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General Discussion / Re: Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 05, 2024, 12:38:28 am »

Ok I've got it to work now.

I'm sure I followed all the same steps as before, but I obviously missed something. I think it was possibly because I forgot to enable the igc1 assignment as you suggested.

In the console I now see:

LAN Bridge (bridge0) -> v4: 192.168.49.1
Mint (igc3) ->
Unraid (igc2) ->
W11 (igc1) ->
WAN (igc0) -> v4/DHCP4: 192.168.1.207/24

Also In Services > ISC DHCP > leases I see three leases for W11 / Mint / Unraid.

When typing http://tower.local in the address bar as suggested in the unraid documentation it wont resolve, but if I type the DHCP lease IP address in the address bar it does.

So it looks the bridge is now working as expected.

I got there in the end and I appreciate your support!

I've got a switch coming in the next week or so, so this will probably be irrelevant and I expect I'll have new challenges getting that configuration working too! Nevertheless, it's all good exposure and learning. At least now I can have a play with the Unraid GUI.

P195

General Discussion / Re: When you fiddle and get locked out, what the easiest approach to restore access?

« on: November 04, 2024, 11:26:26 pm »

Thanks. This is going to save me many times in the future, no doubt.

General Discussion / Re: Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 04, 2024, 10:03:35 pm »

I changed my naming from before. My LAN is now set to Bridge0 (now named LAN Bridge). The new assignment (igc3 - the one that was unassigned after step 3) is OPT3 (now named W11).

General Discussion / Re: Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 04, 2024, 09:37:23 pm »

So I've gone through the whole guide again from scratch and followed to the letter.

Interfaces end up as:

[WAN] WAN igc0

[LAN Bridge] LAN Bridge0

[Win11] OPT3 igc1

[Unraid] OPT1 igc2

[Mint] OPT2 igc3

Restarted all devices. Plugged in WAN cable to igc0, W11 to igc1, unraid server to igc2, left mint disconnected.

Once at console I see:

LAN Bridge (bridge0) -> v4: 192.168.49.1
Mint (igc3) ->
Unraid (igc2) ->
WAN (igc0) -> v4/DHCP4: 192.168.1.207/24

I noticed W11 is not on that list, is that expected? On the W11 PC, there is no network access. Properties of adapter are set to "obtain an IP address automatically".

General Discussion / Re: When you fiddle and get locked out, what the easiest approach to restore access?

« on: November 04, 2024, 08:32:48 pm »

I assume then to capture the full state, you need a settings backup (.xml) and a snapshot, so it makes sense to create them both at the same time before fiddling / making changes?

General Discussion / Re: When you fiddle and get locked out, what the easiest approach to restore access?

« on: November 04, 2024, 08:23:44 pm »

Sorry spoke too soon before reading the whole document.

If the WebGUI is unavailable:

Boot the OPNsense, at the start of the boot sequence the Boot Menu will show up
Press the Space Bar to pause it
Press 8 to choose 8. Boot Environments which displays the current Snapshots
Press 2 to select a different active Snapshot, it should now display zfs:zroot/ROOT/known-good
Press 1 to go back to the main menu
Press ENTER to select 1. Boot Multi user [ENTER]

Tip

If there are more Snapshots, press 2 repeatedly to cycle through them.

General Discussion / Re: When you fiddle and get locked out, what the easiest approach to restore access?

« on: November 04, 2024, 08:16:47 pm »

Cool, I haven't used the snapshots feature before but sounds useful.

Only thing is, don't you have to login to get to the menu to select option 8? I'm pretty sure yesterday the reason I couldn't restore with option 13 was because I couldn't get to the menu because my login and password was not working.

General Discussion / When you fiddle and get locked out, what the easiest approach to restore access?

« on: November 04, 2024, 07:06:03 pm »

Hi All,

If you change settings which end up locking you out where you can no longer access the web GUI, or login at the console, what is the easiest way to restore a backup or to regain access?

This has happened to me several times now by fiddling about, and yesterday I found myself in this scenario again where I think I changed from static IP to DHCP (I can't quite remember what I did) but I couldn't access web GUI and when in console my login and password was not allowing me to login. I tried various things for several hours but to no avail so I ended up reinstalling back to fresh install and loading a saved .xml config, but this also caused headaches due to missing plugins and their settings etc.

