Note: SoftNAS® UltraFast™ is a part of our legacy SoftNAS Platinum offering. It will not be visible in versions above 4.4.1 of our SoftNAS product, and is included here for legacy purposes.

Premise (VMware) Instance

To set up your premise based SoftNAS instance/VM, you must first obtain your SoftNAS Platinum license. Instructions for obtaining the required installation files are found here:

• /wiki/spaces/SD/pages/92996328

Instructions for deploying your SoftNAS instance via .ova on VMware can be found here:

• Deploying Your SoftNAS Instance in VMware vSphere

Once your premise based instance has deployed, you can make any required network configurations from within SoftNAS. Instructions for customizing your SoftNAS instance can be found here:

• Configuring the Network Using SoftNAS Console (VMware)

Login to your SoftNAS instance via your browser, by entering the IP address in the format https://xxx.xx.xx.xx/softnas. If your instance is on a private network, you must be on a machine that is part of the network, or connected via VPN

Creating your Public Cloud Instance

SoftNAS UltraFast is available on two cloud platforms, Amazon Web Services(AWS) and Microsoft Azure. 

To create an AWS instance:

• Create and Configure an instance in AWS

To create a Microsoft Azure Instance: 

• Create & Configure a Virtual Machine in Azure