TrueCommand 2.1 - 2.3 Release Notes

April 18, 2023

iXsystems is pleased to release TrueCommand 2.3.2! This release is a maintenance release that fixes issues identified in earlier releases, improves validation, and adds new functions and improvements to existing functions. Changes include:

• Adds TLS for email and SMTP
• Adds new Order property for Systems and Groups
• Adds support for IDP-initiated SAML
• Improves creating new volumes in the UI
• Improves UI cluster creation and adds warning
• Improves NAS connection validation
• Improves main Dashboard information widgets
• Changes NAS SSL connections for on-site instances
• Removes iSCSI cache
• Fixes disk license issues by sending new server and limit limit events when license limit is exceeded

• TC-2533 Hook in new servers/limit event sent when license limit has been exceeded
• TC-2633 Hook in new TLS field for email settings

• TC-2566 Customer needs TLS for SMTP added back in.
• TC-2574 Icon for CORE system on dashboard old icon
• TC-2580 Do not force NAS SSL for on-site instances
• TC-2581 Populate the Lifetime Unit field with the valid choices
• TC-2582 Add `order` property in system and groups
• TC-2583 Use cached base images instead of single repo container file
• TC-2586 Support IDP-initiated SAML
• TC-2598 after volume creation, redirect users directly to share panel
• TC-2599 expose nas configs from the cluster cards
• TC-2628 add update NAS dialog to the multisystem dash
• TC-2630 Warning when creating cluster
• TC-2637 Remove iSCSI cache
• TC-2645 Add a cluster indicator to dash card
• TC-2672 Relaxed NAS Connection Validation
• TC-2686 Sanitize data source inputs

• TC-2561 Theme adjustments not sticking after log in / log out
• TC-2636 short domains are not allowed during configure cluster

• TC-2399 Use `code` field from alert plugin test/send
• TC-2511 Add an upgrade available indication to the system Dashcards
• TC-2529 Unlimited disk count - do not enforce license
• TC-2555 Add port field to servers/add API
• TC-2573 Default port to 443 on cloud and 80 on site

• TC-2547 Hitting refresh for a few times will log out the user
• TC-2553 Disable strict SNI host matching in Caddyfile
• TC-2559 Panic when adding certificate
• TC-2560 fix marshaling error for cpu temperature stats

January 25, 2023

iXsystems is pleased to release TrueCommand 2.3.0! This release of TrueCommand includes a new cluster details panel, and makes improvements in several areas including:

• Allows adding the IP or host name validators when creating a new system
• Allows adding custom NetBIOS name when configuring Active Directory on clustering
• Adds Google authentication support for two-factor authentication (2fa)
• Improves email connection testing and adds explicit SMTP errors
• Improves logging and alerts in middleware and the UI

This release also fixes issues found with team avatars, adding systems to TrueCommand, Certificate Authorities (CAs) in TrueCommand, and with downloading the service provider metadata in SAML administration.

• TC-2239 cluster details panel

• TC-1891 Refactor UI
• TC-2302 Unit tests improvements and coverage
• TC-2305 Middleware Logging Improvements

• TC-1932 Show explicit SMTP errors and employ better UX for testing email connections
• TC-2107 Merge realtime-chart and dash-system-status
• TC-2112 add IP or hostname validator in creating new system
• TC-2251 Allow custom NetBIOS name when configuring AD on Clustering
• TC-2311 Add colored logging support
• TC-2387 Add Google Auth support for 2FA
• TC-2394 Deprecate nas/send_method APIs related to iSCSI, network and others
• TC-2457 drop in GORM/dependencies and migrate cluster_tsp table
• TC-2458 migrate alert_rules table to GORM
• TC-2462 migrate logs and ui_logs tables to GORM
• TC-2476 Show expiration warning dialog once a day
• TC-2484 Changed randomization from internal util to gofakeit
• TC-2486 Add shares data in `cluster/list`
• TC-2489 Add the Gin module and start a separate server with it having Caddy on the top
• TC-2503 fix nil user error on signup
• TC-2506 Incorrect display of storage stats in dash-card
• TC-2512 remove extra newlines from MW log download
• TC-2534 Handle CORS for all TCP API endpoints

