OpenMediaVault 7 'Sandworm': A Debian 12-based NAS solution with enhanced features

OpenMediaVault, the Debian-based open network attached storage (NAS) solution, has released its seventh iteration, dubbed Sandworm. This version is built on Debian 12 “Bookworm” and leverages unattended-upgrades for package updates and notifications.

The update introduces a few changes, including the relocation of Linux MD device (Software RAID) management into a separate plugin and the addition of support for network Ethernet devices using device tree aliases. It replaces the cron-apt package with unattended-upgrades and apticron, ensuring automatic installation of security updates and sending notifications for new package updates respectively.

OpenMediaVault 7 also features the apt-listchanges package that emails summaries of the latest changes when packages are upgraded. It introduces a new method to authenticate an RPC call using the X-OPENMEDIAVAULT-SESSIONID header instead of a cookie. The session ID is returned with the response of the Session::login RPC.

The update also optimizes the query time for determining the SMART information by minimizing the query parameters. Moreover, it includes a dashboard widget to display the temperatures of all physical disks, adds support for choosing between the RSA and Ed25519 types when creating an SSH key in the UI, and enhances file system quota deployment. However, it also removes support for importing SSH DSA keys.

Finally, OpenMediaVault 7 includes several bug fixes, further improving the stability and performance of the software.