DietPi NAS Server Installation

In this segment, we are going to show you how to “Install NAS Server on RaspberryPi using DietPi”

What is DietPi?

DietPi

DietPi is an extremely lightweight operating system, start at 400MB in size (3x lighter than ‘Raspbian Lite’). With features of low process/memory footprint and DietPi-RAMlog installed by default, DietPi allows you to get the maximum performance from your device.

Software Required :

Equipment RequiredOptional
Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi 4Case
SD_CardSD Card
Keyboard
EthernetEthernet CableMouse
ChargerPower Adapter  
HDDExternal HDD  
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Installing DietPi NAS Server [SAMBA]

  • Logging to SSH: For First Time
Default Username : root
Default Password : dietpi
  • Once, we connected to the DietPi then it requires us to change the Root Password and Unix Password.
  • I recommend you put the same password in both places.
  • After you logged in to DietPi, then you need to type a command to access the dietpi-software.
  • This command will open the DietPi Launcher, for us and from here we need to select Software Optimized and press OK.

Dietpi

  • Now, we need to navigate to Samba: Feature-rich FIle Server and press Spacebar to select it and press ok or Enter from the Keyboard.

Dietpi

  • Now, we need to navigate to Install and press OK. After that installation will take around 5-10 min to complete the setup.

Dietpi

  • Once the setup completes the system will reboot to finalize the settings and you are ready to use your DietPi Samba Server Image.

Accessing NAS Server

  • You need to open the run box and type your Raspberry pi Ip address
  • Address = \\Your Raspberry Pi IP Address or \\dietpi\dietpi
       In my case \\192.168.1.73
Default Username : dietpi
Default Password : dietpi

Change Samba password

 smbpasswd -a dietpi 

In conclusion

  • Now, You are ready to use DietPi on your Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus as NAS Server.
  • In the future, we are going to install other packages and check their working on DietPi.
  • Enjoy using DietPi NAS and share your thoughts.

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