Learning FreeNAS

1h 28mIntermediate2019-10-17

Authors

Scott Simpson

Creating Technology Courses as a Senior Staff Author at LinkedIn

Course details

Based on FreeBSD and OpenZFS, FreeNAS provides a flexible and open-source solution for providing storage services on a network. In this course, Scott Simpson helps system administrators get up and running with this popular operating system. Scott details how to plan an installation and configure FreeNAS, as well as how to use both the console and web interface. He also highlights the advantages of ZFS—the file system, RAID controller, and volume manager that FreeNAS relies on; details how to add and manage storage; and explains how to provide network file services to clients.

Learning objectives
Using both the console and web interface
Creating and working with ZFS pools
Adding storage to your FreeNAS system
Recovering from storage failures
Sharing storage on the network
Hosting virtual machines and jails with FreeNAS

Skills covered

Enterprise Content ManagementNetwork AdministrationLearningNetwork and System Administration

Concepts

Introduction

FreeNAS
Lab setup

Install and Configure FreeNAS

Planning a FreeNAS installation
Installing FreeNAS
Using the console interface
Exploring the web interface
System configuration

Manage Storage in FreeNAS

Understanding ZFS
Create a ZFS pool
Configuring virtual devices
Adding and modifying datasets
Working with ZFS pools
Adding storage
Recovering from storage failures
Snapshots
Console storage administration

FreeNAS Operation

Sharing storage on the network
Managing users and groups
Shared storage for groups
Import information from other disks
Managing services
Jails, virtual machines, and plugins
Backups and replication
Upgrading software and hardware

Conclusion

Next steps