Topics: Houston

Scope/Description This article will help you create a ZFS pool and datasets in Houston UI using the ZFS module. Prerequisites Access to Houston UI ZFS Module and Packages Installed Disk Aliasing Setup with “dmap” if using Device Alias for Disk Identifier Steps Accessing the ZFS Tab Once logged in to Houston, you should see a […]

Scope/Description This article will show you how to add a new VDEV to an existing ZFS Pool in Houston UI using the ZFS module. Prerequisites Access to Houston UI ZFS Module and Packages Installed Existing ZFS Pool Steps Accessing the ZFS Tab We begin by going to our ZFS tab to view our storage pool. […]

Scope/Description This article covers the process of creating and managing SMB shares (Samba/Server Message Block) within the Houston UI management interface. Prerequisites Before starting, ensure the following conditions are met: Access to the Houston UI Cockpit. The File Sharing Module and Packages are installed. SMB Packages are installed. SMB Services (smb/smbd) are running and enabled. […]

Scope/Description This article will cover creating and managing NFS shares in Houston UI Prerequisites Access to Houston UI Cockpit File Sharing Module and Packages Installed NFS Packages Installed NFS Services Running and Enabled NFS Ports Open on Firewall (111/tcp, 111/udp, 20048/tcp, 20048/udp, [2049/tcp, and 2049/udp if NFSv3]) Steps In Houston UI, navigate to the File […]

Scope/Description This article will cover managing Firewall in Houston UI Prerequisites Access to Houston UI Firewalld installed and configured Steps In the networking tab, we can see the firewall is currently enabled. We can turn it off completely by clicking the button next to it. Next, we can select the Edit rules and zones button […]

Scope/Description This article will show how to manage networking in Houston UI Prerequisites Access to Houston UI Network Manager installed and configured Steps In the networking tab, we can see our interfaces, and the option to create bonds, bridge, or VLANs. We can also directly select an interface to configure its settings. If we select […]

Scope/Description This guide covers how to passthrough a USB controller from your host machine to a VM on top of Houston. Prerequisites A working Ubuntu install with Houston UI A created VM through Houston UI Access to Houston UI and its CLI A CPU that supports IOMMU groups Steps Edit the host machines boot loader […]

Scope/Description This guide will run through the steps to import the AWS Data Sync KVM image into Houston to deploy for Amazon to facilitate cloud backups. Prerequisites Have a 45Drives Storinator shipped from us with our Ubuntu 20.04LTS image installed on it OR run our Ubuntu pre-config script that brings your image to parity with […]

Scope/Description This article provides the steps to join an Ubuntu 22.04 system to an Active Directory (AD) domain using a single Samba server configuration, leveraging the Samba-Ansible playbook and the Winbind daemon for user and group resolution. Please note that this is compatible with Ubuntu 20.04 version as well. Description This knowledge base article details […]

Scope/Description The article details the process of moving your pre-existing samba shares in the ZFS tab to the File Sharing Tab. This occurs when a samba share is made before installing the 45Drives File Sharing Module. This new module splits the ZFS + File Sharing tab into separate entities “ZFS” and “File Sharing”. Prerequisites Existing […]