OpenMediaVault

OpenMediaVault

OpenMediaVault

NAS operating system

OpenMediaVault (OMV) is a free Linux distribution designed for network-attached storage (NAS).[3][4] The project's lead developer is Volker Theile, who instituted it in 2009. OMV is based on the Debian operating system, and is licensed through the GNU General Public License v3.[5]

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Background

By the end of 2009, Volker Theile was the only active developer of FreeNAS, a NAS operating system that Olivier Cochard-Labbé started developing from m0n0wall in 2005.[6][7][8] m0n0wall is a variation of the FreeBSD operating system, and Theile decided he wanted to rewrite FreeNAS for Linux. The project team had known for months that FreeNAS needed a major rewrite in order to support crucial features.[7] Since Cochard-Labbé preferred to stay with a FreeBSD-based system, he and Theile agreed that Theile would develop his Linux version under a different name;[6] that name was initially coreNAS, but within a matter of days Theile discarded it in favour of OpenMediaVault.[8]

Technical design

Theile chose Debian because the large number of programs in its package management system meant that he wouldn't have to spend time repackaging software himself.[9] OpenMediaVault makes a few changes to the Debian operating system. It provides a Web-based user interface for administration and customisation, and a plug-in API for implementing new features. One can install plug-ins through the Web interface.

Features

Plug-ins

By default, OpenMediaVault comes with a limited set of plug-ins. These include:

  • AirPlay – Stream music wirelessly to your iPod/iPad/iPhone/iTunes.
  • ClamAV – Antivirus software[11]
  • Diskstats – Complementary plugin to extend system statistics collection by adding I/O statistic graphs.
  • Digital Audio Access Protocol (DAAP) – provides audio files in a local network (also for iTunes)
  • FileBrowser – File managing interface.
  • FTP – Provides a modular FTP/SFTP/FTPS server.
  • Logical Volume Manager – enables the possibility to create and administrate dynamic partitions
  • Network UPS Tools, to support the use of an uninterruptible power supply
  • OneDrive – Synchronizing a shared folder with Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage.
  • PhotoPrism – AI-powered app for browsing, organizing & sharing your photo collection.
  • Podman – A tool for managing containers and images, volumes mounted into those containers, and pods made from groups of containers.
  • S3 – MinIO based high-performance, S3 compatible object storage.
  • ShareRootFs – Provides shared directories on root file system.
  • SNMP
  • TFTP
  • USB Backup – Allows (automatic) backups to external USB hard disks
  • WeTTY – Terminal access in browser over HTTP/HTTPS.

Third-party plug-ins

Additional plug-ins are available via additional package repositories. The majority of those Plug-ins are developed by a group called OpenMediaVault Plugin Developers.[12] The status of all Plug-ins can be viewed online.[13] In October 2014 there were around 30 plugins available. In June 2015 there were more than 70 stable plug-ins available.

Some of the software that is controllable via third-party plug-ins are:[14]

Minimum System requirements

Release history

For each OpenMediaVault release, Theile chooses a project code name from Frank Herbert's Dune novels.[17]

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See also

References

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    Halfacree, Gareth (19 July 2012). "WHS Alternatives: Media Streaming". bit-tech.
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    GNU General Public License Version 3, 29 June 2007
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    Baader, Hans-Joachim (20 October 2011). "Erste Version der NAS-Distribution OpenMediaVault" [First Version of the NAS Distribution OpenMediaVault]. Pro-Linux (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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    "FreeNAS vs OpenMediaVault". FreeNAS.org. iXsystems. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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    Thoma, Jörg (7 December 2009). "FreeNAS bleibt bei FreeBSD" [FreeNAS Stays on FreeBSD]. Golem.de (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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    Seifried, Steven (10 April 2015). "Interview with OpenMediaVault developer Volker Theile". Canox.net. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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    "OpenMediaVault Features". openmediavault.org. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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    "OpenMediaVault Package Repository". openmediavault.org. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  12. [12]
    github.com, "OpenMediaVault Plugin Developers" Retrieved 2014-10-03
  13. [13]
    omv-extras.org, "Latest updates..." Retrieved 2014-10-03
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    "OpenMediaVault Plugin Developers Package Repository". bintray.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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    debian.org/ports. Debian Website, List of ports
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    wiki.debian.org/Hardware. Debian Wiki, Supported Hardware
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    Theile, Volker (14 July 2011). "First release of OpenMediaVault is called Ix". OpenMediaVault.org. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  18. [18]
    OpenMediaVault 0.2 (Ix) has been released
  19. [19]
    OpenMediaVault 0.3 BETA available
  20. [20]
    OpenMediaVault 0.3.x end-of-life
  21. [21]
    Package repository for 0.4 (Fedaykin) is up
  22. [22]
    New updates available - OpenMediaVault 0.4.0.1 released
  23. [23]
    OMV 0.4 EOL
  24. [24]
    OpenMediaVault 0.5 (Sardaukar) released
  25. [25]
    OpenMediaVault Blog. 3rd Party Plug-ins. Retrieved 2013-08-31
  26. [26]
    OpenMediaVault 1.0 (Kralizec) released
  27. [27]
    OMV 1.x is now EOL
  28. [28]
    OMV 2.0 (Stone Burner) will be available soon
  29. [29]
    Release of OpenMediaVault 2.1 (Stone burner)
  30. [30]
    OMV 2.x is now EOL
  31. [31]
    Theile, Volker (17 December 2015). "OMV 3 (Erasmus) on Debian 8 (Jessie)". OpenMediaVault.org. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  32. [32]
    OMV 3.x is now EOL
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    Theile, Volker (27 February 2017). "Results from SUSE Hack Week". OpenMediaVault.org. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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    openmediavault 4 goes EOL
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    Theile, Volker (21 August 2019). "Releases". openmediavault.readthedocs.io. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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    Theile, Volker (4 May 2022). "Results from Openmediavault Blog". OpenMediaVault.org.
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    openmediavault 5 goes EOL
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    Theile, Volker (4 May 2022). "Release of openmediavault 6 (Shaitan)". .openmediavault.org. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
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    Theile, Volker (3 March 2024). "Release of openmediavault 7 (Sandworm)". OpenMediaVault.org. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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