How to Install Restic Permanently on Unraid
Frank Earnhardt
Unraid runs entirely in RAM from your USB flash drive. If you download a binary straight to /usr/local/bin, it will vanish the moment you reboot your server. Follow this standard…
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Install Git LFS Instantly on Unraid Slackware
Make Git LFS Survive Unraid Reboots Because Unraid reloads Slackware from scratch on every boot, you must tell it to automatically recreate that symlink whenever the array starts. Initialize and…
How to replace Smart-UPS 3000 XL Batteries
Once you slide the new batteries in, the UPS will still think it has dead batteries because the internal microprocessor stores old degradation metrics. You must force a calibration test…
how to tell if unraid was shut down properly during power outage
1. The Parity Check (Easiest Method) If your server has a parity drive installed, an unclean shutdown will almost always prompt a parity check when the array starts up. 2.…
How to make git credentials survive a reboot on UNRAID.
Because Unraid runs entirely in RAM (unpacked from your USB flash drive at boot), the /root directory is essentially a temporary filesystem. When you rebooted, your original .gitconfig and .git-credentials…
Git Fails to Authenticate
If your application token is valid but git push still fails to authenticate, the most common reason is that your local Git client is using a different, outdated credential stored…
Cloudflare Tunnel
Step 1: Create a Cloudflare Tunnel Instead of traditional port forwarding, a Cloudflare Tunnel creates a secure outbound connection from your network to Cloudflare, meaning you can close port 443…
How does vm.overcommit_memory=1 impact Unraid?
How does vm.overcommit_memory=1 impact Unraid? Changing this setting on your Unraid host is generally safe and actually recommended if you run memory-intensive Docker containers (like Redis or MongoDB). To apply…
Unraid un-get
The Nerd-Pack plug-in has been abandoned and I recently came across an alternative called un-get.
UNRAID terminal colors
By default, UNRAID’s terminal colors (while using ls) are not desirable to my eyes. As seen below, all folders with +w on other, show with bold, blue, & black (very…