Armbian with preinstalled OpenMediaVault (OMV)

[Igor]

 

Download Armbian with OpenMediaVault (OMV) 

Currently (for testing) only 4 targets were build: rock5-itx, odroid m1, odroid xu4 and x86. Once its confirmed that works well, other targets will be assembled. 

Then boot the image, wait few minutes and login via:

http://ip_address_of_armbian_running_ha

U: admin

P: openmediavault

 

Test setup on Odroid M1:
 

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Tested on:

• Odroid M1
• Raspberry PI 4

 

DIY

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How was this assembled?
 

- you need a build framework which assembles Armbian (Debian variant is the only supported by OMV) https://github.com/armbian/build (can be compiled in GitHub free runners too)

- OMV extension: https://github.com/armbian/os/blob/main/userpatches/extensions/omv.sh (download this extension and place it into your build directory)

 

./compile.sh BOARD="uefi-x86" BRANCH=current RELEASE=bookworm ENABLE_EXTENSIONS="omv" KERNEL_CONFIGURE="no" BUILD_MINIMAL="yes"

 

[MacBreaker]

Hello Igor,

 

try to build OMV for rpi4.

 

./compile.sh BOARD="rpi4b" BRANCH=current RELEASE=bookworm ENABLE_EXTENSIONS="omv" KERNEL_CONFIGURE="no" BUILD_MINIMAL="yes"

 

Got these error messages:

 

[🌿] Enabling extension [ omv ]

[🔨]   ERR: Extension problem -- cant find extension 'omv' anywhere - called by /home/master/build/lib/functions/general/extensions.sh

[💥] Exiting with error 17 [ at /home/master/build/lib/functions/general/extensions.sh:1

               enable_extension() --> lib/functions/general/extensions.sh:1

   initialize_extension_manager() --> lib/functions/general/extensions.sh:135

          do_main_configuration() --> lib/functions/configuration/main-config.sh:317

                do_with_logging() --> lib/functions/logging/section-logging.sh:81

    do_with_conditional_logging() --> lib/functions/logging/section-logging.sh:111

    prep_conf_main_build_single() --> lib/functions/main/config-prepare.sh:29

         cli_standard_build_run() --> lib/functions/cli/cli-build.sh:22

        armbian_cli_run_command() --> lib/functions/cli/utils-cli.sh:136

                 cli_entrypoint() --> lib/functions/cli/entrypoint.sh:176

                           main() --> compile.sh:50

 ]

[💥] Cleaning up [ please wait for cleanups to finish ]

 

What I'm doing wrong?

 

Markus

[Werner]

omv extension isn't automatically shipped with the build framework. You can grab it here: https://github.com/armbian/os/blob/main/userpatches/extensions/omv.sh

[MacBreaker]

Ahh, okay, i didn't know

 

Now it's working.. 👍

 

Thank's Werner

[Werner]

58 minutes ago, MacBreaker said:

i didn't know

Me neither

 

[SteeMan]

The instructions on above (under DIY) should be clearer to explain that.  When I looked at this earlier, I was guessing that is what the instructions assumed you needed to do (download that referenced file).

 

Edited the above instructions to clarify.

[AlexVS]

Downloaded the image Armbian_24.5.9_Rpi4b_bookworm_current_6.6.44-openhab.img, uploaded. Does not work. The page is http://192.168.1.105 not available.

[Igor]

2 hours ago, AlexVS said:

Downloaded the image Armbian_24.5.9_Rpi4b_bookworm_current_6.6.44-openhab.img, uploaded. Does not work. The page is http://192.168.1.105 not available.

 

It takes some time before OpenHab initialises. How long did you wait? Can you provide some logs?

[AlexVS]

I waited for 10 to 20 minutes. I'll try again soon. Can you tell me which logs to provide?

[AlexVS]

will the syslog be sufficient?

syslog

[Igor]

@AlexVS

 

1. Downloaded this image: https://dl.armbian.com/rpi4b/Bookworm_current_server-openhab

2. Executed 1st login, create username (probably must have), created locales ...

3. As you can see OpenHab installation activities:

4. http://10.0.40.156:8080/ (you failed to see OpenHab manual

5. Login prompt (2-3 minutes after startup)

[AlexVS]

It seems to me that I did not understand you.

When I downloaded the image, I expected that OMV7 was preinstalled there. And after installing it, I hoped that OMV7 would be available for testing.

I am sorry. Apparently this is a translation difficulty.

[MacBreaker]

Hello @AlexVS,

 

you wrote:

Quote

Downloaded the image Armbian_24.5.9_Rpi4b_bookworm_current_6.6.44-openhab.img, uploaded.

That is no image with preinstalled OMV but with preinstalled openhab.

There is no image for ri4 with OMV preinstalled (as far as i see..). You have to build it by yorself.

See DIY on post 1.

 

Markus

 

[Igor]

4 hours ago, AlexVS said:

It seems to me that I did not understand you.

 

Proceed as @MacBreaker suggests.

 

45 minutes ago, MacBreaker said:

There is no image for ri4 with OMV preinstalled (as far as i see..). You have to build it by yorself.

