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If you're comfortable with the TrueNAS side you can there, but not on the HexOS side yet.

I know TrueNAS has a couple apps to host Minecraft servers because I have them running.

I believe not yet is the answer since TrueNAS pushed VMs back to a later release. The admins have the behind the scenes story so if something has changed they can fill you in.

Is this a True Nas app already? I'm not seeing it?

I setup HexOS shortly after it's initial release. I put created a pool with a couple of HDDs, created a couple of folders, threw a handful of files in there and haven't really messed with it since. I only add/remove files occasionally as it's largely just a back-up. I am now looking to host a couple of game servers, such as Minecraft, Valheim, Palworld, etc. I over-built the PC I have HexOS running on, so I'm wondering if it's possible to run a VM from HexOS, so that I can host these games without needing another PC? I tried searching the forum, but wasn't able to find anything in this realm. Thank you in advance for your help!

@NASI see where you are coming from and will mention it to the team however at this time the best solution I can offer you is To DM me whenever you would like your posts edited and I will happily help you with that.

We aren't planning to curate every application. Some of the apps don't make sense for us to curate. For example whoogle is broken and no longer in development However we are definitely going to keep curating more applications.

can you point me to a good tutorial for that? i was tinkering all day with nginx but I can't get it to work.

I agree. Over time we'll be able to fill in both the Egress and backup in general with your system and to other systems along with the app backup and update for our curated apps. All this takes time. The price will go up over time but when we have the features you need is the best time to buy.

Thank you both for your replies. Even as I wrote my post I think I knew the answer was going to be to continue using TrueNas in my case. On the issue of bus factor, I don’t think HexOS would simplify things enough for my wife to keep using it long term anyway, so the best option is just to make sure there is always an easy “data egress” option like NextCloud. In terms of not having time to do things like upgrade from 24.10 - that is just going to be a one-time pain as it is probably reasonable to assume that IX Systems won’t constantly be making so many breaking changes to those systems. It is supposed to be an enterprise appliance software after all! I’ll keep my eye on HexOS, but for now I don’t think it’s the right thing for me.

While I don't care about paperless ngx myself, @Mobiusdo you intent to try to curate all 390+ apps in the TrueNAS catalog?

Paperless ngx.................pretty please?

I wonder if they think quoting yourself in another post is an acceptable alternative. I would like this ability because I have created a couple posts where I had a problem and reported it. As I looked at the problem I would have changed the post several times as I discovered mistakes I made and the results of the self heal we hear so much about. I could have reported, ranted and resolved in one neat post.

Hexos scripting system is written in json. Therefore to naturally quest to support it within the form code blocks or at least basic json.

This is important for people to maintain up to date information in opening posts. A great example of this is in custom scripting for app. The author needs to be able to keep the opening post up to date and they can't after a few minutes. I understand there might be some hesitancy to allow infinite editing due to abuse but that's why post quotes and edit history exist.

@Todd Miller makes some great points that resonates with my experience. I've also come from TrueNas to HexOs looking for the promise of a simpler experience. They've succeeded providing a simpler experience onboarding users, network shares with users and deploying apps. They are working on backup buddy and it's a first release it will be a simple backup and restore datasets. However there are two categories they have to get right that I haven't seen them outright promise to implement: 1. Egress: setting up sub domains then exposing to Internet or LAN. 2. Granular app backup and restore: restore one application and leave the rest untouched. TrueNas refuse to implement this for its app catalog and many don't see it as necessary in the forums as they implement their own backup.

Continuing the promise to double our curations, we are releasing 2 more curations. Linkwarden - Linkwarden helps you collect, read, annotate, and fully preserve what matters, all in one place. Memos - A timeline for quick notes, daily logs, links, and snippets.

The limited number of temperature values is intentional, as far as TrueNAS is concerned. https://forums.truenas.com/t/truenas-scale-24-10-2-is-now-available/32410/2 i5-1240P has 12 physical cores, where 4 are performance cores with SMT that brings the total logical cores to 16. This means the expected (and shown) behavior is 12 temperature values and 16 usage values.

This is very cool. It might be TrueNAS not seeing a temp on those other cores due to some issue. HexOS just takes the TrueNAS information and puts it on our graph. As the new version of TrueNAS comes out and HexOS offers the update for them maybe this will just resolve itself. I looked up the model and it's a pretty cool little NAS.

