{"id":114,"date":"2013-11-28T02:57:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T02:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilddtech.com\/roksbox_wp\/?p=114"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:28:26","slug":"tutorial-using-wd-my-book-nas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wilddtech.com\/roksbox_wp\/?page_id=114","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial &#8211; Using WD My Book NAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is for the &#8220;white light&#8221; version of the Western Digital My Book World Edition NAS.<\/p>\n<p>There are two different web servers that can be installed on the WD My Book Workd NAS. They are Apache, and Lighttpd. Lighttpd is easy to install, but is limited to files less than 2GB in size. Apache is more difficult to install, but will play any size file. If you will be playing files larger that 2GB, then you should install Apache.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toc1\"><a name=\"Using Western Digital My Book World Edition  NAS--NOTE: Following this procedure could void your warranty, and cause  your WD NAS to not function properly. Roksbox developer(s) are not  responsible for any damages to your WD NAS as a result of this  procedure. Use at your own risk.\"><\/a><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Following this procedure could void your warranty, and cause your WD NAS to not function properly. Roksbox developer(s) are not responsible for any damages to your WD NAS as a result of this procedure. Use at your own risk.<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc2\"><a name=\"Using Western Digital My Book World Edition  NAS-Apache Installation\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Apache Installation<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have already installed Lighttpd, uninstall it using the Optware FeaturePacks Manager.<\/p>\n<p>Download and install WinSCP from <a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/winscp.net\/eng\/download.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/winscp.net\/eng\/download.php<\/span><\/span><\/a> (click Installation package).<br \/>Start WinSCP and enter the following information on the WinSCP Login window:<\/p>\n<p>Host name: your WD My Book address<br \/>Port number: 22<br \/>User name: root<br \/>Password: welc0me (the 0 is a zero)<\/p>\n<p>Leave everything else as the defaults, and click <strong>Login<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you get a message about the host key not being found, click <strong>Yes<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n<p>When WinSCP starts, it will show your local C: drive on the left, and your web server root on the right.<\/p>\n<p>Press Ctrl+P to open a terminal session. Use the same password as above to login.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the directions at <a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/mybookworld.wikidot.com\/optware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/mybookworld.wikidot.com\/optware<\/span><\/span><\/a> to install the Optware software package repositories. Follow the instructions under New &#8220;White light&#8221; MyBook.<\/p>\n<p>Do each step through &#8220;Update local feed lists&#8221;. To install Apache, enter the command: \/opt\/bin\/ipkg install apache.<\/p>\n<p>After the Apache install is finished, exit the terminal window by typing exit.<\/p>\n<p>On the WinSCP window, do the following:<\/p>\n<p>Double click the yellow up arrow folder.<br \/>Double click <strong>opt<\/strong>.<br \/>Double click <strong>etc<\/strong>.<br \/>Double click <strong>apache2<\/strong>.<br \/>Double click <strong>httpd.conf<\/strong>.<br \/>Scroll down until you see the line that says <strong>DocumentRoot &#8220;\/opt\/share\/www&#8221;<\/strong> and change it to <strong>DocumentRoot &#8220;\/shares\/www<\/strong>&#8220;.<br \/>A few lines down, inside the <strong>&lt;Directory \/&gt;<\/strong> and <strong>&lt;\/Directory&gt;<\/strong> labels, change <strong>AllowOverride None<\/strong> to <strong>AllowOverride All<\/strong>.<br \/>A few lines further down, change <strong>&lt;Directory &#8220;\/opt\/share\/www&#8221;&gt;<\/strong> to <strong>&lt;Directory &#8220;\/shares\/www&#8221;&gt;<\/strong>.<br \/>Click the save icon (diskette) to save your changes, then exit the window.<br \/>Back on the WinSCP screen, click <strong>Session<\/strong>, then click <strong>Disconnect<\/strong>.<br \/>On the WinSCP Login window, click the <strong>Close<\/strong> button to exit WinSCP.<br \/>Restart your My Book NAS for the new setting to take effect.<\/p>\n<p>After your My Book NAS has restarted, log into the WD Network Storage Manager from a web browser and create a new share.