
Ensure that SSH is enabled, it’s using port 22, and root login is allowed.Ģ. Open the web management console of OpenMediaVault, then select Services, and SSH. You can either access the console of your OpenMediaVault install or use SSH. Please keep in mind that you will need access to the command-line interface (CLI). We will look at how to install OMV-Extras on OpenMediaVault below. How to Install OMV-Extras on OpenMediaVault

How to Install OMV-Extras on OpenMediaVault.If you’re looking for something specific in OMV 6 that existed in OMV 5, it might be missing, but will hopefully be added in the future! After OMV-Extras is installed, you’ll have the ability to install many plugins and Docker containers which will allow your NAS to host all different types of applications.Īs of the writing of this tutorial, OMV-Extras are not as mature on OMV 6 as it is on OMV 5. Without OMV-Extras, OpenMediaVault is somewhat barebones, meaning that it’s a great NAS operating system, but won’t offer a lot of the benefits that something like a Synology NAS will.

You’ll also be able to install Docker, Portainer, and Yacht, which will give you the ability to install and manage many different containers. By default, you’ll be able to install tons of different plugins (many more are added to the default OMV installation). OMV-Extras will greatly expand the functionality of your OMV 5 or OMV 6 installation. Once the stack is deployed, you can go to: and access your Transmission installation.In this tutorial, we will look at how to install OMV-Extras on OpenMediaVault. You’ll need to change the “volumes” to point to the correct folders on your OMV server, but once you’ve done that, you can then click the blue “Deploy the stack” button near the bottom of the page. Name the Stack “transmission” (without the quotes) and then copy and paste the following into the “Web editor” section:. Open your local connection and then click “Stacks” in the left column. Get logged into your Portainer control panel. This time we’ll use something called “Stacks”.

We’ll use a different approach in this video than we have in previous videos to get Transmission installed on OMV5.
