![]() ![]() Once the Drive created click on the Create button.Ĩ. At least 4Gb should be there but we assigned it 57GB and you can assign according to the availability on your machine.ħ. Create a Virtual Hard Disk for your FreeNAS VM. So, if you have that much free memory on your machine then go ahead and assign it for your FreeNAS.Ħ. ![]() Set the Memory size, we set it 4Gb, here because of our testing system limitations, but recommended is 8GB. Enter some name for your FreeNAS virtual machine and the from type drop-down box select the Other and Version- Other/Unkown(64-bit).Ĥ. Step 3: Create VM (Virtual Machine) for FreeNAS on VirtualBox.Īfter downloading and installing the VirtualBox, its time to create a Virtual machine for FreeNAS.ģ. On Linux Like Ubuntu OS, you can install the Virtual Box with just one command on command terminal. Otherwise, use this link ( download) to get VirtualBox for Windows, Linux or MacOS. If you already have VirtualBox then skip this step. And the process of installation will be the same for Windows, Linux or MacOS. Let’s start with the step by step tutorial to install the FreeNAS virtual machine on VirtualBox:įor this tutorial, we used VirtualBox and FreeNAS 11.2 ISO image. One spare virtual drive at least 4GB to store content.Minimum 8GB virtual disk to install and boot the FreeNAS OS.To install and run the FreeNAS VM (Virtual machine) on the Virtual box you have to create a virtual machine that fulfils the following minimum requirements of FreeNAS OS: But as per the official website for the commercial or production purpose, the installation of FreeNAS on the virtual machine is not recommended. Other best way to test or use the FreeNAS is the Virtual environment where you can install FreeNAS for testing and learning purpose. Moreover, before using the FreeNAS as the commercial or permanent solution you can install it on the USB storage/pen drive too so that you can use your computer hard drive for storage purpose. This means if you have only drive attached to PC or virtual machine you only able to install the FreeNAS and for storing any data you require a separate one. FreeNAS comes with features like File Sharing (NFS, FTP, AFP, iSCSI, WebDAV), Web Interface, Data Protection, Snapshots, Replication, Encryption, Backup services (Windows Backup, rsync, Apple Time Machine, TrueOS Life Preserver, and Plugins.Īlso, point to be noted that the FreeNAS installation needs a separate hard drive for storing the data apart from the device hard drive where you are about to install it. The ZFS is an enterprise-ready open source file system, RAID controller, and volume manager. It comes with ZFS to protect, store, backup, all of your data. Moreover, if you forward your local IP address of the FreeNAS to the public IP (to access remotely) of yours then you can use it as a kind of personal cloud server where you can install and access different kind of software like plex media server, WordPress and more. Using the FreeNAS, a user can create its own personal NAS box using some old computer or even a virtual machine. Here in this tutorial, we use the FreeNAS ISO image to create a FreeNAS VM (virtual machine) using the VirtualBox on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.įreeNAS is the open source NAS operating system based on FreeBSD and doesn’t need any introduction. ![]()
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