🚀 Welcome to Episode 1 of our Unraid Zero to Hero series! In this video, we start from a completely fresh Ultimate Unraid install and walk through the very first steps you’ll need to set up your server.
✅ What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to create your Unraid USB boot drive
- BIOS settings for a smooth first boot
- Initial web UI setup and securing the root password
- Setting up your array, cache, and pools
- Early plans for Shares for TRaSH Guides and media
- First best-practice tips for a safe and stable system
This series is designed so you can follow along from start to finish — whether you’re brand new to Unraid or just want a structured walkthrough of the latest version.
🔒 Security Reminder: Never expose your Unraid GUI directly to the internet. We’ll cover safe ways to access your server remotely later in the series.
📺 Next episode: We’ll dive deeper into the Unraid dashboard, create shares and users, and get the server ready for Docker containers.
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0:00 Intro
0:42 What is Unraid?
1:49 Unraid License
3:34 USB Creator
5:49 Startup
8:25 Customise UI
10:06 Setting up the Array
12:22 Disk Settings
14:08 Docker Settings
17:06 Set up Shares
19:28 Next Steps
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