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## Introduction ## Introduction
In my homelab, I need somewhere I can put datas, outside of my Proxmox VE cluster. In my homelab, I need somewhere I can put data, outside of my Proxmox VE cluster.
At the beginning, my only one physical server has 2 HDDs disks of 2 TB. When I installed Proxmox on it, these disks were still attached to the host. I managed to share the content using a NFS server in a LXC, but this was far from a good practice. At the beginning, my only one physical server has 2 HDDs disks of 2 TB. When I installed Proxmox on it, these disks were still attached to the host. I managed to share the content using a NFS server in a LXC, but this was far from a good practice.
During this winter, the node started to fail, it was stopping by itself for no reason. This bad boy is 7 years old. When it was shut down, the NFS share were unavailable, which was affecting some services in my homelab. Luckily I could fix it up by replacing its CPU fan, but now I want a safer place for these datas. During this winter, the node started to fail, it was stopping by itself for no reason. This bad boy is 7 years old. When it was shut down, the NFS share were unavailable, which was affecting some services in my homelab. Luckily I could fix it up by replacing its CPU fan, but now I want a safer place for these datas.
I this article I will walk you through the entire build of my NAS, using TrueNAS. In this article I will walk you through the entire build of my NAS, using TrueNAS.
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## Choose the the right platform ## Choose the right platform
For a while I wanted to have a NAS. Not one ready out-of-the-box like Synology or QNAP. While I think these are good products, I wanted to build mine. But I have a huge constraint of space in my tiny rack and the choice for a small NAS case are very limited. For a while I wanted to have a NAS. Not one ready out-of-the-box like Synology or QNAP. While I think these are good products, I wanted to build mine. But I have a huge constraint of space in my tiny rack and the choice for a small NAS case are very limited.
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- ZFS support - ZFS support
- VM capabilities - VM capabilities
After comparing the solutions, the choice was made to use TrueNAS Community Edition, which is the new name of FreeNAS. After comparing the solutions, the choice was made to use TrueNAS Scale 25.10 Community Edition, which is the new name of FreeNAS.
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## Install TrueNAS ## Install TrueNAS
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Once the installation is complete, I shutdown the machine. Then I install it into my rack on top of the 3 Proxmox VE nodes. I plug both Ethernet cables from my switch, the power and turn it on. Once the installation is complete, I shutdown the machine. Then I install it into my rack on top of the 3 Proxmox VE nodes. I plug both Ethernet cables from my switch, the power and turn it on.
## Configuration of TrueNAS ## Configure TrueNAS
By default TrueNAS is using DHCP. I check the UniFi interface to gather its MAC, then in OPNsense, I define a new host override in Dnsmasq. Finally in the Caddy plugin, I create a new domain for TrueNAS with that IP. I restart the machine a last time. By default TrueNAS is using DHCP. I check the UniFi interface to gather its MAC, then in OPNsense, I define a new host override in Dnsmasq. Finally in the Caddy plugin, I create a new domain for TrueNAS with that IP. I restart the machine a last time.
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I could also create a `Cloud Sync Task` but I already have Duplicati managing this. I could also create a `Cloud Sync Task` but I already have Duplicati managing this.
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## Use of TrueNAS ## Using TrueNAS
Now my TrueNAS instance is configured, I need to plan the migration of the datas from my current NFS server to TrueNAS. Now my TrueNAS instance is configured, I need to plan the migration of the datas from my current NFS server to TrueNAS.
### Data migration ### Data migration
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### Android application ### Android application
Out of curiosity, I've checked on the Google Play store Out of curiosity, I've checked on the Google Play store for an app to manage a TrueNAS instance. I've found [Nasdeck](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.strtechllc.nasdeck&hl=fr&pli=1), which is quite nice. Here some screenshots:
![nasdeck-android-app.png](img/nasdeck-android-app.png) ![Screenshots of Nasdeck application](img/nasdeck-android-app.png)
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## Conclusion ## Conclusion
My NAS is now ready to store my datas.
TrueNAS is a really great product. It requires a little bit of hardware to support ZFS.
The next step would be to deploy a Proxmox Backup Server as VM in TrueNAS.