25 Essential Windows

Home Server Projects

Volume 2

Christopher Courtney & Jim Clark

v1.0
  

Copyright © 2012 by Christopher Courtney & Jim Clark

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without
permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who
may quote short excerpts in a review.

First Published: August 2012 by We Got Served Ltd.

ISBN: 978-0-9571948-4-7

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DEDICATIONS AND THANKS

A big thank you to Ken Bracken for his VM support during the writing of this book.

Christopher Courtney

To Terry Walsh, for giving me the chance to do something new; to the staff
of We Got Served who are simply a great bunch of people to work with; to the
readers of We Got Served and the Windows Home Server Community who, without
you, this book would not be possible.

Jim Clark

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About the Authors

Christopher Courtney

Christopher Courtney is a frequent contributor and lead forum moderator at We Got

Served, a popular home server destination for hundreds of thousands of readers every
month. While he may not be in an IT job, computers have always been his passion. Indeed,
when he discovered Windows Home Server in 2007, he already had a Windows XP computer
set up to do a very similar thing. But after trying Windows Home Server, that XP computer
was soon retired.
Christopher’s expertise and community support for Windows Home Server and its users
has been recognised multiple times by Microsoft via the Most Valuable Professional award, a
coveted honour granted to the best and brightest technology experts around the world.
25 Essential Windows Home Server Projects - Volume 2 is Christopher’s first book. You can
contact him at drashna@wegotserved.co.uk

Jim Clark

Jim Clark is a writer and reviewer at We Got Served. When

he first heard about Windows Home Server, he developed an
immediate interest in this new platform as a centralized
storage product for the home. We Got Served became an
outlet to document his experiences with this Microsoft
product, review software written specifically for the Windows
Home Server platform, and review hardware related products
for use in the digital home. His interest in Windows Home
Server and the digital home continues to this day.
Jim was born and raised in Marion, Iowa. Except for short stints in Cedar Rapids and
Waterloo, Iowa, he has remained true to Marion. All four of his children have graduated from
the same high school he went to. Jim has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Iowa and has spent his entire career in various design engineering positions in
the manufacturing industry.
Jim's interest in computer technology started with the original IBM PC. PCs have been an
integral tool at work, and a hobby for over 25 years. Jim has been awarded Microsoft's Most

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Valuable Professional Award for Windows Home Server each year since 2009 for his work at
We Got Served.
Jim is the co-author of Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step and 25 Essential
Windows Home Server Projects. This is his third book.
You can contact Jim at jim@wegotserved.com.

ABOUT WE GOT SERVED

We Got Served is a popular technology news and community site which was founded in
February 2007. It is written, edited and moderated by a dedicated and knowledgeable team
of technology enthusiasts across the world who are focused on bringing you the latest news,
reviews, tutorials and support for the products you’re using today and tomorrow. We created
We Got Served as a place to learn about new technology, help readers make the most of the
products and services they use, and most importantly to create a community where readers
can learn, discuss and share their experiences and knowledge with others in need of support.
However you use the site, we hope you enjoy it.

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About this Book

Back in February 2012, Jim Clark and I realised that we were both pretty bored with
Windows Home Server. Sure, the operating system is really good, but once you’ve mastered
the basics, well, you pretty much leave it to get on with its job - backup, file sharing, remote
access and so on. From time to time, you’ll remember how great it is - most likely when one of
your PCs goes pop and you recover your data, indeed the whole PC in a matter of minutes.
But on a day to day basis, that “set and forget” server is most definitely forgotten.
So, figuring we may be representative of many Windows Home Server users out there in
the work, we wrote 25 Essential Windows Home Server Projects - a book comprising twenty
five walkthroughs of projects we’d completed previously on our home servers. By and large,
these projects had very little to do with the Windows Home Server feature set (well, the
published feature set, anyway) - they were all about extending the core features of the
platform to do more.
The book did very well. Thousands of copies have been sold to date, and the feedback
hugely positive (thanks to all who took time to write in, you rock!) All was well, until a few
weeks after publishing the book, the emails started. Innocent enough, the general gist was,
“We love those projects you published, but we’ve kind of done them now, so can you publish
some more”. The initial trickle of emails turned into, well, not a flood but certainly a babbling
brook.
So I thought we’d better put together a second volume - and that’s what you’re just about
to start reading. This time around, I roped in our We Got Served colleague Christopher
Courtney (a.k.a Drashna) to work on the book. Whilst the first volume covered a broad
spectrum of entertainment, media management and security projects (and more), I wanted
the 25 Essential Windows Home Server Volume 2 projects to be a little more advanced - not
scarily advanced, but certainly positioned to help you learn more about working behind the
scenes of Windows Home Server as you follow along. A little bit of education combined with
a lot of fun - that’s the goal.
As We Got Served’s resident home server tinkerer - a man who has broken (and fixed)
more home servers than you can shake a stick at, I could think of no-one better to stretch
your knowledge and your home server’s usefulness than Chris - this time, I get to take a back
seat in the Editor’s chair.
So, once again Windows Home Server v1 and 2011 owners are warmly welcomed - we’ve
made sure the projects work for both operating systems. This time around, we’ll assume you
have the basics of Windows Home Server (v1 or 2011) covered, and you may well have
already worked through the first book - so your home server knowledge is increasing. That
means we may ask you to log into your home server via a Remote Desktop Connection, but