 

Exactly. 

Added for future releases:
https://github.com/armbian/os/commit/e87f4f529a8dfadeaa011decc9aa3c65d98c17a5

[Igor]

@AlexVS

Try this:

https://dl.armbian.com/rpi4b/Bookworm_current_minimal-omv

[AlexVS]

Thank you very much. Installed the specified image. OMV has started. Now you can test it. 

 

Edited August 30 by AlexVS

[0jay]

This is great, thanks for this it's exactly what I wanted!

 

Will this play nice with armbian-config eMMC install? I once tried after installing OMV on an sd card and the emmc transfer wouldn't boot (armbian-config's the only tool I've found to do an emmc install)

[Igor]

2 hours ago, 0jay said:

Will this play nice with armbian-config eMMC install?

It should work - depends on the hardware - for the one we don't support, its unknown, for supported one we will try to fix in case of troubles. You can call
 

armbian-install

directly, so you don't install dependencies from armbian-config. There will soon be much lighter version of it, but current one is not very light.

[0jay]

Would any of these OMV images run on a 3328 Renegade?

 

I can run the Libre portability script so figure I just need it to boot

[Werner]

If there is no pre-made OMV image you can create your own just like mentioned under DIY at the very first post of this topic.

Also check the few posts after for copying the necessary extension if necessary.

[0jay]

7 minutes ago, Werner said:

you can create your own

 

I intend getting to this in time (also with OpenWRT) but for the moment I'm not in a position to do it.

 

If there's an image that'll boot on a renegade board then at least I can explore

[0jay]

On 9/16/2024 at 9:27 PM, Igor said:

It should work - depends on the hardware

 

Armbian install unfortunately not working to transfer an OMV install on a 3328 renegade board. 

 

It boots but OMV is non functional (and seemingly irreparable)

Edited September 20 by 0jay

[Igor]

11 hours ago, 0jay said:

Armbian install unfortunately not working to transfer an OMV install on a 3328 renegade board. 

Aha, you mean SD boot works, but then it fails to properly transfer it?

[0jay]

1 hour ago, Igor said:

SD boot works, but then it fails to properly transfer it?

 

Short summary of process to follow:

 

I burn Armbian with Etcher, update etc and install OMV.

From here I use armbian-install (or armbian-config) to transfer to the eMMC. This is the only tool I've found that makes the eMMC transfer simple (thank you!).

The eMMC system boots and seems fine but OMV is not functional (though it works fine on the SD it was transferred from).

 

As a result I always just transfer the raw Armbian install to eMMC, boot from there and install OMV direct to the eMMC but it would be very handy to be able to transfer from an SD with a working OMV install fully configured as backup.

Edited September 20 by 0jay

[0jay]

Hi Igor, any developments with these pre-rolled images?

 

Can I request a Renegade OMV image or will I need to wait for an LTS?

 

Thanks for your time,

Oscar

[Igor]

6 minutes ago, 0jay said:

Can I request a Renegade OMV image or will I need to wait for an LTS?

 

Open PR similar to this one https://github.com/armbian/os/pull/254 it's faster. I can execute build, but can't test.

[0jay]

33 minutes ago, Igor said:

I can execute build, but can't test.

Done. Thanks

[lurch]

Hello and thanks for this great work!

 

Today I tried installing `Armbian_24.8.4_Odroidxu4_bookworm_current_6.6.54-omv_minimal.img.xz` (SHA256 confirmed/writing verified/new sd cards) on some Odroid-HC1's. Problem is/was I can't access the devices, I see them only short (reacting to pings) and then vanish again from the network. It behaved the same for 2 different devices.

 

Then I tried the latest normal/minimal image instead: `Armbian_24.8.1_Odroidxu4_bookworm_current_6.6.47_minimal.img.xz` and things work like normal (stays in the network, can access via ssh, ...)

 

Thought maybe the latest omv spin got some error so I tried again with the former stable (same version as minimal atm) `Armbian_24.8.1_Odroidxu4_bookworm_current_6.6.44-omv_minimal.img.xz` but again no luck and when pinging the device seems to be online only less then a minute before vanishing from the network again. Attaching a classic (spinning/mechanical!) hard disk then  gave some "sound" confirmation: The disks spins up around every minute - so most likely boot looping!

 

Can anyone confirm that one of the latest two (24.8.4 or 24.8.1) actually works on a odroid-xu4/hc without boot loop?

 

At the moment I use the Armbian 24.8.1 minimal image mention and install OMV the hard way following this guide: https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv7:armbian_bookworm_install

I successfully used Armbian 24.8.1 minimal image mention and installed OMV the hard(er)  way following this guide: 

https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv7:armbian_bookworm_install

Edited November 11 by lurch

[Igor]

7 hours ago, lurch said:

I successfully used Armbian 24.8.1 minimal image mention and installed OMV the hard(er)  way following this guide: 

The problem you are experiencing is probably related to some incompatibility when assembling 32bit OMV. We can't test all assemblies manually (we have no other option) on all targets. 

Perhaps moving installer to run-time is better?
https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Armbian-Software/#adding-example

We will eventually add this, but help is appreciated.