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UPDATE: As of 11/8, we have updated the ISO installer to run on version 25.04.2.6 of TrueNAS SCALE. Existing users should NOT reinstall to get this version. You can update from within the Activity card on the Dashboard (or the Notification). Hello and thank you for joining the HexOS beta program! You are an elite and vital part of this project and your participation is greatly appreciated. This post contains all the information you will need to get started with HexOS and how to communicate with our team during your beta experience. Disclaimer Beta Products, Software, and any related Services are still in development, and therefore, you are advised to safeguard important data, to use caution, and not to rely in any way on the correct functioning or performance of the products, software, or any related services. Beta Products and Services are provided to you “AS IS”, without any warranty whatsoever. Expectations During your participation in the beta, we expect you to do the obvious: use and test the software. But we also expect you to communicate with us when things don’t go right or if you’re having trouble. Please post feedback and let us know about your experiences, good and bad. That being said, please remember that this is beta software and early access. HexOS has a long and healthy roadmap ahead. Quickstart Guide For those that just want to get started, here’s the TLDR: Download the ISO here: https://downloads.hexos.com/TrueNAS-SCALE-25.04.2.6-HexOS.iso or https://hexos-downloads.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/TrueNAS-SCALE-25.04.2.6-HexOS.iso (SHA256 Checksum: e8ed99a322affe0969b82b866161a9f6acbc1561e3cc7b2efb2bf120ffe2e856) Use a tool such as Balena Etcher to image a USB flash device with the ISO. Boot your server from the flash device and install the OS to preferably an SSD. When given the option, opt to create the admin password in the installer (do not select the option to "Configure using WebUI"). Remove the flash device and reboot your server when the install is complete. From another device (mobile, tablet, desktop) that is on the same LAN as your server, login to https://deck.hexos.com using your HexOS credentials. Follow the instructions to complete your server configuration. NOTE: As of the 24.10.2.2 build of this ISO, configuring the admin password via the webUI option has been removed from the installer. However, if you select to create an admin password, but then attempt to "cancel" that process, the ISO will proceed with an installation with no admin password set. This is a known bug and the TrueNAS team will be addressing this in a future update to the ISO. Just don't cancel out of creating the admin password in the installer ;-). Hardware Requirements Booting HexOS is designed to support a wide variety of x86 hardware (Intel or AMD). The minimum requirements are a 2-core 64-bit CPU, 8GB of memory, and a 16GB or larger SSD boot device. However, depending on your needs for performance and applications, more resources may be required. Storage Pools Pools are made up of storage devices based on size and type (HDDs vs. SSDs). Storage devices in each pool need to be roughly the same size*. The OS boot device cannot be a part of a pool. Expandable pools require a minimum of 3 devices and can be grown one device at a time. Non-expandable pools can be created with 2 devices. Initial pool width should not exceed 8 devices. Maximum expanded pool width should not exceed 12 devices. At least one storage pool must be created to use HexOS. *In the event of slight variations (e.g. 240GB and 256GB), devices can be grouped, but total capacity for the pool will sacrifice the larger device’s excess storage. Build Recommendations HexOS has been designed so that a relatively modern PC can be easily transformed into a very viable home server. This means using standard HDDs/SSDs and using onboard controllers for storage/networking. However, since we’re based on TrueNAS, our hardware support is actually rather vast. For more detailed hardware recommendations for advanced builds, please refer to the TrueNAS SCALE Hardware Guide. Installing in a VM As HexOS is based on TrueNAS SCALE, it can be installed as a virtual machine as well. While the process should be fairly self-explanatory, please see the TrueNAS SCALE documentation for additional instructions on VM installation. Setup and Configuration Once the OS has been installed and rebooted, you will use a web browser on the same network as your server to register your system and complete the setup process. This can be a PC, tablet, or mobile device. Using a capable browser, login to https://deck.hexos.com. Beta 1 Features Our first release is focused on providing a streamlined user experience for setup and configuration and laying the framework for what’s to come. The main features of Beta 1 include: Setup and configuration wizard Configure your home server in minutes with ease. Analyze system health, with warnings for SMR HDDs. Auto-configure storage pools to safeguard against device failures. Securely manage your server remotely via Command Deck. Storage device management Detect error states and conditions and report through the dashboard Highlight individual storage devices and their respective faults Replace devices from storage pools due to failure or preventative maintenance Expand pools as little as one device at a time Folders and users Create and share folders over your local network. Easily manage permissions for secure access. Apps One-click deploy Immich as a personal photo library app. One-click deploy Plex as a home media server. Automatic folder creation for app storage. Dashboard / UI Access key statistics like CPU, memory, network, and storage usage at a glance. Monitor storage health and see alerts for errors or degraded pools. Manage multiple servers from a single, unified interface. Enjoy mobile-responsive design for effortless navigation on any device.