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we won’t include a detailed walkthrough and screenshots of doing so - our focus is on

delivering the new stuff, rather than repeating what you already know. If you don’t know, or
get stuck, WGS Forums is your friend.
So, if you read the first volume, welcome back - you know what to expect. For new
readers, a similarly warm welcome and I hope you all have a great time working through your
next 25 Essential Windows Home Server projects!

Terry Walsh (Editor)

August 2012

A NOTE ON THE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE BOOK

As this is the second volume of 25 Essential Windows Home Server Projects, we wanted to
ensure we included at least a couple of projects that were more advanced, for those of you
seeking a bit of extreme fun - indeed, a couple of projects - for example, enabling Active
Directory support, are on the bleeding edge of what’s possible with Windows Home Server
and should be considered for geeks only.
We’ve included these projects at the end of the book, in their own lead-lined section. We
urge you to read through the Projects in advance of working through them on the server, and
where possible, test them out in a Virtual Machine ahead of running them on your live server
- there’s every possibility that they’ll break access to the server if things go awry. Please
ensure your server data is backed up elsewhere and safe before going ahead with these
projects.

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Revision History
v1.0 August 2012

Initial release

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Contents
Dedications  and  Thanks  ..........................................................................................  3  

About the Authors  ..................................................................................................  4  

About We Got Served  .............................................................................................  5  

About this Book  ......................................................................................................  6  

A  Note  on  the  Projects  Included  in  the  Book  ..........................................................  7  

Revision History  ......................................................................................................  8  

Contents  .................................................................................................................  9  

Stream Music and Movies to Android, iOS and WP7 Devices

with Subsonic  ..........................................................................  20  
Installing  Java,  Apache  Tomcat  and  Codecs  .........................................  21  

Configuring  Subsonic  On  Your  Server  ..................................................  31  

Streaming Subsonic Securely  .............................................................  37  

Subsonic for Android  ..........................................................................  42  

 

Convert Your Home Server’s Security Certificate to a Friendlier

Format  .....................................................................................  51  
Download  Win32  OpenSSL  and  Visual  C++  2008  Redistributables  ......  51  

Export  The  WHS  v1  Security  Certificate  ...............................................  54  

Export  The  WHS  2011  Security  Certificate  ...........................................  58  

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Converting Your Certificate  ................................................................  61  

Use Windows Home Server as a Time Server  .........................  64  

Configuring the Server  ........................................................................  64  

Configuring Windows Firewall  ............................................................  68  

Configuring  Client  Computers  to  use  the  Time  Server  .........................  70  

Manage PC Updates With Windows Server Update Services  .  72  

Installing  Windows  Server  Update  Services  .........................................  72  

Configure  Windows  Server  Update  Services  ........................................  79  

Configure Windows Firewall  ...............................................................  80  

Configure  Automatic  Approvals  for  Windows  Update  .........................  81  

Set Up Email Notifications  ...................................................................  83  

Synchronizing  Windows  Updates  for  the  First  Time  ............................  84  

Configuring  Clients  to  use  your  WSUS  Server  ......................................  85  

Keep Your Electricity Bills in Check with Lights-Out Power

Management  ...........................................................................  89  
A  Lap  Around  Lights-­‐Out  for  Windows  Home  Server  v1  ......................  91  

Lights-­‐Out  for  Windows  Home  Server  2011  ......................................  106  

Lights-Out On Clients and More  .......................................................  117  

Show Me the Money  .........................................................................  122  

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Update Your Windows Home Server Client Restore Disk With

the Latest Drivers  ...................................................................  128  
Adding Drivers the Simple Way  ........................................................  129  

Integrate  Drivers  into  the  Windows  Home  Server  v1  Restore  Disk  ...  132  

