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Alert from DuVall-Backup: Failed to check for alert SyslogNg: [Errno 24] Too many open files This is the error I keep getting sent to my email, never had an issue before during about a year of hex os use. Any ideas on how to fix it? I have recently made sure everything is up to date! Thanks! Loving the product so far! So worth the lifetime licence!

Sorry if this has been mentioned already. There needs to be a way to store a boot disk config or recovery file on one of the arrays to allow easy recover of a dead boot drive (all done within HexOS! I shouldn't have to go into truenas if I don't know what I'm doing). I did install on redundant boot drives but bought too cheap and they both failed simultaneously. The only way I could find to recover was a fresh install without the array drives connected, then plug them in and manually recreate the exact share folder names in the HexOS from the list in truenas. Also, I would love to see a way to transfer or transition the boot drive to another drive by simply connecting a new drive. That way if all you had for a boot drive was a 1 Tb but wanted to use that for something else later you could get a smaller drive and transition.

I can confirm that if you do a fresh install you can set up the folders again and have access to all data, but you need to do things in a specific order and with the array disks unplugged (if you try to set up a new array through HexOS interface it will wipe the drives). If you know all your folders now you won't need to go into into truenas. I really think there needs to be a recovery feature in case of boot drive failure. Here's a link to a thread with good instructions on how to recover, but it would work to "downgrade" as well, though kinda janky. I would assume cloning would work as well but haven't tried it. https://hub.hexos.com/topic/3227-restoring-hexos-from-a-dead-boot-drive/

The reason Tailscale gets recommended so often is because it (and VPNs in general) is the most secure ways to access your services remotely. It's also pretty easy to install and get running. Nginx, on the other hand, is a completely different approach. To make lives a bit easier, let's take Nginx Proxy Manager instead of plain Nginx. Installing it is the easy part. The real work starts afterwards. You’ll usually need a domain, set up a DNS token for the certificate DNS challenge, configure something to keep your public IP updated, and create and manage all your subdomains. And all of that just to make your services reachable from outside your network. Once you’ve done that, your services are basically exposed to the entire internet. That means any device online can try to reach them. Because of that, you also need to put additional security measures in place to protect them from people trying to access or exploit them. Therefore only expose what you absolutely need to expose.

I can't say it's best but the reason Tailscale seems to get injected into almost every conversation is cost or the lack there of. I bet there are lots of ways to slice this pizza but there seems to be only one that can be setup for free. I hope that changes because variety is the spice of life, But with the current limited choices in the curation pool, beginners don't seem to want to try new things. And the folks that know how to use other tools have what they need and no reason to bring it up.

Any updates on this? Been a year. Have just missed it somewhere else?

So I use a host vpn on my firewall/router to remotely access my server (I have never used tailscale but I think it does the same thing, right?). With nginx+DNS registar+SSL cert you would not need to host a vpn you could could acess it like other website. The use case for example is for non-tech savi remote family members who do not understand vpns or networking, they wouldn't have to fiddle with ovpn or wg files, or more accurately you wouldnt need to have to try to walk them through it over the phone. Your server services would work like any other website/app they are used to. Secondly there are some apps that I've found that https is a requirement.

Hello! Getting a used Mac Mini in the current market with a limited budget may be best, especially, if you're not looking to drive it pretty hard. If a raspberry pi can eke out 4k, then a decent-spec mac will do great! So if you're looking to just host files and media, that should do great! If you're looking for a (slightly) better upgrade path than a mac, though, you could even look into some pre-owned office PCs like ones from Free Geek here: https://www.ebay.com/str/freegeekportland/Desktops-All-In-Ones/_i.html?_sacat=171957

Thank Damimone. I saw the Folders page but it was pretty space on details. It says "share files over the network" but no other details on how that works.