I’m hoping that Tailscale support is also in the works - 🤞yes?

It is a must these days to have TailScale support, especially for secure remote access. It is far too easy to mess up a WireGaurd/OpenVPN Config, if the goal is security and simplicity, Tailscale VPN access should be a high priority.

i currently have a truenas scale server, which does what i need it to do, but is a huge pain to work with as an amateur. i bought the beta because i love the idea of having a simpler gui on top of the rock solid truenas base. i don't have the time or the hardware to spin up a second server running hexos to participate in the beta right now, but i'd love to be able to switch over to hexos eventually. therefore, having some method to "upgrade" from truenas scale to hexos eventually would be much appreciated. a nice way to do it in truenas's gui would be best of course, but i'd settle for a good written guide. as long as i'm able to bring over my existing datasets, i'll be happy. i don't think this is a priority feature to develop during the beta, but i'd like to see it eventually.

Just a list of apps that jumped into my mind. Home Assistant Code Server Heimdall Tailscale Cloudflared Transmission qBittorrent SABnzbd NZBGet AdGuard Pi-hole Plex Jellyfin

I think it only right that multi factor authentication on accounts be something that gets implemented relatively quickly. The simple Username/Password for the account is very 90's With HEXOS being relatively new and gaining a lot of attention. Last thing you want is negative publicity due to weak security posture. some sort of MFA should be standard option.

Love to have pi-hole as an app. I have a skill (bit like Linus) that just updating Ubuntu OS (which I run pi-hole on because it’s supported) randomly breaks the OS and often requires a full reinstall to recover. tad annoying so having this as a simple app install would save me time and fear of this random faults. /FAZ

Hi, today i bought the LT license and asked myself if there may be extended features for hosting gameservers like Minecraft, Left4Dead, Ragnarok Online and many more older games. I`d like to bask in nostalgia and try my best to "relive" better times 😆 So my question is: Is or will there be any kind of support/features explicit to hosting game servers. Best regards Clixxi

For those who don't have a buddy interested in HexOS but DO have access to a secondary location it would be really nice to have a stripped down/feature-limited install that only functions as a backup box without having to pay for the potentially-prohibitive cost of a secondary full license. It would be even nicer if we could configure a backup on another machine as an application to allow for backups on other operating systems, low power setups on ARM or RISC, etc. This is a game-changer for those who have rolling blackouts/power outages/solar-battery/cellular. Failover to backup would be amazing as well. Main system down? Data goes to the buddy backup and then duplicates to the main system when it comes back up.

Hi there! Hardware Passthrough is coming with our VM management.

Hello, I would appreciate seeing: 1. Radarr 2. Sonarr 3. Prowlarr 4. Overseerr 5. Tautulli 6. Bazarr

NginxProxyManager and Tailscale are great but I'd personally love to see a built in setting for Cloudflare Tunnels. I recently did a setup for UpTimeKuma, which has it built in and it was gloriously easy. I can see how it might overlap with your paid business model but just throwing my coins in the wishing well.

Hello, I hope to see tailscale and setup guide for it on day 1, I believe this is one of the main apps Or Tailscale not here due to their partnership with Unraid?

Home Assistant Server Traefik PiHole TVHeadend Antennas (to use TVHeadend with Plex) Cloudflare Authelia (all apps tied together with a neat SSO) Heimdall or Organizr Wireguard Calibre and Calibre-web NZBGet Readarr Bazarr qBittorrent Sonarr (more than one instance) Radarr (more than one instance) Ombi the open source versions from Synologys Photos, Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Download Station, File Station, Surveillance Station, Hyper Backup a way to monitor all the things and get messages on the phone i would like to get away from synologys restricted hardware and xpenologys fear for updates

Would love to see: Jellyfin Jellyseerr Sonarr Radarr Prowlarr PiHole Home Assistant

Updated our terms page to be more clear: Hardware Transfers HexOS licenses enable users to claim servers for management. A claimed server deducts an available license from your account. If you wish to move your license to a new server, you must first disconnect the server from HexOS, which will return the availability of the license for claiming purposes.

