How do I connect to the WD MyCloud so I can acess it.
Also, On Windows there is a piece of software called SmartWare that gives me automatic backups, I'd Love to have something like that
Thanks,
Callum (A complete Noob)
Idk about auto backups but I do have a script that mounts the drive to a folder, just change the IP and folder and you're good to go, also install nfs-common on Debian or nfs-utils on arch for it to work. Then enable and start the rcpbinds service then use the script. Will upload script when on PC.
Script is as follows, just put into a file and make it executable.
sudo mount -o rw,soft,intr,nfsvers=3 192.168.1.220:/nfs ~/MYCLOUDSTORE
192.168.bla is ip for nas and MYCLOUDSTORE is folder.
You can just connect to it with Nautilus, your file manager. Just open Nautilus, well I think they changed the name to Files. Then in the left panel there's two options browse network and connect to server. If you click on browse network Files will try to auto detect servers to connect to, just open the one you want. Then open the share you want. If it doesn't find anything click on connect to server and enter the server address. Example: smb://192.168.1.0
As for backup there's a application called backups that should be installed by default. Open Backups and in the side panel you can pick folders to save/ignore. Then setup a storage location, in the dropdown menu select Windows Share. Then enter the server ip address, enter the folder to save the backup to Example: /share/backup and your username. Click on scheduling an pick what you want, it's kind of limited but it's simple. Go to overveiw and click back up now to see if it works, you'll get a popup to login to the smb server an a couple other options. If it works enable it.
The nice part about using Backups is the integration with Files, which will allow you to right click on a file or folder your backing up and revert to a previous version.
The WD MyCloud devices are basically just small linux computers that actually run a pretty standard Debian Wheezy. Many networking functions are locked down for security purposes, and this is done in firmware. WD - up until now - allows users to downgrade that firmware, which basically turns the devices into regular unlocked little Debian Wheezy servers.
local network access is not a problem, as by default the WD MyCloud devices provide both DLNA and samba connectivity, and provide a httpd functionality, that is platform independent. All devices come with a lifelong DNS remapping service provided by WD, so that even on a variable IP, you can always find the devices on the internet by logging into the service. If you don't trust WD with that, you can simply set up your own DNS server. The most used DNS server is PowerDNS, which is in the Debian repos, and which allows setting up DNSSEC with DANE if you so desire for the utmost in security. The time needed to unlock the device and set it up like that, is about 25 minutes.