For the first question, I think the answer is : Not yet. https://docs.hexos.com/blog/2025-11-25.html For the second, I think this is the Folder feature: https://docs.hexos.com/features/folders/

I am thinking about getting a last intel generation 2018-2020 Mac Mini to use as my server. They are going for about $140usd. I already have a have a hard drive enclosure that I have been using as a shitty plex server without any parity. I am sure there are much better ideas for a simple small prebuilt under $150... so what are they?

do I really have to use https://deck.hexos.com/. Can I just disable https://deck.hexos.com/ and connect to the server on the local network? I looked through the https://docs.hexos.com/features/ but I did not see anything about file shares like NFS, SMB, file shares? What about iSCSI?

Is it possible to back up the hexos configuration as something like a xml file? So all the settings can be backed up. Possible to automate the back up on a regular basis?

You rock, interesting fact, Chat GPT highlighted this post. Giving you Credit because i was also trying to fix this.

I had the same issue where HEX Deck would not recognize my server (deck said it was offline) but TrueNas UI worked. I realized it was my fault, I blocked it on my ubiquiti firewall accidentally when i was troubleshooting another issue. That's why truenas works because the HEX OS Deck has to call to Eshtek's server and the truenas ui does not. to answer another question in this forum, the local ui will mask this issue, not fix, because it will allow local connection, but wont change the fact that your server is blocked from external internet firewall level so connected to Eshtek wont work (only for this exact issue though). Another symptom of this exact issue was truenas did not have external internet access either, the app catalog was failing to update. Good luck to you guys hopefully this helps.

That worked thank you so much

The reconnecting by naming the same as seen in truenas also worked for me. It didn't want to the first time trying to set up with private access, but tried again with defaults and it worked. If anyone is wondering, I did "unclaim" my old server, and just named everything the same again. Had to restore after both my boot drives died ... I don't recommend "Orico" SSD's 😭. Learned my "you get what you pay for" lesson again and now have a WD boot drive redundant with some crappy old spinning rust from a old laptop that I'll replace at some point.

Installed the latest HexOS and now I've lost 2 of my 5 hard drives. In the past after waiting awhile ZFS always found all 5 of the hard drives and restored the the NAS to full working condition. ZFS hasn't done it's repair magic yet. I hope within a few days I'll be up and running. In the meantime, how do I initiate a scrub? Thanks

If you're seeing 'Failed to start transient service unit: Unit websocat.service was already loaded or has a fragment file', then you can try: sudo systemctl restart websocat

Hey I just tried this because hexos is reporting my server being offiline but I am still able to use all the apps. I pasted the script and I got an error "Failed to start transient service unit: Unit websocat.service was already loaded or has a fragment file." I gave it a minute and hexos is still reporting offline, any other ideas?

Hi there! I would love to have a way to have access to the server via my own domain. The way Yunohost its doing is fairly simple but breakes at lieased for me from time to time. Maybe there is a better way to have a self protecting login page reachable via a domain. I know that there are other ways like reverseproxy or tailscale but you have to manage security and update everything in the rightway or you have to pay for a service and teach the elder how to use tailscale ( sometimes twice a month ;D ). Love to have a solution thats easy to use, secure, stable, and inexpensive. Thanks for your thoughts on this!! ❤️

Hi I wrote the next blog https://www.gingerling.co.uk/how-easy-is-hexos-to-resurrect-when-youve-ignored-it-for-3-months-because-you-had-a-new-boyfriend/

Try the following. Most likely this will fix your issue. If this does, TrueNAS has a fix that is in it's next update. Login to TrueNAS interface. Left side select "system". Then after screen refreshes select "shell" from the list. Paste in the following command. *Can't use normal short cuts* Will need to use Shift + Insert Key for pasting. sudo python /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/scripts/vendor_service.py If that works within about 1 min you should be able to go to deck.hexos.com and see your server or claim it. You might need to run this after reboots. Let us know if this works. Thank you,

I have always purchased new exos drives from ebay. My last batch came straight from seagate themselves.

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