https://staging.unixworld.org/categories/truenas/Recent content in TrueNAS on unixworldHugoen-USSun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://staging.unixworld.org/from-qnap-to-truenas/Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://staging.unixworld.org/from-qnap-to-truenas/<p>This is a short overview of how my QNAP server evolved into the system it is today. It received more memory, a new OS, an additional PCIe module, and more.</p> <hr> <h3 id="getting-started">Getting Started</h3> <p>A few years ago, I decided to move out of the cloud and bring my data <em>home</em>. As an admin with limited experience at the time, I chose to play it safe and bought a QNAP TS-453B NAS. Here’s a quick hardware rundown:</p>https://staging.unixworld.org/how-to-install-node-exporter-on-truenas-scale/Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://staging.unixworld.org/how-to-install-node-exporter-on-truenas-scale/<p>On <strong>TrueNAS</strong> Scale, Graphite is the only current supported option to export metrics, but in this tutorial we will setup node_exporter and prometheus to get metrics and setup alerts for our NAS. This will also allow us to use standard Node Exporter and ZFS dashboards in Grafana.</p> <h2 id="download-node-exporter">Download Node Exporter</h2> <p>Before proceeding, it’s recommended to store the Node Exporter and any configuration files on your storage pool. In this example, the storage pool is named <code>tank</code>, which is mounted under <code>/mnt/tank</code>. This ensures the files are stored persistently and are safe from potential system upgrades or reconfigurations.</p>