believe that this is necessary
—

mv nzbget-0.6.0-testing-r269-bin-dns323-arm.tar.tar /mnt/HD_a2/unpack
# move the nzbget file to the unpack folder
tar -xvzf nzbget-0.6.0-testing-r269-bin-dns323-arm.tar.tar
# note: the file can have a different extension (depends on how you downoaded it, than the commandline will be:

mv nzbget-0.6.0-testing-r269-bin-dns323-arm.tar.gz /mnt/HD_a2/unpack
# move the nzbget file to the unpack folder
tar -xvzf nzbget-0.6.0-testing-r269-bin-dns323-arm.tar.gz
# unpack the file

cp nzbget /ffp/bin
cp /mnt/HD_a2/nzbget.conf.example /ffp/etc/nzbget.conf
# copy the nzbget file to the binary location
# copy the example configuration file to the correct location,
# the used configuration file is modified to work with the
# Ch3SNAS and the created folders. DO NOT USE the delivered nzbget.conf file as it’s not modified to work with CH3SNAS
—
cd /ffp/bin
chmod 755 nzbget
./nzbget -D -c /ffp/etc/nzbget.conf
—
# change folder to /ffp/bin
# make the nzbget file executable
# start it as deamon (background) with correct configuration file

with above command the nzbget is started without any error messages in the background

the command ‘ps’ shows it running
12864 root     ./nzbget -D -c /ffp/etc/nzbget.conf
12869 root     ./nzbget -D -c /ffp/etc/nzbget.conf
12872 root     ./nzbget -D -c /ffp/etc/nzbget.conf
12873 root     ./nzbget -D -c /ffp/etc/nzbget.conf
12874 root     ./nzbget -D -c /ffp/etc/nzbget.conf

The rest is already described on this weblog.

The postprocess / unpak script I use can be found downloaded here: http://www.aroundmyroom.com/ch3snas-funplug/
updated: 28/12/08
updated: 29/12/08 ; made the location for nzbget.conf.nexample more clear

CH3SNAS Rackmounted

Hit the image to enlarge: some dudes found it funny and needed the CH3SNAS to be rackmounted. And they succeeded ;_)

The AroundMyRoom Forum

I got request to create a forum as some people did not like to read all the comments. A forum to discuss the entries about items written in this weblog. Yes, you can think about CFULLHDMA, CH3SNAS, scripts to use on CH3SNAS, NZBGET and many other things.

The forum, no strings attached, is just a personal initiative and not related to any other thing than my personal website. If it’s success I can check how to expand…

Rsync between 2x CH3SNAS

For a long time I wanted to try to copy content from one CH3SNAS to another today was the day I tried ..  So here my request for comment about my config ;-)

It’s quick, dirty, no security and I assume you already have installed fun_plug with telnet support
The NAS you want to backup needs to be pre-configured with the Fonz Fun_Plug for rsync usage and be part of your local LAN. You need to open a telnet session to make the correct configuration settings

first of all: create a rsyncd.conf file in `/ffp/etc` in this configuration file you put:

uid = root
gid = root
port = 5000
strict modes = false
[vol1]
path = /mnt/HD_a2
read only = no

The command you need to enter to start listening is:
rsync –daemon –config=/mnt/HD_a2/ffp/etc/rsyncd.conf

Than you start the rsync session at the destination CH3SNAS

The following command is what I use:

rsync –port=5000 –force –ignore-errors –delete –exclude=/mnt/HD_a2/ffp
-avP [ip-address ch3snas I want to backup]::vol1 /mnt/HD_a2

If this is working than a simple crontab job and startup script will make the rsync job automatically

update: added –delete to remove files which are also removed from source