Integrate  Drivers  into  the  Windows  Home  Server  2011  Restore  Disk  137  

Run Virtual Machines on Windows Home Server  .................  142  

Finding  the  Right  Virtualization  Solution  ...........................................  142  

Before You Get Started  ......................................................................  143  

Installing Oracle VM VirtualBox  .........................................................  144  

Configuring VirtualBox  ......................................................................  148  

Configuring  VirtualBox  Web  Interface  ...............................................  151  

Create a Virtual Machine  ...................................................................  157  

 

Spring Clean Your Files and Folders With the Power of De-
Duplication  ............................................................................  170  
A Look at Snoop-de-dupe’s Controls  ................................................  182  

Create a SharePoint Collaboration Site on Windows Home

Server  .....................................................................................  201  
Installing SharePoint Services 3.0  .....................................................  201  

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Configuring SharePoint Services  ......................................................  205  

Making  SharePoint  Services  Accessible  .............................................  215  

Re-­‐enabling  the  Windows  Home  Server  Remote  Website  ................  215  

Configuring Optional Email Alerts  ....................................................  216  

Test Your Email Configuration  ..........................................................  223  

Troubleshooting  ................................................................................  226  

 

Back Up Your Home Server’s Files to the Cloud for Added

Protection  ..............................................................................  228  
Installing KeepVault on WHS v1  ........................................................  229  

Installing  CloudBerry  Online  Backup  For  WHS  v1  ..............................  235  

Installing KeepVault on WHS 2011  ...................................................  237  

Installing  CloudBerry  Online  Backup  for  WHS  2011  ...........................  238  

Configuration and Usage  ..................................................................  239  

Additional Considerations  ................................................................  271  

Create Your Own Streaming Internet Radio Station With

SHOUTcast  .............................................................................  272  
Installing  SHOUTcast  on  Windows  Home  Server  ...............................  272  

Configuring SHOUTcast  ....................................................................  275  

Installing SHOUTcast as a Service  .....................................................  278  

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Configuring Windows Firewall  ..........................................................  280  

Installing and Configuring Winamp  ..................................................  281  

Configure  Winamp  for  Remote  Control  .............................................  292  

Installing NGWinamp  ........................................................................  293  

Installing BrowseAmp GT3  ................................................................  298  

Running Winamp as a Service  ...........................................................  303  

 

Build a Widgetised Web Portal for Your Home Server  .........  304  
Install  the  Web  Platform  Installer  and  Dropthings  For  Windows  Home  
Server  v1  ............................................................................................  305  

Install  the  Web  Platform  Installer  and  Dropthings  For  Windows  Home  
Server  2011  ........................................................................................  320  

Dropthings Configuration  ....................................................................................  334  

Replicate Your Files and Folders Automatically to an External

Storage Device  ......................................................................  359  
The  Windows  Home  Server  Backup  Solution  .....................................  361  

Windows  Home  Server  Server  Backup  Considerations  ......................  377  

Installing  SyncBack  on  Windows  Home  Server  v1  .............................  378  

Installing  SyncBack  on  Windows  Home  Server  2011  .........................  380  

SyncBack Configuration and Usage  ..................................................  384  

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Sync Your Home Server’s Files Across Multiple Devices  ......  404  
Installing Dropbox  .............................................................................  405  

Synchronizing  Files  With  Your  SmartPhone  And  Other  Devices  ........  414  
 

Build and Manage an iTunes Server for Your Network  ........  419  
Install  iHomeServer  for  Windows  Home  Server  ................................  420  

Configure  iTunes  on  Windows  Home  Server  .....................................  430  

Install QuickTime  ...............................................................................  443  

Install iHomeServer  ...........................................................................  445  

Adding  Watched  Folders  to  iHomeServer  ..........................................  450  

Additional iHomeServer Features  .....................................................  462  

 

Clean and De-duplicate Your iTunes Music Library  ..............  469  

Download TuneUp  ............................................................................  473  

Clean Up Your Music Library  .............................................................  479  

Install an FTP Server on Windows Home Server  ...................  498  

Installing  an  FTP  Server  on  Windows  Home  Server  v1  ......................  498  

Configure  the  FTP  Server  on  Windows  Home  Server  v1  ....................  501  

Configure the FTP Server  ..................................................................  506  

Secure Your FTP Server  .....................................................................  508  

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Add  Additional  Locations  for  FTP  Access  ...........................................  509  

Allow  FTP  Server  Access  Through  Windows  Firewall  .........................  510  

