OpenMediaVault integration

Unfortunately after putting all the necesery information (correctly - checked it several times) I only get “Unknown error occurred” (nothing showing up in logs). Running OMV 5.6.13-1

Which is shame because i had used it few months ago on my previous setup and it worked like a charm :frowning:

Just got openmediavault 6 and tried this integration but can’t get it to work

Maybe, because it is written for OMV 5?
OMV 6 is in beta, you have to wait, until it releases… …and then wait even longer, until someone update’s this integration… :stuck_out_tongue:

AFAIK OMV6 is no longer in beta. I’ve got it up&running on my machine for some time now.
Anyway, the integration does not work with OMV6 yet. Hopefully someone will get enough time&resolution to make it working :slight_smile:

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Please do not spread misinformation, OK?

The fact, that you have it installed does not say that it is officially released.

OMV6 is as per today not released, it is in pre-release state, release candidate 1.

I will most likely install OMV6 in VM and get the integration into working state. Dont want it to get lost, since there is no alternative at the moment.
But I will wait until OMV6 is released. Even then, it will be most likely in december during my vacation vacation.
Assuming I can get it working in VM properly of course. I had lot of trouble with OMV5.
Since I no longer use OMV as my NAS, VM is the only option.

It would be best if I could get someone with real hardware using OMV6 to contribute or help provide API data and testing.
If anyone is interested, feel free to contact me on github

Hey, Tomaae, brave man, you still can use mine for some excercise :wink: :stuck_out_tongue:

Hello.
You don’t know what’s wrong?

Most likely unsupported OMV version.

Hi Tomaae,

I’m doing lots of upgrading of a bunch of QNAPs to Bullseye and OMV6 just right now (including the DOM patch to increase the kernel partition to over 2MB to fit the 2,3MB Bullseye kernel), due to them being EOL since some time now and the ransomware that’s ransacking the QNAP environment right this moment, including forced updates from QNAP to enterprise customers with switched off auto update, get over to reddit if you want to witness a sh*t strom in live mode.

I go straight to 6 cause I don’t want to move those TBs again any time soon, and with 2to3 and 3to4 I learned that its better to build from scratch than to update with OMV, it works, yes, but its kind of a dirty feeling. I kind of jumped 3 as I had no time to update and then when 4 was available, I tried the update, then I pulled my RAID card and set up fresh, then added the raid back in and cleaned it up and then added the raid to OMV4. Also, while at it, one can fix glitches in the old config, and create some new ones while at it :smiley:

The last system will be my own server that is still at 4 :slight_smile: and therefore not showing any cpu, uptime or memory in the HA integration.

So if you need something to test, I could give you a tunnel to access my “play-gound” TS-410 with debian Bullseye and OMV6. Dont think the 410 is able to handle a docker with HA, the memory wont be enough with just 512MB, but if you have it at the end of a tunnel, there should be no problem to hook it up to your test HA to see the integration query the api. I even could give you full admin access as its an empty system, i just use to test some setups before I roll them out to my family. You could have some BS generate CPU load and disc usage or so, i would not mind…

Give me a shout when you want to start.

Manne

PS: what I really would like would be to control docker containers inside OMV from HA, and also trigger an update or reboot for OMV from HA, that would make the OMV WEB UI almost obsolete, I could handle 99% right from my HA frontend.

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Not sure right now when I will get to working on OMV6. I have several projects I’m working on right now, and OMV is not really my high priority as I dont use it anymore.
Still, I will update this integration, since there is nothing else and many people use it.

I cant really say if those are possible at this point. They were not in OMV5, it was actually really sad NAS. Not sure how much better is OMV6, but I decided not to give it another chance, specially as there was no upgrade path again.

No dice, my test bed is available when ever your ready. Yea the upgrade path, well, it exists, but in my experience its there mainly to be there. But I also dont use upgrade paths on Windows. I stay with OMV mainly because compared to the QNAP and Synology and such I had before it, it has never let me down and I could concentrate my private hardware into one system; since I did build that one myself; and even if the OS or some hardware drops dead, the data is just there, to be pulled out of the HW raid.

If you don’t mind, what are u using as an OMV successor?

OMV is okey, but I just need something worry free that just works and is reliable with least amount of overhead work once everything is set up.
I’m using truenas core.

Funny, I’m running OMV 5 for exactly those reasons. It runs since the release 24/7, never had any issue and updates with one push button :wink:

Indeed, same here, and I personally was never a fan of FreeBSD. All of my systems are debian based, except for FreePBX thats centOS but I never had to touch the CLI there. So staying with a OS for my NAS that I know is kind of an easy choice and I dont see any gains with TrueNAS core for my mission envelope.

2014 or 15 I bought a hp micro gen 8 and pimped it to the max and started with OMV Stone Burner (2), it was still in Beta back then. Its up 24/7 since that day. It now hosts Terrabyts and lots of VMs, never had any issues with it.

Its about 8 years now with nothing, and I use that machine way over what is a normal “NAS” usage.

With my other NAS systems, I never made it through more than say half a year without significant issues like lost settings, total crash, lost licenses after upgrade (QNAP is really good in such stuff) or such. Just right now I have to hack all the EOL QNAPs I tend to get ride of the QTS stuff. Considering I care for a bunch of NAS systems inside the family, I kind of have to battle one every other week.

For me: OMV rocks.

Tomaae what made you leave the OMV behind and what convinced you to your current choise?

I may call on that when I next pass through schiphol :slight_smile: nice place.

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My main issues were removal of features like plugins in favor of half implemented containers and lack of upgrade path.
Also lack of many standard features NAS should have, like B2 sync. I had to create many things on my own.
I dont really mind NAS being different OS, since it is an appliance and everything should be handled by NAS itself. I’m looking for it to have great data safety which zfs is great at and minimum downtime even during upgrades.
I prefer debian or rhel myself, since I use those daily. But then again, I dont have to touch OS on appliance at all for most cases. I have already tried debian based freenas and it looks great, but its early to think about using it for me. I will wait for it to mature before giving it a serious try.
OMV certainly had its benefits for me, specially at the time I started using if during OMV4 days.

freenas is based on zfs and provides all features I need. everything I need already there and working without any extra tinkering.

But you know, each of us have different requirements and expectations for NAS. OMV is a valid choice for many, nobody can deny that.

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Does anyone knows if OMV5 is still officially supported, and if so, until when?

OMV 5 is the latest official release. So yes, it is supported. OMV 6 is still in release candidate state…

Thanks. I thought omv6 was already released.