📄️ Create your bootable media
Unraid OS is installed on a USB flash drive, which acts as the boot device for your server. You can create this bootable media using our recommended Automated install method with our USB Flash Creator tool or by following the Manual installation method. In both cases, you will need a high-quality USB flash drive (between 4 and 32 GB) that has a unique %%GUID|guid%%.
📄️ Deploy & configure Unraid OS
After booting Unraid OS for the first time, you'll use the %%WebGUI|web-gui%% to complete your system configuration. This interface lets you manage your server, set up storage, configure user shares, and control features like %%hardware virtualization|hvm%% and Docker containers.
📄️ Configure your array
After installing your registration key, the next step is configuring your storage by assigning devices to the %%array|array%% and pool devices. This setup determines how Unraid OS manages your data, protects it with %%parity|parity%%, and optimizes performance with %%cache pools|cache-pool%%.
📄️ Complete your post-setup essentials
Congratulations on your initial setup!
📄️ Customize Unraid settings
Unraid OS automatically functions but allows further customization of settings such as IP address, hostname, disk tunables, and more via the Settings tab in the Unraid %%WebGUI|web-gui%%.