Application
Description
A utility to "burn-in" a new disk, before adding it to your array has been requested several times. Also requested is a process to "pre-clear" a hard disk before adding it to your array. When a special "signature" is detected, the lengthy "clearing" step otherwise performed by unRAID is skipped.
The Preclear script was created by Joe L. and later modified by bjp999, all credit goes to both of these authors for the script.
Build notes
IMPORTANT - This is Docker image is specifically for unRAID users ONLY - do NOT attempt to use this utility with other operating systems.
Usage
docker run -d \
-p 5900:5900 \
-p 6080:6080 \
--name=<container name> \
--privileged=true \
-v /boot/config/disk.cfg:/unraid/config/disk.cfg:ro \
-v /boot/config/super.dat:/unraid/config/super.dat:ro \
-v /var/local/emhttp/disks.ini:/unraid/emhttp/disks.ini:ro \
-v /usr/local/sbin/mdcmd:/unraid/mdcmd:ro \
-v /dev/disk/by-id:/unraid/disk/by-id:ro \
-v /boot/config/plugins/dynamix/dynamix.cfg:/unraid/config/plugins/dynamix/dynamix.cfg:ro \
-v /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf:/unraid/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf:ro \
-v <path for config files>:/config \
-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
-e WEBPAGE_TITLE=<name shown in browser tab> \
-e VNC_PASSWORD=<password for web ui> \
-e ENABLE_STARTUP_SCRIPTS=<yes|no> \
-e UMASK=<umask for created files> \
-e PUID=0 \
-e PGID=0 \
binhex/arch-preclear
Please replace all user variables in the above command defined by <> with the correct values.
Example
docker run -d \
-p 5900:5900 \
-p 6080:6080 \
--name=preclear \
--privileged=true \
-v /boot/config/disk.cfg:/unraid/config/disk.cfg:ro \
-v /boot/config/super.dat:/unraid/config/super.dat:ro \
-v /var/local/emhttp/disks.ini:/unraid/emhttp/disks.ini:ro \
-v /usr/local/sbin/mdcmd:/unraid/mdcmd:ro \
-v /dev/disk/by-id:/unraid/disk/by-id:ro \
-v /boot/config/plugins/dynamix/dynamix.cfg:/unraid/config/plugins/dynamix/dynamix.cfg:ro \
-v /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf:/unraid/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf:ro \
-v /apps/docker/preclear:/config \
-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
-e WEBPAGE_TITLE=Preclear \
-e VNC_PASSWORD=mypassword \
-e ENABLE_STARTUP_SCRIPTS=yes \
-e UMASK=000 \
-e PUID=0 \
-e PGID=0 \
binhex/arch-preclear
If you do specify a password for the web ui via the env var 'VNC_PASSWORD' then it MUST be 6 characters or longer, otherwise it will be ignored.
Access via web interface (noVNC)
http://<host ip>:<host port>/vnc.html?resize=remote&host=<host ip>&port=<host port>&&autoconnect=1
e.g.:-
http://192.168.1.10:6080/vnc.html?resize=remote&host=192.168.1.10&port=6080&&autoconnect=1
Access via VNC client
<host ip>::<host port>
e.g.:-
192.168.1.10::5900
Notes
ENABLE_STARTUP_SCRIPTS when set to yes will allow a user to install additional packages from the official Arch Repository or the Arch User Repository (AUR) via scripts located in the folder /config/home/scripts/. A sample script is located at /config/home/scripts/example-startup-script.sh with comments to guide the user on script creation.
User ID (PUID) and Group ID (PGID) can be found by issuing the following command for the user you want to run the container as:-
id <username>
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