Accessing your FTP Server  ................................................................  511  

Add  a  Network  Location  to  Windows  for  Drag  And  Drop  Interface  ...  511  

Use a Dedicated FTP Client  ...............................................................  511  

Installing  an  FTP  Server  on  Windows  Home  Server  2011  ..................  512  

Configure  the  Windows  Home  Server  2011  FTP  Server  .....................  514  

Configure  Additional  Locations  for  FTP  Access  ..................................  518  

Access your FTP Server  ......................................................................  520  

Stream DVDs, Blu-rays and ISOs to Network Devices and

Games Consoles  ....................................................................  522  
Rip  Your  DVD  and  Blu-­‐ray  Discs  to  ISO  ...............................................  524  

Install  ISO  Mounter  for  Windows  Home  Server  v1  ............................  527  

Mount an ISO File  ..............................................................................  528  

Install  Serviio  Media  Server  for  Windows  Home  Server  ....................  531  

Stream Your Video to Xbox 360  ........................................................  539  

Install  ISO  Mounter  for  Windows  Home  Server  2011  ........................  545  

Streaming  ISOs  from  Windows  Home  Server  2011  to  Xbox  360  .......  548  
 

Migrate From Windows Home Server to Windows 8  ...........  559  

Set  up  a  Windows  8  computer  for  use  as  a  File  Server  ......................  561  

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Add  Storage  Capacity  With  Storage  Spaces  .......................................  561  

Add User Accounts  ............................................................................  578  

Create Shared Folders  .......................................................................  582  

Set  up  a  Windows  8  Computer  for  Use  as  a  Backup  Server  ...............  585  

Protecting  Your  Data  With  File  History  ..............................................  589  

Set  up  a  Windows  8  computer  for  use  as  a  Remote  Access  Portal  ....  594  
 

Secure and Monitor Your Home Server’s Remote Web Access

 ...............................................................................................  605  
Monitor  and  Block  Visits  to  Your  Website  .........................................  605  

Reviewing Your Logs  .........................................................................  613  

Blocking  Access  to  your  WHS  v1  Web  Server  .....................................  615  

Blocking  Access  to  your  WHS  2011  Web  Site  .....................................  618  

Blocking  Large  Scale  Access  to  your  Web  Server  ...............................  621  
 

Manage Your TV Show Recordings With Sick Beard  ............  625  

Installing Sick Beard  ..........................................................................  625  

Configuring Sick Beard  ......................................................................  627  

Configure Windows Firewall  .............................................................  630  

Configure Post-Processing Options  ..................................................  631  

Configuring Notifications  ..................................................................  634  

Adding TV Shows to Sick Beard  ........................................................  638  

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Manually Add Files  ............................................................................  647  

Coming Episodes  ...............................................................................  648  

Configure  the  Sick  Beard  Mobile  App  ................................................  649  

Upgrade Your HP MediaSmart Server to Windows Home

Server 2011  ............................................................................  657  
Preparing the Server Upgrade  ..........................................................  658  

Create  the  USB  Installation  Flash  Drive  ..............................................  658  

Using  a  Windows  Home  Server  2011  Installation  DVD  ......................  662  

Create  an  Unattended  Installation  File  ..............................................  665  

Prepare  Your  HP  EX490/EX495/X510  For  the  Upgrade  ......................  667  

Upgrade  your  HP  server  to  Windows  Home  Server  2011  ..................  668  

Finishing the Installation  ...................................................................  678  

Create a Personal Cloud Server with ownCloud  ...................  683  

Upgrade  PHP  for  Windows  Home  Server  v1  ......................................  684  

Configure PHP for ownCloud  ............................................................  695  

Install OwnCloud on Your Server  ......................................................  698  

Fixing ownCloud’s Images  ................................................................  708  

“Add User” Fix for ownCloud 4.0.4  ....................................................  711  

Configuring ownCloud  ......................................................................  712  

Uploading Files  ..................................................................................  717  

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Installing  the  ownCloud  Windows  Client  ...........................................  727  

Using the ownCloud Android App  ...................................................  735  

 

Part II: Advanced Projects  ..............................................  741  

 

Add a Windows Home Server Restore Option to Your PC’s

Boot Menu  .............................................................................  742  
Configuring Windows XP PCs  ...........................................................  742  

Windows  Home  Server  v1  Configuration  ...........................................  744  

Windows  Home  Server  2011  Configuration  .......................................  747  

Enable Active Directory Support on Windows Home Server v1

 ...............................................................................................  751  
Preparing the Server  .............................................................................................  752  

