Nasuni Quick Start Guide

This Nasuni Quick Start guide presents the basic steps necessary for installing and using the Nasuni Edge Appliances (NEAs) and the Nasuni Management Console (NMC) to create and manage your volumes. Follow these steps:

1. Installing the NMC: The Nasuni Management Console (NMC) enables you to manage multiple NEAs from one central Web-based interface. There is one NMC per account.
   To install the NMC, see Chapter 3 of the NMC Guide.

2. After installing the NMC: Configure the NMC, including joining Active Directory or LDAP Directory Services, enabling automatic Software Updates, configuring Time Zone and Time Server, configuring Encryption Keys, and other options. For details, see the NMC Guide.

3. Installing one or more NEAs, part one: Each Nasuni Edge Appliance (NEA) can create and manage several volumes. You can use a hardware appliance (including N1050, N2050, and  N4050), or install an NEA on a virtual machine platform, including Amazon EC2, Microsoft Azure, Google GCP, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix, and VMware.
   For details, see Chapter 2 of the Edge Appliance Administration Guide.

4. Installing one or more NEAs, part two: Regardless of which hardware or virtual machine platform you choose, continue with the procedure in the Initial Configuration Guide.

5. Placing each NEA under control of the NMC: You can place each NEA under the control of the NMC.
   On the NEA, click Services, then select Nasuni Management Console.

6. After installing each NEA: Configure each NEA, including joining Active Directory or LDAP Directory Services, enabling automatic Software Updates, configuring Time Zone and Time Server, configuring Encryption Keys, and other options.
   For details, see the Edge Appliance Administration Guide.

7. Creating volumes, shares, exports, and FTP/SFTP directories: For details, see the NMC Guide.

All customer-facing documentation is available in the Documentation Guide.