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In this video, I will guide you to install QNAP NAS on Proxmox
First you create a new Linux virtual machine
Do not use any media
Machine q35
Disk IDE 0
Disk Size 16GB
The number of cores is up to you, here I choose 2
The RAM memory can be left at 2GB by default, but here I increase it to 6GB
Network Model Intel E1000
This is a summary of your virtual machine, which can be customized in the next steps
Next you download the file qnap disk boot
I will put the download link in the description
There are 2 files here, you download the file with the extension img
You use decompression software like winrar, 7zip to decompress the downloaded file
Next you use WinSCP to upload the qnap disk boot file to the Proxomx server
My Proxmox server has ip address 10.11.32.139
Enter the information including ip address, username, password to connect to Proxmox using ssh
You find the folder images
var lib vz images
Here you create a new folder, I create a folder named 100 which is the same as the virtual machine identifier
Next, upload the qnap disk boot file you just downloaded in the previous step
You can keep the name of the file, but here I will rename the file to qnap.img
Here I have a script and you customize the path, filename according to your configuration
I will fix the folder name to 100, the file name to be qnap.img
So how do you use this command?
You open your virtual machine configuration file named 100.conf
etc pve nodes
You copy and paste the script at the end of the virtual machine configuration file
You return to the Proxmox management page and continue to customize the virtual machine
Remove CD DVD as it is not needed for Qnap NAS
Next is to customize the boot order
You disable all existing boot, this way your VM will boot using your qnap disk boot file just added in the previous step
Now you start the virtual machine and repeatedly press the down arrow key to change the boot selection
You choose system rescue production
Wait a moment to start Tiny Core OS
You open a command window and check the ip address and make sure the virtual machine connects to the Internet successfully
You need to edit the configuration file contents to get a newer version of the QNAP NAS operating system
You open the file my create qnap boot
You use vi editor to edit file contents
Use the i key to start editing
Here I will use OS version 5.0.0
After editing, press the ESC key, then the two dots w q to save and exit the vi editor
To create qnap boot disk you use the command sudo dot slash my create qnap boot
After receiving the success message, turn off the virtual machine with the command sudo poweroff
Here you customize the network settings from Intel e1000 to e1000e
You reopen the virtual machine configuration file in the previous step to change the network configuration
Don't forget to save the configuration file before closing it
Now you start the virtual machine and wait until the screen appears ip address and MAC address
As you can see this is my qnap virtual machine ip address 10.11.32.63
You use any browser to access the qnap nas management page with the ip address you just got
Qnap nas default port is 8080
To avoid errors, do not update to a higher operating system
You will be asked to create a new admin account for qnap nas
Change timezone
Next configure static ip address, dns address
The initial setup process will take a long time, so please wait patiently
You use the newly created account to access the Qnap nas management page
Next, turn off the Qnap virtual machine to add a storage hard drive
To add a hard drive to the Qnap NAS virtual machine you need to use the Proxmox command window
Here I have prepared a 500GB hard drive and I will add it to the QNAP NAS virtual machine
ls dev disk by id
To add it you need to get the identification information of that hard drive
Here is the list of identifiers of the hard drives
qm set 100 ide2 dev disk by id
100 is the virtual machine identifier qnap nas
Most likely your virtual machine identifier will be 102 or 103 depending on how many virtual machines you have
You copy and paste the hard drive identifier you just found in the previous step at the end of the command
This is the message of successfully adding a new hard drive to the virtual machine qnap nas
You check the list of hardware of the virtual machine will see a new hard drive appears
Adding the hard drive is done, you start the virtual machine and wait until the screen appears the ip address as before
It will take a few minutes for the qnap nas virtual machine to start up successfully
You will see the appearance of a new hard drive and you can use it to store data
You proceed with the configuration steps like any other physical Qnap nas device
Thank you for watching the video
Note that the qnap nas virtual machine starts up quite slowly, for successful installation it will take about 2 hours
Also it cannot upgrade to newer OS versions
You can try installing QNAP NAS on your Proxmox server to make your own decision