You’re almost done! In the left side menu, click the “Plugins” dropdown. For “Destination”, you can either type in a custom path such as “/btsync”, or choose an existing empty folder, such as “/media”. For “Source”, click through the dropdowns and select the second dataset you made, “Files”. At the bottom of the window, click the second button from the left, “Add Storage”. Click on the new jail, which will be called something like “btsync_1”. Once the downloads and installation complete, go to the “Installed” tab and turn on the BTSync service.ġ1. A progress bar will appear showing the progress of the plugin download, which will take a while depending on your internet connection. Click on “btsync” and then click on “Install” at the bottom of the window. This will bring up a list of available plugins. Click the “Plugins” button at the top of the window. Under “Jail Root”, click browse and click through the folders until you can select the dataset you created called “Jails”. Now, click the “Jails” dropdown in the left-side menu and select “Configuration”. This is important to make sure that BTSync can write to the folder later. Give both user and group read and write permissions. Type in “btsync” for both user and group. Click on the “Files” dataset and click “Change Permissions”, the first button on the left at the bottom of the window. Create a dataset called “Jails” and another dataset called “Files” (or something else that lets you know this is the folder you’ll be syncing).Ĩ. Click that to bring up the new dataset dialog. The fourth button from the left at the bottom of the window is the “Create Dataset” button. If you prefer a specific RAID setup, read the ZFS Volume Manager Documentation.ħ. If you don’t want to worry about the details, just name the volume, click the “+” button next to your disks to add them to the setup (it will make a recommended RAID setup based on the drives you add). Click “ZFS Volume Manager” to bring up the dialog to create a new volume. ![]() Fill something into the Full Name field and choose a password, then click “OK” to create the user.Ħ. Leave “Create a new primary group for this user” checked. ![]() This is critical later: make absolutely certain the UID matches. Create a new user named “btsync”, with the UID ‘817’. In the left side menu, click the “Account” dropdown, and then “Users”. Now that you’re in the FreeNAS Web UI, you’ll need to create a user and group for BitTorrent Sync. Note that this password will be the root password for the entire FreeNAS install, so choose carefully! Volume, Datasets, and Permissionsĥ. ![]() Go to that address from a computer on the same LAN as the FreeNAS box and you will see the FreeNAS login page, which will prompt you to make a password. Once it boots, it will give you an IP address from which to log in to the FreeNAS web UI.Ĥ. Once you have the thumb drive created, connect the computer to your router (only an ethernet connection will work, as FreeNAS does not support wireless connections). img.xz file from the “Legacy and 32-bit Downloads” tab with these instructions: ģ. If you have a writable CD or DVD and a CD or DVD burner as well as a CD or DVD drive that can be used with the system on which you plan to install FreeNAS, you may download the CD Installer (.iso file), burn it to disk, and use these instructions to install FreeNASĪlternatively, use the. Go to and get the latest version of FreeNAS in 64-bit.Ģ.
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