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📦 Portable Raspberry-Pi NAS

🚀 Overview

A portable Network-Attached Storage (NAS) built using a Raspberry-Pi 3. This project allows you to carry your media library and files wherever you go, with the ability to create a wireless hotspot for easy access and streaming.

✨ Features

🎒 Portable Storage: Access your files and media on the go.
📶 Wireless Hotspot: The Raspberry-Pi automatically creates a Wi-Fi hotspot for seamless connectivity.
🎥 Media Streaming: Stream movies, music, and more from your NAS to any connected device.
🔋 Low Power Consumption: Efficient power usage, making it ideal for mobile use.

🛠️ Hardware Requirements

Raspberry-Pi 3
MicroSD card (16GB or larger)
Micro-SD card Reader
External storage (USB drive or HDD/SSD)
Power supply for your Raspberry-Pi
Portable power bank for true mobility (OPTIONAL)

💻 Software Requirements

Raspberry Pi Imager

📖 Installation and Setup

SD-Card Setup:
1. Format your Micro SD-Card with the SD-Card Formatter
2. Install Raspberry-Pi Imager on your system.
3. Boot the Raspberry-Pi Imager.
4. Select your Raspberry Pi Device. For me it was RaspberryPi-3 Model-B
5. Select your Operating System (OS) (Most Prefered is Raspberry Pi OS Lite 64-bits)
6. Select a storage device i.e your Micro SD-Card
  
  Warning!!!
  Be sure not to format any other drive, that may contain your important data
7. Click on NEXT, and open Edit settings
8. Enter your login username and password
9. Go to SERVICES section and click Enable SSH. Now click on SAVE
10. Now click on YES, and let the Raspberry Image be written on your Micro SD-Card
  
  Now wait for the image to flashj into your SD-card.
Raspberry-Pi Setup
1. Once the above setup is done, take you micro SD-card from the card-reader and insert it into the micro SD-card slot in your Raspberry-Pi.
2. Connect the following peripherals to your Raspberry Pi:
  1. Keyboard Only to check the IP address of the RaspberryPi
  2. HDMI Cable Only to check the IP address of the RaspberryPi
  3. Ethernet Cable
  4. Power Cable
  5. External Storage
NOTE: IF YOU ALREADY KNOW THE IP-ADDRESS OF YOUR PI, THEN YOU CAN SKIP TO STEP-6
1. Now let you Pi boot up. The RaspberryPi may reboot several times on it's first boot. Make sure to give it some time, until you see the terminal.
2. Enter the username and password that you had set here.
1. Once logged in, enter the following command
```
ifconfig
```
You should be able to see the IP address in format 192.xxx.xx.xx
1. Now open the terminal (cmd,pwsh,powershell, or any other terminal) of your laptop/PC and run the following command after replace <USERNAME> & <IP-ADDRESS> with the username & password of your Raspberry Pi.
```
ssh <USERNAME>@<IP-ADDRESS>
```
Enter the password.

NOTE: This command will only work if your laptop/pc and your Raspberry Pi is connected to the same network.
1. Once you are into the terminal of your Pi, enter the following commands
```
sudo apt install nala -y
sudo nala update && sudo nala upgrade -y
```
1. Now, we install OpenMediaVault into the RaspberryPi
```
sudo wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/installScript/master/install | sudo bash
```
NOTE:
- You may get disconnected from the SSH session when you enter the above command and the IP address of your Pi may also change. So be sure to check the new IP-address before proceeding.
- If you are trying to go WIRELESS or trying to use Wi-Fi, the OpenMediaVault deletes the Network-Manager of your Pi once it is installed. So make sure that you install it back with the command
```
sudo nala install network-manager && sudo nala update
```
OpenMediaVault SETUP :
1. Open your preferred Web-Browser on your laptop/PC and enter the IP-address of your Pi in the search bar. This should open up the Open Media Vault login page. It should look something like this, or it may change with time.
1. Enter your username and password.
  The default username is admin and the password should be openmediavault
2. Now, under Storage click on Disks. This should show you the storage devices that are connected to your Pi. Click on you storage and format the disk by clicking Wipe option. Be sure to transfer the important data from your drive.
1. Open File Systems under Storage,and create a new storage, and be sure to Mount it.
1. Now go to Shared Folders, and create a new shared folder and naming it is upto you. I'll be refering the shared folder as Nasty.
2. Once that's done, select Nasty, and then head to Priviledges in the navbar of the page (NOT THE SIDEBAR). Give Read & Write permission to the user. Now click on Apply at the top right corner.
3. Now go to Users and create a new user. Be sure to change its password.
1. Under Services, go to SMB (for Windows) and Enable it
1. Under SMB, go to Shares and add Nasty there.
1. Now go to NFS (for Linux/MacOS) and Enable it and repeat the same steps for the Shares option under NFS. Be sure to apply the changes.
Explorer SETUP
1. Open your Windows Explorer and go to This PC/My PC. Right click under the Network Locations and select Add a Network Location. Now select Choose Custom Location. Click on NEXT
1. Enter the following command replacing <RASPBERRYPI_IP_ADDRESS> and <SHARED_FOLDER_NAME> with your Pi's details. Example is given below:
```
\\192.168.1.1\Nasty
```
Click on next
1. This should take you to a login screen. Enter the username and passowrd as set in Step-7 in the last section of OpenMediaVault Setup and you should be good to go.
Plex Media Server SETUP:
1. Login into your Raspberry Pi via SSH as shown above, and execute the following commands
```
 sudo nala install apt-transport-https -y
```
1. Now we add the Plex Repository
```
 curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | sudo apt-key add -

 echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list

 sudo nala update
```
1. Install Plex. You might get some questions that you can answer accordingly, or else keep it No.
```
sudo nala install plexmediaserver
```
1. Open your Web Browser and search for <IP_ADDRESS_OF_PI>:32400/web. This should open the Plex web. You can create a free account and you can add your Movies folder from Nasty.
Hotspot SETUP:
1. To enable use Hotspot with your Raspberry Pi, run the setup_hotspot.sh script, after making the script executable. Run the following commands in the Raspberry Pi terminal (or with the SSH)
```
 cd './Portable Raspberry-Pi NAS/setup_hotspot.sh'
 chmod +x setup_hotspot.sh
 sudo ./setup_hotspot.sh
```
Congratulations🎉
You have completed the Raspberry-Pi NAS Setup. Now you can access the hard drive contents from any device that is on the same network. You can also access the Plex Media Server on your phone with the Plex app (it's free).