:skull: :skull: :skull: Before running anything, check out the playbook and understand what it does. Run it against a VM and make sure you're happy. ***Do not*** blindly download code from the internet and trust that it's going to work as you expect. :skull: :skull: :skull: You can run Ansible-NAS from the computer you plan to use for your NAS, or from a remote controlling machine. The steps for deployment are exactly the same, just pay attention to editing the inventory file in step 7. 1. Enable the Ubuntu Universe repository: `sudo add-apt-repository universe` 2. Install Ansible: `sudo apt update` `sudo apt install software-properties-common` `sudo apt-add-repository --yes --update ppa:ansible/ansible` `sudo apt install ansible` 3. Clone Ansible-NAS: `git clone https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas.git && cd ansible-nas` 4. Create your own inventory and config files by copying `inventories/sample` to your own directory: `cp -rfp inventories/sample inventories/my-ansible-nas` 5. Review `group_vars/all.yml`. Change settings by overriding them in `inventories/my-ansible-nas/group_vars/nas.yml`. 6. Update `inventories/my-ansible-nas/inventory`. 7. Install the dependent roles: `ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml` (you might need `sudo` to install Ansible roles). 8. Run the playbook - something like `ansible-playbook -i inventories/my-ansible-nas/inventory nas.yml -b -K` should do you nicely.