Getting started
After installation, EasyNAS boots to the console menu on the attached display and serves its web UI on the network.
1. Log in
Open https://<your-nas-ip>:1443 (the exact address is shown on the console).
Self-signed certificate
EasyNAS generates its own SSL certificate on first boot, so your browser shows a one-time security warning. Accept it to continue.
2. Set the admin password
Use console menu option 1 (Change admin password) — or the web UI — before anything else.
3. Tour the dashboard
The dashboard shows the system at a glance:
- CPU — usage, load averages, model and core count
- Memory — RAM and swap usage
- Drives — every disk with health status (SMART)
- File Systems — each pool with usage bar and used/total
- Counters for drives, filesystems, volumes, and users
4. Create your first storage
- Storage → File System → Create: pick one or more data disks, a RAID profile, and compression. This creates a Btrfs pool.
- Storage → Volume → Create: create a volume (subvolume) on the pool — this is the unit you share and snapshot.
See Storage for concepts and options.
5. Share it
- Sharing → NFS (or Samba): enable the service with the toggle.
- Add share, pick your volume and permissions.
- Mount from a client:
See Sharing for per-protocol guides.
6. Create users
Admin → Users: accounts created here work across the sharing protocols (e.g. Samba credentials are kept in sync automatically).
The console menu
The attached display always shows the admin menu:
| Option | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Change admin password |
| 2 | Start/Stop EasyNAS web service |
| 3 | Restart network |
| 4 | Reset to default settings |
| 5 | Check for EasyNAS updates |
| 6 | Restart |
| 7 | Shutdown |
| 8 | Shell |