HexOS true local

[D3I5]

Hi everyone,

I was reading the post about the upcoming local GUI, when a question came to my mind.

Will there ever be a "true local" solution in the future, that does not depend on HexOS' Servers at all? I am quite concerned about this, because as long as a connection to offsite infrastructure is needed I will not be able to redo my HexOS install if said infrastructure is out off order. Which is not unlikely to happen one day.

Same goes for the buddy backup, will there be a way to establish a peer to peer connection without relying on HexOS' servers?

I really like the idea of HexOS but once I bought a license and downloaded my ISO I would prefer to be independent from you, if I want to.

Regards,

D3I5

[G-M0N3Y-2503]

I believe they have confirmed that HexOS will be able to be used completely offline.
If I recall correctly, Offline activation may not be supported and for buddy backup a method will be possible, but the setup may not be as easy/convenient.
Lastly I believe it's undecided if outbound connections can be disabled like the deck outside of air gaping the system. 

[D3I5]

13 minutes ago, G-M0N3Y-2503 said:

If I recall correctly, Offline activation may not be supported

I read that too :( I hope they change their mind about that. If HexOS gets sold in a few years and the buyer decides to shutdown the activation service (which is not unlikely) we are cooked.

22 minutes ago, G-M0N3Y-2503 said:

 for buddy backup a method will be possible, but the setup may not be as easy/convenient.

I wouldn't mind a more complex solution as an option for tech savvy customers. A simple open source "connection broker" running on docker would be great, don't you think?

[Cantos]

I assume the online activation is there because HexOS is a commercial product.

Shutting down activation would really only make sense with the shut down of Eshtek as a company (or the end of development and sale of HexOS). I think it is very likely that if that ever happens they will remove the activation requirement before shutting down deck.hexos.com.

And even if they decided, for some bizarre reason, to brick HexOS, the underlying TrueNAS SCALE would still work just like it does now, so nobody would be truly cooked anyway.

[PsychoWards]

Truenas itself already offers a lot of possibilities, you have the standard rsync which you can use to backup to virtually any other type of NAS and you have the replication task which you can use to backup to another truenas/hexos server. 

If you're looking for options for more tech savvy users, truenas already offers them, there is no need to wait for Hexos to implement them. 🙂