selfhosted-apps-docker/trueNASscale/readme.md

TrueNAS SCALE

guide-by-example

Purpose & Overview

Network storage operating system managed through web GUI.

• Official site
• Forums

TrueNAS SCALE is based on debian linux. ZFS file system is at the core. Running nginx and using pythong and django for the web interface.

My specific use case

My home server runs Esxi.
TrueNAS is one of the virtual machines, with Fujitsu D3307 flashed in to IT Mode and pass-through in to the VM so that truenas has direct access to the disk, without any in between layer.

I hold strong opinion on backups > raid.
So I make zero use of zfs raid features and use it just as nice web GUI for samba and nfs sharing.

Good alterntive I could have go for is openmediavault, but truenas seems a bigger player. And if I did not luck out with the HBA card, I would be buying Fujitsu 9211-8i from ebay.

Installation

official documentation

• download ISO
• upload it to esxi datastore
• create new VM
  • Guest OS family - linux
  • Guest OS version - Debian 64-bit
  • give it 2 cpu cores
  • give it 4GB RAM
  • give it 50GB disk space
  • mount ISO in to the dvd drive
  • SCSI Controller was left at default - vmware paravirtual
  • switch tab and change boot from bios to uefi
• click through the Installation
• login, shutdown
• Esxi - edit VM, add other device, PCI device,

Basic Setup

First login

Static IP address

Pool and datasets

SMB share

NFS share

Testing access to ZFS disks on a desktop

Reinstall and import of pools

Update

Backup and restore