Voxel Controld with RBK50 v2

[walterwhite]

Hi guys

Great forum!

I’ve had RBR50/RBS v2 for 4 years. I’m considering flashing voxel for the first time. I’m a big ControlD fan and have it running secure dns on my Apple TV 4K. I’m keen on running this directly on the router. I can see this can be done on the v1 version by formatting an external usb stick. Is there no way to get get anything onto the v2 with voxel firmware - and then to stay persistent? Thanks!!!!

 

[Voxel]

Hi guys

Great forum!

I’ve had RBR50/RBS v2 for 4 years. I’m considering flashing voxel for the first time. I’m a big ControlD fan and have it running secure dns on my Apple TV 4K. I’m keen on running this directly on the router. I can see this can be done on the v1 version by formatting an external usb stick. Is there no way to get get anything onto the v2 with voxel firmware - and then to stay persistent? Thanks!!!!

You can try using /mnt/ntgr or /mnt/bitdefender (internal nand) instead of external usb stick. Or mount an external network disk

From QuickStart.txt

. . .
12. Custom script to run (for Orbi v2 owners, units w/o USB port).

You can create you own script to execute it after every reboot. Script should be placed
to /mnt/ntgr directory or/and /mnt/bitdefender/ (internal nand) with name: rc.user. I.e.

/mnt/ntgr/rc.user

or/and

/mnt/bitdefender/rc.user
. . .
15. Mounting a CIFS Share.

It is possible to mount remote network share using the Common Internet File System (CIFS).

This feature could be useful for Orbi v2 owners, units w/o USB port for example to
use Entware mounting remote Windows/Mac/Linux/NAS shared network disk to /opt directory.

Example how to mount CIFS Share:

mkdir /mnt/share
mount.cifs //192.168.1.100/DiskC /mnt/share -o user=username,iocharset=utf8,vers=3.02
. . .



Voxel.

 

[walterwhite]

Perfect thank you

 

[walterwhite]

Hi Voxel, as per above I’ve flashed your firmware from stock, all good no issues thanks. But I’m struggling with your instructions as above:

“”You can create you own script to execute it after every reboot. Script should be placed
to /mnt/ntgr directory or/and /mnt/bitdefender/ (internal nand) with name: rc.user. I.e.””

I’ve logged into ssh as root all good. It appears it even accepts me making a new directory /mnt/bitdefender/controld/* as requested in controld GitHub. But I can’t move to the location or even to /mmt/bitdefender to run the script. SSH is one area I’m not an expert on so it’s probably me! Any advice would be appreciated- thanks!!!!

 

[Voxel]

Hi Voxel, as per above I’ve flashed your firmware from stock, all good no issues thanks. But I’m struggling with your instructions as above:

“”You can create you own script to execute it after every reboot. Script should be placed
to /mnt/ntgr directory or/and /mnt/bitdefender/ (internal nand) with name: rc.user. I.e.””

I’ve logged into ssh as root all good. It appears it even accepts me making a new directory /mnt/bitdefender/controld/* as requested in controld GitHub. But I can’t move to the location or even to /mmt/bitdefender to run the script. SSH is one area I’m not an expert on so it’s probably me! Any advice would be appreciated- thanks!!!!

In QuickStart.txt from where scripts named rc.user will be called automatically when RBR is loaded. That is, if there is a script

/mnt/ntgr/rc.user

or

/mnt/bitdefender/rc.user

then it will be called automatically when you reload your RBR. No need to call them manually from ssh.

Somewhere in /mnt/ntgr and/or /mnt/bitdefender you can also store some additional files that you need for your needs and that will be called from your rc.user scripts.

What exactly you're calling for, I'm sorry, I don't know. I just pointed out the place where you can store something for your customization and how to call it automatically.


Voxel.

 

[walterwhite]

The issue seems to be the script wants to be installed only in /usr/local/bin. I’ve changed directory to the the locations you’ve recommended and ran the script. But when you run the script it states:

Install path /usr/local/bin
Failed to configure service on router error=checkhomedir: could not install service outside /mnt/bitdefender

Surely this is an issue with the controld script?

Thanks Voxel!!!!

 

[yegor]

See https://github.com/Control-D-Inc/ctrld/issues/123

The installer won't put the binary in the right place, so you gotta do it manually.