I can't speak intelligently to the technical side of this question but I am sure the admins can give you more helpful information. I can to the emotion/bus theory side though. I am blessed in that the husband and wife combination who support my Unraid server have shown interest in HexOS. I believe that between them and my password management app my wife will get by until she decides to go forward. That being said I have a couple posts and a few more responses on who HexOS is for. Your question really helps me reinforce that question. Whether it was intentionally created this way or not I believe HexOS has a bit of an identity crisis. When Linus put out the black friday video not only did he lend a little credibility to HexOS but he flipped on the light switch as it were. Noobs heard him say "cool new product" and they jumped on. Experts heard him say "no more setting up some of those tiresome pieces like datasets and security" and thought finally someone automated that repetitive stuff that takes some much time. But i believe intermediate folks got the best of both worlds. Along with the experts they probably were remembering many tasks that just plain sucked and may have made them reconsider TrueNAS as a viable option to take them as far as they could dream. And intermediates, like noobs, saw the opportunities to do things they didn't really want to tackle in TrueNAS alone. For beginners this product is tough because the setup just works. You have a NAS up and running before you even have time to wonder how you will ever get it working. Then when you pick some curated app, those installs just work as well. Then that fateful day comes where they get the "server in not available" error and a couple forum members point to a post that tells them the "quick and easy" steps to clear it up. They have to go into something called TrueNAS. and they have no idea what that is. And when you get into TrueNAS and while following the guide and , oh lets say they click on a security setting they shouldn't have. Well, in my best Illidan Stormrage voice I say 'You are not prepared'. For experts you pretty have the measure of it. HexOS does things it's way because it needs to if it wants to help those beginners. But these decisions are limiting to advanced network or servers folks. I don't think there is any situations HexOS creates that and advances TrueNAS person can't adjust for their needs BUT if they really are experts what do they need HexOS for? The family knowledge gap is an even greater hurdle for them. Multiple pools and vlans not only make sense, that are a necessity. VM's (when they come) are nothing new and just another tool in the box. Updating yaml files are second nature as is jumping from one docker management app to another because of a feature they ant to try is just part of doing business. For experts the curation process is a neat idea (for someone else) but is needs to much work to convert to their standard so it's easier to just do it themselves. I don't fit into this category so I am probably oversimplifying it but you get the general idea. To me intermediates get the most from HexOS overall. And especially if they are nearer to beginner that expert. HexOS becomes like a playground where you can try the things experts do regularly. Wan to setup a Linux distro in a VM (again, when it's available) then do it. Get it wrong, try again. Get it right, then put those note in the file until a production opportunity comes along. Better to learn now then when you really need it fast. Want to true Tailscale, NGINX and Cloudflare to see who works best with your upcoming security ideas then do it. Through HexOS, TureNAS of Docker, figure out what works for you. All the while you can have Nextcloud, Immich (sigh) and Jellyfin up and running through HexOS so that beginner family member (son or daughter if possible) can learn with your help. Then when your old and you notice your home server is down and that antique VCP if flashing 12:00:00 again, they can come fix it all for you. I don't know if my posts are helping HexOS understand their customers or their customers understand HexOS. But hopefully it open doors to get people to try new things. Look around the forums because, for instance, there is a series of posts documenting one gals journey into the NAS world. As well there are several folks highlighting youtube videos of crazy thing people are doing from what hardware they run their NAS on to how to make Jellyfin available outside your home network with reverse proxies, self certs a wing and a prayer. And it works! We may have to wait a couple years for us to fully exercise our dreams but what's a little time between friends? Good luck on your decision.

Installed TrueNas and HexOS , had a HD failure and had ti do a re-install. Problem cannot access HexOS , get message - You do not have any licenses available to claim a new server. Please purchase a license or disconnect an existing server to continue. How do I do this please

I’m running TrueNAS on two separate servers. One is just a replication target for local backup, and one is an app server. The app server currently only running Nextcloud-aio (via docker, not apps), home assistant OS (in a VM), and Unifi Controller (also in a container, not an app). I want to install Immich in the near future. I didn’t use apps because I wanted to write my own docker compose files so that I could have a bit more control (I run some of my apps in different vlans, so I used macvlan networks in docker). I also run my own OPNSense router and Unifi access points. From what I know of HexOS, the above probably generally says HexOS wasn’t made for me. If not that, the fact that my day job is as a DevOps engineer probably does. BUT, I’m not just looking for drop-in replacement of my current setup, and I may be willing to simplify a bit. I’m struggling to find the time to maintain my current setup. Nextcloud-aio, HomeAssistantOS, and OPNSense update themselves (at the click of a button), but beyond that, I’m still running TrueNAS 24.10 because I haven’t had the time to deal with all the changes to VMs and apps since that version, and it’s not exposed to the internet at all (not even Nextcloud), so it’s not been a high priority. I’ve come to realize that while I love to tinker, there’s a lot of value in “it just works without having to think about it”. I’m also concerned about the bus factor with my current setup. If something were to happen to me, my wife and my entire family would be hopelessly out of their depth trying to deal with this system in it’s current form. The only viable path forward would be for them to abandon everything and go running back to Apple or Google or Microsoft (probably the first one). Basically all the files of any value are in Nextcloud, so my wife could at least figure out how to download them, but I’d rather she be able to keep using it if it was easy enough to maintain. So with all of that said, is HexOS for me, or am I going to find myself limited and frustrated (or constantly dropping into the TrueNAS UI), without being all that better off in terms of bus factor anyway?

Many thanks

Here is the general information on your question. The "Add License" button is used to activate TrueNAS Enterprise software features. When a corporate customer buys a dedicated, certified storage array directly from iXsystems (like a TrueNAS F-Series or M-Series array), it comes with an enterprise software license key. Entering that key unlocks high-availability features (like active-active dual-controller failover), specialized enterprise management tools, and activates official 24/7 direct software engineering support lines. 2. Does this specific customer need it? Looking at the screenshot they provided, no, they absolutely do not need it. The Hardware: Their machine is identified as a DXP4800 Plus (which is a 4-bay commercial NAS enclosure manufactured by UGREEN) running a consumer Intel Pentium Gold 8505 processor. The Software Edition: The bottom left corner clearly shows they are running TrueNAS SCALE Community Edition. Because this is DIY/Community hardware and not an official iXsystems enterprise server deployment, they do not have an enterprise license key, nor can they purchase a standard enterprise support contract for a third-party UGREEN chassis. 3. Will their system stop working or lock up? A common fear for users seeing "Add License" or "Community Edition" is that the software is a trial or will eventually expire. TrueNAS SCALE Community Edition is 100% free, fully featured, and will never expire. They have complete access to the ZFS filesystem, unlimited storage pools, SMB/NFS sharing, apps, containers, and virtual machines out of the box. They can safely ignore that button completely; it will just sit there quietly as a permanent part of the standard TrueNAS web interface design.

How do I find My Licence ? Dashboard says "Add Licence " ?