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <strong>Folder Shares -&gt; Add<\/strong> to create the share.<\/p>\n<p>Call it <strong>www<\/strong>, and optionally give it a description.<\/p>\n<p>To map the newly created share, on Windows, click the <strong>Start<\/strong> button.<br \/>In the <strong>Search programs and files box<\/strong>, type <strong>\\mybookworld<\/strong>, and press Enter. You should see the shares available on your My Book NAS.<br \/>Right click on the <strong>www<\/strong> share, and select <strong>Map network drive<\/strong>.<br \/>Select a drive letter such as Z:<br \/>Make sure <strong>Reconnect at logon<\/strong> is checked.<br \/>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You should now have your chosen drive letter (Z:) mapped to the <strong>www<\/strong> share on your My Book NAS. This is the root directory of your web server, and is where your media files should go.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using a media root folder, your media root folder should be at Z:Media, and the rest of your media files and folders would be below your Media folder.<\/p>\n<p>In Roksbox, change the Web Address to your new web address with the port included (probably 8000). ex. <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/192.168.1.100:8000<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also complete the rest of the roksbox setup to define your media folders.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc3\"><a name=\"Using Western Digital My Book World Edition  NAS-Lighttpd Installation\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lighttpd Installation<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Follow the directions at <a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/highlevelbits.free.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/highlevelbits.free.fr\/<\/span><\/span><\/a> to set up Lighttpd web server on your My Book NAS.<\/p>\n<p>Download and install WinSCP from <a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/winscp.net\/eng\/download.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/winscp.net\/eng\/download.php<\/span><\/span><\/a> (click Installation package).<br \/>Start WinSCP and enter the following information on the WinSCP Login window:<\/p>\n<p>Host name: your WD My Book address<br \/>Port number: 22<br \/>User name: root<br \/>Password: welc0me (the 0 is a zero)<\/p>\n<p>Leave everything else as the defaults, and click <strong>Login<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you get a message about the host key not being found, click <strong>Yes<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n<p>When WinSCP starts, it will show your local C: drive on the left, and your web server root on the right. Using the window on the right, do the following:<\/p>\n<p>Double click the yellow up arrow folder.<br \/>Double click <strong>opt<\/strong>.<br \/>Double click <strong>etc<\/strong>.<br \/>Double click <strong>lighttpd<\/strong>.<br \/>Double click <strong>lighttpd.conf<\/strong>.<br \/>Scroll down until you see the line that says <strong>dir-listing.activate<\/strong> and make it say <strong>dir-listing.activate = &#8220;enable&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Changing the value for <strong>server.event-handler<\/strong> seems to fix the problem of Lighttpd crashing silently on some types of file access by Roksbox. To do so, scroll down until you see the line that starts with <strong># server.event-handler = &#8220;freebsd-kqueue&#8221;<\/strong> and remove the first <strong>#<\/strong>, then change the line to read <strong>server.event-handler = &#8220;poll&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Click the save icon (diskette) to save your changes, then exit the window.<br \/>Back on the WinSCP screen, click <strong>Session<\/strong>, then click <strong>Disconnect<\/strong>.<br \/>On the WinSCP Login window, click the <strong>Close<\/strong> button to exit WinSCP.<br \/>Restart your My Book NAS for the new setting to take effect.<\/p>\n<p>On Windows, click the <strong>Start<\/strong> button.<br \/>In the <strong>Search programs and files box<\/strong>, type <strong>\\mybookworld<\/strong>, and press Enter. You should see the shares available on your My Book NAS.<br \/>Right click on the <strong>Public<\/strong> share, and select <strong>Map network drive<\/strong>.<br \/>Select a drive letter such as Z:<br \/>Make sure <strong>Reconnect at logon<\/strong> is checked.<br \/>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong>.<br \/>You should now have your chosen drive letter (Z:) mapped to the <strong>Public<\/strong> share on your My Book NAS.<\/p>\n<p>You should also have Z:WWWWWW-pub. 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