HDA Admin How To

Amahi Release (Common)

Networking

• Disable Router DHCP Server: Generic guidance for disabling DHCP server on some routers.

• Change DNS Provider: Change DNS from OpenDNS to different provider.

• Disable DHCP Server: Disable DHCP server on HDA.

• Change Gateway IP Address: Change the 3rd octet of the router/client IP addresses.

• Renew Client IP Address: Applies to Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

• Configuring OpenDNS: Allows filtering or block domain names (web sites) and provides statistics.

• Configure Static IP Address: Create static IP address for client devices.

• Punching DNS Holes: access a URL (or any host) outside with the same domain you have in the internal network.

• Virtual Private Network (VPN): Secure connection between a client and HDA outside your network provided by the Amahi application VPN application.

• Customize IPsec VPN: How to change the Amahi IPsec VPN application settings.

Storage

• Adding hard drives (Command-line): detailed guidance for adding hard drives to your HDA.

• Manage Shares: Create, edit, delete, and manage file shares configuration.

• Shares Extra Parameters: Manage extra options per file share, such as a recycle bin or quota.

Greyhole

• Greyhole: Setup/configure Greyhole Storage Pooling.

• Mount Shares Locally: Safely manage Greyhole enabled share files locally on the HDA.

Miscellaneous

• Enable Advanced Settings: Unhides advanced areas in Network and Setup tabs.

• Reset User Password: Use to reset a user's forgotten password.

• Open terminal as root user: Command line access as root user.

• Secure Shell (SSH) Login: Key-based SSH terminal access to your HDA.

• Hardware Changes: Steps for hardware changes on HDA (i.e. mother board, network card, etc).

• Hosting a web site: How to make the Amahi web server visible outside the local network.

Amahi Release (Specific)

• Amahi 8 (Fedora 21)

Amahi 7 (Fedora 19)

• net-tools/bind-utils (includes commands ifconfig, nslookup, netstat, and others): Not installed in Amahi 7. Amahi application HDA Troubleshooting Tools provides the capability.

• Manual Web App Creation: Amahi application Web App provides the capability along with controlled access for installed web applications.

• Calendar Server: This feature is currently broken (Amahi bug 1339), but guidance is provided to correct the issue.

• Express Disc Desktop: HDA is headless, but guidance is provided for installing a GUI desktop. The Amahi application VNC provides the Gnome 3 Desktop and remote capability.

• Virtual Network Computing (VNC): Access your HDA desktop remotely from inside your network.

Amahi 6 (Ubuntu 12.04.x LTS)

• Secure Shell (SSH): Not installed by default, but required to remotely access your HDA, inside or outside your network. Amahi applications OpenSSH and Dropbear provides the capability.

• Manual Web App Creation: Creating a manual web app via the dashboard results in a "HTTP error 500" message. This work around should correct the issue (Amahi bug 977).

• Require Login for Apps: Control which HDA users can access certain web applications.

• Virtual Network Computing (VNC): Access your HDA desktop remotely from inside your network.