Why Pay for the Cloud? Build Your Own with Raspberry Pi and Open Media Vault

Are you concerned about privacy or considering using a Raspberry Pi you bought half a decade ago and still trying to use somewhere more permanent… you are on the right page! Turn your Raspberry Pi into “your own Cloud Server” with no compromise in storage space, features, privacy and customizability using Open Media Vault(OMV)

First of all, what is NAS?

Network-attached storage (NAS) is a dedicated file storage system connected to a network that allows multiple users and devices to access, store, and share data from a centralized location. It can be used for personal, corporate, or both purposes.

Pre-requisites

1)Raspberry Pi

2)SD card

3)PC / Mac

4)Router

5)A Storage device(SSD, SD, Hard Disk,or Flash Drive)

6)Ethernet Cable

Baking the Pi

1. Download the Raspberry Pi Imager

1. Open your web browser and go to the official Raspberry Pi website

   https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

2. Click on "Download for Windows”

2. Install the Raspberry Pi Imager

1. Once the installer is downloaded, locate it in your Downloads folder (it will be named something like imager-setup.exe).
2. Double-click the file to run the installer.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Typically, this involves:
   • Agreeing to the terms and conditions.
   • Selecting the installation location (or using the default location).
   • Click Install to start the process.

Launch The Imager

Search in the search menu for the imager by typing its name and launching it.

Burn the Image

• Insert a microSD card or USB drive into your computer.
• Select the version of your Raspberry Pi.
• Select the Raspberry Pi Lite OS
• Select the storage media like an SD card or Flash Drive where you want to create the image.

• Click on write and enable and edit the setting with local, username and password, wireless network, and most importantly SSH(as we are going to the headless pi or without using the monitor or keyboard)
• Wait patiently until it is done.

Setting up your future Cloud(Raspberry Pi)

• Take your Raspberry Pi, and put the storage media(that has the os on it) into their respective slot.s
• Connect the ethernet cable to the Raspberry Pi
• Power it on

• Power on your PC search Powershell and open it

• Type the following code in the PowerShell

  ssh <username>@<ip>
  

notepad C:\Users\user\.ssh\known_hosts

You will get output something like this:-

Type yes and continue.

Enter the password

Now you can controll your pi without even touching it

Now enter the following code in the prompt to update and upgrade the system to the latest version.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Now we will use wget to pull the GitHub repositories of Open Media Vault and run the repos using Bash.

sudo wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/installScript/master/install | sudo bash

The installation part is done

Setting up Open Media Vault(OMV)

Type the IP of the Pi in the search bar of a web browser on the computer.

In username type “admin” and in password type”openmediavault”.

Now we need to insert the storage device(the device where all the files will be saved) on your computer

Right-click on the drive and click on the format button

Write the name you want to give to the drive and change the file system to NTFS

and click on start

you will me notified with the following message when completed

now go back to the OMV workplace(that page you open in chrome) and insert the drive you just formatted to the pi

Now go to the user settings button and select Change password

Write