Hacking “My Cloud”
N.B. Doing any of the things in this document will void your warranty and may turn your cloud into a brick. That said the WD My Cloud box is quite a handy little device and as it’s running Debian Wheezy you can do quite a lot of fun stuff with it. How much you want and can do will obviously depend on what you’re using it for, but keep an eye on load and it’s really quite capable. Back everything up! Frequently! Seriously, I mean it make back ups of all the system files before you start doing anything and make backups after each change. The My Cloud device doesn’t have convenient console access so it’s not too hard to lock yourself out. Though the reset/restore function is actually very forgiving and mainly just loses changes to the /etc/password file. I also suggest putting as many of the files (especially… Continue reading