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OK. You've just finished installing your Amahi Home Server and rebooted it (we call it an HDA - Home Digital Assistant for short). Now what do you do?
 
OK. You've just finished installing your Amahi Home Server and rebooted it (we call it an HDA - Home Digital Assistant for short). Now what do you do?
  
Well, the first thing is to connect to your HDA from a computer on your network. Simply enter '''hda''' (http://hda) in the URL for your browser and you'll find yourself looking at your HDA home page.
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Well, the first thing is to connect to your HDA from a computer on your network. Simply enter '''hda''' (http://hda) in the URL for your browser and you'll find yourself looking at your HDA home page. (you ''may'' need to refresh your network settings since your HDA is now managing your network).
  
 
[[Image:Hda_start.gif|HDA startup page]]
 
[[Image:Hda_start.gif|HDA startup page]]
  
From here you link to
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'''To get going we recommend the first things you do are:'''
* Setup - where you can setup your HDA (http://setup)
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* Create a user to access shares
* My Apps - install/uninstall additional apps on your HDA (http://hda/myapps)
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* Create a share for storing/sharing files in your network
* Wiki - your personal Wiki (http://wiki)
 
* Calendars - shared calendars for everyone in your house
 
  
Of course there are a whole lot of other things you can do with your HDA (like use the VPN to have secure remote access, publish multiple calendars, etc).
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==Create A User==
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To create a user
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# use the setup link
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# select the Users tab
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# press the "New User" button
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# enter information for the user and press the "Create button"
  
To get going we recommend the first things you do are:
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==Create A Share==
# Create a user to access shares
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To create a share
# Create a share for storing/sharing files in your network
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# use the setup link
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# select the Shares tab
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# press the "New Share" button
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# enter information for the share and press the "Create button"
  
After that you probably want to install/explore some of the applications/themes [[HDA_Apps]] that are a part of the Amahi HDA (this is a constantly expanding list). Of course you will want to enable your network to support the VPN!
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Once a share is created you can specify more details about it.
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Click on the Share you just created and you can specify
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* whether it is visible to users on your network
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* which specific users can access (read) or write to the share
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* what sort of information will be stored in the share
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=Doing More with Your HDA=
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Return to http://hda where you will find links to
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* [[Setup]] - where you can setup your HDA
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* My Apps - install/uninstall additional apps
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* [[Calendars]] - shared calendars for everyone in your house
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Of course there are a whole lot of other things you can do with your HDA (like use the [[VPN]] to have secure remote access, publish multiple calendars, etc).

Latest revision as of 01:10, 11 May 2017

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OK. You've just finished installing your Amahi Home Server and rebooted it (we call it an HDA - Home Digital Assistant for short). Now what do you do?

Well, the first thing is to connect to your HDA from a computer on your network. Simply enter hda (http://hda) in the URL for your browser and you'll find yourself looking at your HDA home page. (you may need to refresh your network settings since your HDA is now managing your network).

HDA startup page

To get going we recommend the first things you do are:

  • Create a user to access shares
  • Create a share for storing/sharing files in your network

Create A User

To create a user

  1. use the setup link
  2. select the Users tab
  3. press the "New User" button
  4. enter information for the user and press the "Create button"

Create A Share

To create a share

  1. use the setup link
  2. select the Shares tab
  3. press the "New Share" button
  4. enter information for the share and press the "Create button"


Once a share is created you can specify more details about it. Click on the Share you just created and you can specify

  • whether it is visible to users on your network
  • which specific users can access (read) or write to the share
  • what sort of information will be stored in the share

Doing More with Your HDA

Return to http://hda where you will find links to

  • Setup - where you can setup your HDA
  • My Apps - install/uninstall additional apps
  • Calendars - shared calendars for everyone in your house


Of course there are a whole lot of other things you can do with your HDA (like use the VPN to have secure remote access, publish multiple calendars, etc).