Don't worry, I know this is like talking about the castle at the end of the journey before we even take our first step! I wanted to start this more as a discussion/casual poll of our most wanted apps, however, so that when it comes time to expanding, there's a list of ideas/feedback ready to go! I'll start - I really want Tailscale support, be it natively, or official-unnoficial testing of the FreeBSD compile (if HexOS is built on the FreeBSD CORE image and not on SCALE - but either way!) that works on OPNSense/pfSense, or even in collaboration with Tailscale themselves. I think FreeBSD really needs some love to bring it more seamlessly to FreeBSD platforms and this is a perfect place to start, and if it's SCALE based, then I guess just testing and validation to make that oh-so-ideal one-click app deployment seamless! Bonus entry; HomeAssistant support, but both ways. if HA can be set up ON HexOS, AWESOME! I think, though, that it would also kick butt if HA could connect to HexOS and get info from it; drive health, usage, CPU util/temp, stuff like that! Big thanks to the Hex team and really looking forward to using this system!

Please enable 2FA support for accounts.

Not something I've seen mentioned other than the support for a VPN (WireGuard?) Being able to integrate into TailScale with their docker compatibility would be nice and something I currently use in my existing setup for security and remotely accessing resources, utilizing their ACL rules to limit access. Would be a nice consideration, I'm sure this won't be simple but a nice to have 🙂

No once you purchase a lifetime license you use it whenever you need to. It will not expire.

Nextcloud would be great to have. I’m looking for an alternative to Google Workspace and it seems like Nextcloud might be a good option.

Yes, this is confirmed. Its why we went through such pains to make a responsive design for the UI/UX 😉

Does the Plex application enable GPU pass through? If yes is it complete or partial? Most importantly is it easy to setup?

It would be very interesting to have the option to have Bitwarden as a running app and with the expected access from outside of the local network access it.

Is there a search option for the forums? I am unable to find.

I have tried several NAS Systems before, none of them had a official good functioning mobile app, where i could quickly check basic stuff on the fly. Stuff like Updating Apps, restarting containers / VMs, restarting the entire Server, only basic things like this would be awesome. With the Management being Cloud based right now, it should not even be that big of an issue i think.

I think GPU passthru is a must feature not only for Plex

Hi will it possible to sync hex local storage with cloud services like Dropbox and apple iCloud ?

Tailscale is a must for this, and ideally not only as a "third party" kind of integration. You can simplify the setup for so much, including remote access and "buddy backup" with just tailscale. No need to worry about port forwarding or reverse proxy setups.

This is very subjective to your needs and budget. My build that is a hodgepodge of new stuff and old stuff i had handy like my case and psu. I plan on migrating to a jonsbo n5 eventually $900 Reasonable High-end build - Boot drive and ram is something you can change and the 12400 can be substituted for a 12100 to save some more. $400 budget build with quick sync - uses used cpu/mobo and honestly more corners can be cut like the case. My primary use case is jellyfin server so even tho n100 is probably fine im looking for intel quick sync. (with this combo probably worth asking the motherboard seller if they can update the bios for you, otherwise i think microcenter does it for a fee) Dylan's n100 prebuilt is not a bad value either.

We're getting absolutely inundated with requests right now so please bare with us. We will definitely refund any duplicate orders. You can use the contact us link on the bottom of the site to request a refund.

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Home Assistant Pihole Nextcloud Git Some way to run various ____@Home software either in VM or bare metal

immich would be an awesome one.