Install Active Directory  .........................................................................................  756  

Add DNS Servers  ...................................................................................................  767  

Add Exceptions to the Firewall  .............................................................................  768  

Re-enabling Services  ............................................................................................  769  

Reset  Permissions  to  Re-­‐Enable  Web  Services  ......................................................  770  

Remote Console Replacement  .............................................................................  772  

Change Password Policy  .......................................................................................  773  

Manually  Specify  DNS  Server  on  Your  Clients  .......................................................  777  

Setting  up  your  Router  to  Specify  the  DNS  Server  ................................................  779  

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Installing  a  DHCP  Server  on  your  Home  Server  .....................................................  780  

Join  a  Windows  XP  Computer  to  the  Domain  .......................................................  788  

Join  Windows  Vista/7  Computer  to  the  Domain  ...................................................  789  

Install  Windows  Deployment  Services  (Optional)  .................................................  791  

Add Windows 7 Images to WDS  ...........................................................................  798  

Add  Windows  Home  Server  Client  Restore  Disk  to  WDS  ......................................  804  

Boot From The Network  .......................................................................................  807  

Index  ...................................................................................................  817  

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Chapter 1

Stream Music and Movies to

Android, iOS and WP7 Devices
with Subsonic
Windows Home Server v1 completely lacks a remote web streaming solution out of the
box. While Windows Home Server 2011 includes such a feature, it’s limited to web browsers
with support for Microsoft’s Silverlight plug-in - which means that you are (mostly) limited to
desktop and laptop computers for streaming. You may also find there are a few issues with
certain video formats and playback. As a result, it’s hard to make a case for either release of
Windows Home Server when it comes to remote streaming out of the box.
However, all is not lost! There is a great solution available for Windows Home Server
owners called Subsonic Media Server. There’s a little work required to getting it up and
running, but it performs well, streaming to any web browser that supports Adobe Flash, or to
dedicated Android, iOS or Windows Phone 7 apps. You’ll also find apps for streaming
devices such as Sonos and Roku as well as the BlackBerry PlayBook, and webOS.
Before we get started on the project, there are three caveats for using Subsonic: If you
want to use the mobile apps, you must “donate” €10 minimum to receive a “license” to keep
using those features. You do have 30 days to try them out, however. That said, considering
how useful they are, and how much I use them personally, it’s absolutely worth it. The second
caveat is that the mobile app for Android is the only one created by Subsonic’s developer,
and is the only one without charge. The iOS and Windows Phone apps are around $5, but
again are a worthwhile investment. The third caveat is that video streaming requires Adobe
Flash, so if you’re streaming to a computer with a web browser, you must use a browser that
supports Flash. Still up for it? Let’s get Subsonic installed.

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For Windows Home Server v1 or Windows Home Server 2011

INSTALLING JAVA, APACHE TOMCAT AND CODECS

To start off, you’ll need to download a few files.

Head over to http://www.java.com/ and download the newest version of Java for
Windows 32-bit (for a WHS v1 installation) or Java for Windows 64-bit for WHS 2011.

The Java website.

Then head over to the Apache Software Foundation website

(https://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi) and download the 32-bit or 64-bit Apache
Tomcat Windows Service Installer.

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No, nothing to do with your domestic moggy - Apache Tomcat is an open

source web server, used to run Java code.

Now head over to the Subsonic website (http://www.Subsonic.org/pages/download.jsp)

and download the “WAR” version. Finally, we need to download the latest static FFmpeg
executable from http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ and the LAME v3.99.5 bundle from
http://www.free-codecs.com/Lame_Encoder_download.htm. Again, where 32 and 64-bit
versions are offered, be sure to select the right version for your OS (WHS v1 is 32-bit, WHS
2011 64-bit).

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The Subsonic website.

Once you have these downloaded all of the files, copy them to a shared folder on your
server if you haven’t downloaded them directly on the server itself. Open up a Remote
Desktop Connection to access the server and once you’re logged in, locate the Java installer
you’ve just downloaded and double click to start the installation wizard. You can accept the
default settings throughout.

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Installing Java.

Now, install Tomcat. The only thing you need to change in the installation wizard is to
check the “Service Startup” option in the Choose Components dialog, as that will configure
Tomcat to run automatically every time your server starts up.

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Configuring the Apache Tomcat installation.

All other settings should be left as default - the Apace Tomcat installer will automatically
detect where Java is installed and will identify if its default ports are already being used.
Uncheck the “Run Tomcat” option on the last screen - there are a few things we want to do
before starting it up.

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