How-tos & Guides

• Tailscale install
  • Upstream instructions
• About Appliance ID
  • Fake Appliance ID examples
  • Set Appliance ID
• OEM Guide
  • Practical considerations
• Installing the Stable Kernel Backport
  • Why install a newer kernel
  • Btrfs raid 5/6 read-only
  • Adding the repositories
  • Installing the updates
• Distribution update from 15.2 to 15.3
  • Overview
  • Remove deprecated repositories
  • Add Rockstor home repository
  • Update the remaining repositories
  • Add new SLES repositories
  • Distribution update
  • Reporting issues
• Distribution update from 15.3 to 15.4
  • Overview
  • Change Rockstor’s OBS URLs
  • Update the remaining repositories
  • Distribution update
  • Reporting issues
• Distribution update from 15.4 to 15.5
  • Overview
  • Add OpenH264 repo
  • Update repositories
  • Distribution update
  • Reporting issues
• Distribution update from 15.5 to 15.6
  • Overview
  • Update repositories
  • Distribution update
  • Reporting issues
• Rockstor’s “Built on openSUSE” installer
  • Thanks
  • Our “Built on openSUSE” Kiwi-ng created installer
• Special Installation Scenarios
  • Assign static IP address after installation but before WebUI setup
  • Proxy for private network
  • VMWare guest tools installation
• Install on Vanilla openSUSE/SuSE SLES
  • Procedure
• Migrating Legacy v3 (CentOS) to “Built on openSUSE”
  • Migration overview
  • Shares on the v3 system disk
  • Use a new system disk
  • Disconnect all Data disks
  • Revised Installer
  • V3 Pool/s import
  • V3 Config save files
  • Other differences
• Reinstalling Rockstor
  • Wiping the system disk
  • Data Import
  • Restoring Configuration
• Disk Power Down
  • Power Status Column
  • Drive Specific Spin Down Time
  • APM Column
  • What is Idle Time
• Accessing Shares from Clients
• S.M.A.R.T
  • Configure Monitoring
  • Disk Custom S.M.A.R.T Options
  • Add Drive Specific Custom S.M.A.R.T Options
  • S.M.A.R.T through Hardware RAID Controllers
• LUKS Full Disk Encryption
  • Basic LUKS concepts
  • LUKS in two steps
  • LUKS Pool Member
• Small Office Fileserver with Rockstor
  • Server requirements and suggestions
  • Hard disk drives
  • Server Memory
  • Pre-install checklist
  • Install Rockstor from CD/DVD drive
  • Install Rockstor from USB flash drive
  • Boot order changes
  • Installation and Setup
  • Rockstor on USB flash drive
  • Using Rockstor
• Rockstor in Virtual Machine Manager guide
  • A note on networking
  • Can I run the Linux KVM?
  • Installing KVM and its GUI
  • Setting up a KVM for Rockstor
  • The Rockstor Install
• Reset the root password
  • Step 1: Boot up with an OpenSUSE rescue CD
  • Step 2: Log in and mount relevant devices and partitions
  • Step 3: Reset password
• Resetting root password on Rockstor Legacy V3.x
  • Step 1: Boot up with install CD/DVD/USB-drive
  • Step 2: Go to Rescue Shell
  • Step 3: Reset password
• Accessing Snapshots from Windows
  • Step 1: Add a Samba export
  • Step 2: Schedule Snapshots
  • Step 3: Access Snapshots from Windows
• Multi Period Snapshots
  • Day Week Month Year Example
• Rockstor USB install disk using Rufus
  • Steps required
• Rockstor USB install disk using Gnome Disks
  • Steps required