Intended Audience This post will be of interest if you use DNSMasq in FreeNAS and would like to keep the configuration file outside the jail. Background The main issue of building a standard DNSMasq installation in a FreeNAS jail or using the DNSMasq community plugin, is that the configuration file /usr/local/etc/dnsmas.conf is stored within the …
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Month:March 2020
Caddy TLS Reverse Proxy in a FreeNAS Jail
Intended Audience This post will be of interest if you want to access private network resources securely using subdomains (e.g. https://subdomain.mydomain.com.au) or subdirectories (e.g. https://mydomain.com.au/subdirectory) rather than with IP addresses and port numbers. Assumptions You use a Fritz!Box for internet access. Your ISP supplies you with a dynamic IPv4 address. You are not in a …
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FreeNAS 11.3 + Transmission Jail + OpenVPN + AirVPN + IPFW Killswitch
Intended Audience This post may be of interest if you are setting up Transmission, not using the supplied plugin, but in a jail under FreeNAS 11.3. Assumptions The reader has a working knowledge of FreeNAS. AirVPN is the reader’s VPN service provider. Background There are several limitations of setting up Transmission using the plugin: Plugin …
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