I've now managed to reconfigure everything again, but if I find myself in this scenario again, rather than having to reinstall, what's the easiest solution?

I know you can restore from console which I have done several times before, but this time I was unable to login to do that.
Is it possible to put a saved .xml config file on a usb pen drive and restore settings like that?
Can I backup the whole install including plugins (image?) rather than just the settings and restore like that?
Or is there a better way that I've overlooked?

Many Thanks
P195

General Discussion / Re: Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 04, 2024, 06:36:36 pm »

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If you followed the instructions in order, the static IP settings of W11 (your LAN) and DHCP settings for W11 should have been left untouched

That's correct, no changes were made to these as I followed the guide precisely.

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In the final state, OPTx should have no IP configs (none, none), W11 is assigned to bridge 0 (your LAN bridge acting as a switch, encompassing the 3 OPTx).

Yes I have no IP configs set for any of the OPT 1,2 or 3. W11 is now assigned as Bridge 0. The bridge contains member interfaces OPT 1,2 & 3.

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W11 should have a static IP (default 192.168.1.1) and DHCP should dish IPs for that subnet.

Correct except I've changed mine to 192.168.49.1

Unfortunately though, I'm still unable to reach http://tower.local or the IP lease for the server of 192.168.49.110

General Discussion / Re: Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 02, 2024, 11:50:55 pm »

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once you sort out the bridge, I would expect your other 2 PCs to show up in that list (unless you have static IP configured properly).

So unraid and mint should both have entries under Services > ISC DHCPv4 after setting up the bridge?

note: I had to disable the existing DHCP entries for unraid and mint in order to to change the interface IPv4 Configuration Type to none as mentioned in the guide (I got a red banner saying I couldn't change it until DHCP was disabled). Those entries then disappeared from the ISC DHCPv4 list.

General Discussion / Re: Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 02, 2024, 11:34:27 pm »

Sorry, my mistake. I was wrong in what I said.
What I should have said was what used to be igc1 is now bridge0 (W11), and igc1 is now assigned to opt3:

I've set up my own hostname and domain name under System > Setings > General so no, I believe that means it's not on a .local domain.

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Is W11 your LAN? It's the only one that shows up under DHCP.

Correct.

General Discussion / Re: Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 02, 2024, 10:02:59 pm »

Thanks guys, yes that's right I have the LAN (igc1) assigned to the bridge interface. I set the tunables and rebooted as per the guide.

When going to Services > ISC DHCPv4 > Leases I see:

So I tried entering 192.168.49.110 into the browser but that didn't resolve.

Sorry, how do I find out if tower.local resolves to an IP, and check that OPN is not on a .local domain ?

General Discussion / Re: Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 02, 2024, 08:56:33 pm »

So I've created the bridge as per the docs, and have internet access on my PC's.

I've booted the unraid server (non gui mode) and entered my username and password and it's now sat at root@tower:~#

According to the unraid quick install guide (https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/getting-started/quick-install-guide/#setting-up-the-unraid-os) it states:

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Connecting to the Unraid WebGUI

There are two methods to connect to the WebGUI in Unraid, and you can always:

Boot Unraid in GUI mode and login (username is root, no password by default).
Open a web browser from your Mac or PC and navigate to http://tower.local

When entering http://tower.local in my browser I cant reach the GUI. Is that because I need to do some additional configuration in OPNsense (rules?) to allow the PC's to access the unraid GUI or should I be able to connect directly now that I've configured the bridge?

Thanks

General Discussion / Re: Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 02, 2024, 07:17:49 pm »

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll give it a try this evening.

General Discussion / Unraid server web GUI access (with no switch)

« on: November 02, 2024, 12:23:52 pm »

Hi All,

I currently have 2 PC’s and my unraid server connected to the three LAN ports of my mini pc as I don’t yet own a switch (but I’ve ordered one).

In the meantime, if I want to be able to access the unraid server web GUI on one of those PC’s do I need to use a bridge or can I just create firewall rules to allow communication?

I’ve tried creating firewall rules but have been unable to access the web GUI. I'm not sure if that's because it's not possible or because I've set up the rules incorrectly. If I can do it with rules, can you advise how I should set it up please?

Thanks,
P195

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