GREAT QUESTIONS! Answers below: When future versions of TrueNAS are released, we will test them internally before we make them available via an update mechanism within our UI. Most updates should be able to be applied immediately, but in the event we find a reason to delay the update, notice will be provided to the community. As a more direct question, we think most OS updates will be doable within 1-2 weeks of their TrueNAS SCALE release. You can disconnect us from your server at any time and just use the TrueNAS UI if you want. However, the "install" is still a HexOS install at that point, pointing to our app repo. If you want, you can reinstall TrueNAS SCALE native on your boot device, reboot, import the storage pools we created under HexOS, and continue using TrueNAS natively from there. Yes. If you do things that are destructive, they will have destructive impact ;-). To be clear, there is no safety net when you're navigating in the TrueNAS UI. No bumper lanes there to stop you from shooting yourself in the foot, so the TrueNAS UI is "Swim at your own risk!". We are a replacement management interface for TrueNAS SCALE. The primary focus in the early beta is ease-of-use. Longer term, we will build a docker container that will side-load with the OS to add additional functionality not natively available or part of the out-of-the-box TrueNAS SCALE experience. Buddy backups is a great example of a feature that we are building that will leverage technology in TrueNAS (e.g. replication), but will wrap it in simplicity and marry it with a service that makes connecting to other users far more automated. The app repo that HexOS points to is a clone/fork of the app repo provided by TrueNAS themselves. This allows us to continue to build out our app library independent from them, but also allows us to incorporate anything they do with relative ease. There is no method to adding additional app repos within TrueNAS (nor HexOS), but we do intend to support loading something like Portainer (or another equivalent) for advanced users that want to add 3rd party containers. The command deck will be required for certain functionality. It will ALWAYS be required for initial system provisioning. The main reason is that the HexOS installer does not include our UI and it never will. Instead, the local UI will be loaded via a Docker container that we will install after initial system provisioning. Think of it similar to setting up an iPhone or Android device. You need the Internet + a Google/Apple account to get going, but then you can turn on airplane mode and do whatever you want. Same idea here. The latter (when you receive the early access invite). I updated the terms policy to reflect this as well as it wasn't clear.

Second on Tailscale and HA!

I recently set up a Truenas server and it functions but I was wishing it had a more scripted set up for each aspect of it. There are many parts of Truenas I do not use as I am unsure of configuring those pieces. Looks like Hex OS will do that. My question is, will there be a migration process to convert a Truenas server to the Hex OS environment without losing my existing Truenas raid array? I really would not want to reformat the drives and have to copy the 14TB of data back over again.

I find syncthing to be one of the most useful apps for a home NAS system. It allows easy automatic backup of selected content between multiple family computers/laptops and onto the NAS.

For example, can my old Socket 939 board come back from the grave, or does it need to be newer than that? Can I make use of a dual Xeon board from the DDR2 days? Or, is my retro hardware still gonna have to sit on the bench for this one?

Hi gents. We're working on this. Thanks for your reports! Elio, in regard to your post needing approval, I think that may have to do with forum roles and how new a user's account is. In this case I have deleted the post since it's a duplicate.

yubikey support would also be nice

Tailscale delivered in an Ansible deliverable that unpacks through HexOS is my vision. HexOS is the killer app for Tailscale, and vice versa.

So maybe a dumb question but say I upgrade server 1 and build a blank server 2. If both servers were off of the Internet on a LAN would I be able to transfer the data locally? Also another question that may be pertinent, on my local network if the Internet drops connection but my local network is still working will I still have access to my server? When uploading things can you do those locally to avoid latency?

It seems like a forgone conclusion ARM support will be added to TrueNAS at some point. Assuming ARM keeps making inroads into the server market due to the reduce cost from increase power efficiency. So ARM support is probably a when not if. I'd also like ARM so i could throw HexOS on my Helios4. but I imagine by the time ARM support exists the Helios4 will be too old anyway.

I have 2 Servers in need of a renewal. Yeah it is Beta but with BuddyLink comming it sounds nice for a Backupserver. And 90$ now or 300 in 1 Year. Plus: it supports the team and gives a cashflow and with that the development can progress a bit faster (more employes, everybody needs to be paid)

Pi-hole, and a NVR solution (Looking at you, scrypted!)

Hello to all, Would love to see the following: Sync - OneDrive / OneDrive for Business Sync - Microsoft 365 Sync - Office 365 Sync - GoogleDrive SSO - Microsoft 365 User SSO - Microsfot 365 Business EntraID SSO - Google IAM - Integration for SSO - 1Password / Keeper Password Manager - Passbolt and so much more... The list would be super long. 😄 Best regards Val.

Blue iris for camera storage and recording.

Would love to see Jellyfin and NoIP Ddns!

I not a big user I'll probably only use qbittorrent and jellyfin