SoftNAS® Support Tutorials

Watch our videos to learn how to deploy and configure SoftNAS on AWS, Azure and VMware

Featured Tutorials

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Overview of Firewall and Security Groups

This video provides insight on what ports are needed to use various network protocols on the cloud platforms supported.

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StorageCenter Administrator Interface: General System Settings

This video provides a high-level overview of the General System Settings located under the Storage Administration pane within the StorageCenter Administrative Interface.

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Checking the Performance of a SoftNAS Virtual Appliance

This video shows how to use fio to check how well a SoftNAS Virtual Appliance is performing. This shows how to identify issues in performance with the size of the Instance/Virtual Machine SoftNAS is running on.

Amazon EC2 Tutorials

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SoftNAS on AWS: Creating Your Account Prerequisites

This video covers how to create a new AWS account as well as the creation and use of IAM Roles and Policies.

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SoftNAS on AWS: Planning Your SoftNAS on AWS

Learn what you need to consider when setting up your Instance on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using SoftNAS®

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SoftNAS on AWS: Creating an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

This video will guide a first time user through the process of creating a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in their AWS account.

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SoftNAS on AWS: Configuring Firewall Settings and Security Groups

Learn how to configure firewall and security group settings for Amazon Web Services (AWS) with SoftNAS StorageCenter™.

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SoftNAS on AWS: Creating Your SoftNAS from the AWS Marketplace

This video shows how to create a SoftNAS Instance from the AWS Marketplace.

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SoftNAS on AWS: StorageCenter Administrative Interface Tour

This video provides the viewer with a quick overview of how to launch the Administrative Interface from a web browser using the information provided by the SoftNAS Quick Start Wizard.

Microsoft Azure Tutorials

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SoftNAS on Azure: Creating your Account & Prerequisites

This video provides insight on what needs to be done to create a new Azure account as well as other Azure resources needed for SoftNAS Virtual Appliances.

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SoftNAS on Azure: Azure Service Principal

This video provides the viewer insight into the benefits of using an Azure Service Principal and how to create one. 

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SoftNAS on Azure: Planning your SoftNAS on Azure

Learn what you need to consider when setting up your Instance on Microsoft Azure using SoftNAS Cloud®.

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SoftNAS on Azure: Creating your SoftNAS from the Azure Portal

Learn how to add storage to your SoftNAS instance when using Microsoft Azure.

VMware Tutorials

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SoftNAS on VMware: Creating SoftNAS Cloud on Vmware

This video will provide the viewer with the details on how to create a SoftNAS Cloud VM on VMware. Deploying your SoftNAS instance through VMware is a simple process. 

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Overview of Firewall and Security Groups

This video provides insight on what ports are needed to use various network protocols on the cloud platforms supported.