Privatealps
PrivateAlps Cloud Hosting

Published: April 1, 2026
Video Description
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In this first hands-on video of the OMV 8 series, we do a full
installation of OpenMediaVault 8 on real hardware - the Beelink ME
Pro - and get file sharing up and running from scratch.
We cover creating a bootable USB, walking through the full OMV 8
install, setting up storage with RAID, creating a file system,
setting up shared folders, creating a user account, enabling SMB/CIFS,
and confirming everything works by accessing the share from another machine.
This is just the start. The series will also cover backups, multi-user
setup, Docker, a media server, and remote access - each video building
on the last.
▶ New to OMV 8? Start here first:
OMV 8 Overview (What's New) → https://youtu.be/PD5OQdPeNrc
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🔗 LINKS
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OpenMediaVault: https://www.openmediavault.org/
OMV Download: https://www.openmediavault.org/?page_id=77
Balena Etcher: https://etcher.balena.io/
Beelink ME Pro Review: https://youtu.be/HXOc4MSvlME
Buy Beelink ME Pro: https://amzn.to/4v1bl5F (Affiliate)
OMV 7 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhMI0SExGwfBhVH47ouP59kEc0ahXmlpv
OMV 8 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhMI0SExGwfCfQhKiWouddJx1y486LdyF
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📌 CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro & Series Overview
0:49 Sponsored by Private Alps
2:08 Creating a Bootable USB Drive
3:21 Hardware Overview — Beelink ME Pro
5:58 Starting the Installation
7:47 BIOS / Boot Order Setup
8:04 OMV 8 Installer Walkthrough
13:31 Installation Complete — First Boot
14:18 Logging Into OMV 8 for the First Time
15:06 Dashboard Setup
17:15 Installing Updates
18:06 Rebooting & Changing the Default Password
18:57 Storage Setup — Viewing Your Disks
19:18 Creating a File System
20:54 Setting Up RAID
23:27 Creating the File System on RAID
26:10 Creating a Shared Folder
27:51 Creating a User Account
29:51 Enabling SMB/CIFS File Sharing
31:52 Testing File Access from Another Machine
33:09 Wrap Up & What's Next
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#OpenMediaVault #OMV8 #selfhosted #homelab #NAS #selfhosting #NASbuild #debian
Subtitles by WinWhisper
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