• TC-2438 No team avatars on user page
• TC-2454 `Download Service Provider Metadata` is not working In Admin SAML
• TC-2477 CA not sticking when set via TrueCommand
• TC-2483 Unable to add system to TrueCommand - support case
• TC-2514 Incorrect stats and chart labels in cluster-card
• TC-2519 Fix cluster/list response when one of the systems is offline
• TC-2527 Fix undefined license console error
• TC-2532 SAML user creation fails

October 18, 2022

iXsystems is pleased to release TrueCommand 2.2.2! This is a maintenance release of TrueCommand 2.2 that includes some improvements for charts and a variety of bugfixes for licensing, LDAP, reporting, connections, and alerting.

• TC-2357 Report charts x-axis datapoint sometimes display overlapping labels
• TC-2274 API endpoint for downloading config backup
• TC-2215 Change build type from build to runtime

• TC-2325 Disabled importing licenses on Cloud
• TC-2297 Available servers do not appear in header
• TC-2294 Unlimited License
• TC-2293 Proxy NAS interface via ssl redirects to TC
• TC-2289 LDAP Failing to Connect
• TC-2288 TrueCommand Drive Count Issue
• TC-2287 Mismatched internal and NAS alert priority breaks user notices
• TC-2286 Panic on LDAP user creation
• TC-2275 Wireguard configuration not applied in TC container
• TC-2273 Can’t Access System Card (And backed up config files) when system is offline
• TC-2268 Health Indicator on Cluster UI widget not responsive
• TC-2257 Issue Loading Reporting and Cluster UI Pages

August 12, 2022

This is a minor release designed to address some additional cluster issues found between TrueCommand 2.2 and SCALE 22.02.3.

• TC-2254 Fix middleware logs to be one per line
• TC-2248 ctdb.public.ips.create is a job and GlusterSMBConfig atomicity

• TC-2261 Build/publish tags
• TC-2259 Use cluster name for netbios
• TC-2253 TC wizard does not create A records in active directory when 22.02.3 is used
• TC-2247 Generated hostname is longer than 15 characters preventing clustering setup
• TC-2245 RRDcached sockets timeout on read, fork, and fail to reconnect
• TC-2207 2FA window pops back up after successful login with Auth code

August 02, 2022

The TrueCommand team is pleased to announce TrueCommand 2.2 is now available!

Users with TrueCommand deployed in a Docker-style container are advised to back up their TrueCommand <container>/data volume before attempting an upgrade to version 2.2. See Back up the Container Volume for specific examples.

• TC-2221 - Remove “Distributed” volume type
• TC-2203 - make Dispersed the default cluster volume type
• TC-2174 - update UI text for clustering feature
• TC-2173 - UI fixes in add-cluster-volume
• TC-2170 - Show loading spinner in add-cluster-volume
• TC-2165 - add ACL template choices to cluster volume share creation view
• TC-2162 - Remove glusterd from services UI
• TC-2158 - display additional information about cluster volume subvols
• TC-2148 - Restrict number of nodes allowed in Cluster
• TC-2141 - add notice about entering clustered SMB mode
• TC-2131 - Replace rpc/query with proper ping endpoint
• TC-2122 - push release/* images on PR merge
• TC-2106 - split clustering into two wizards
• TC-2099 - clustered SMB design polish
• TC-2093 - Minor improvements to MW connection down alert
• TC-2080 - tap into gluster/fuse events to maintain a cluster cache
• TC-2078 - remove code from previous clustering implementation
• TC-2070 - Open File Explorer (NAS Manager) not available on connected SCALE systems
• TC-2055 - Unit tests for shared utils
• TC-2039 - endpoints for creating and deleting cluster volumes
• TC-2035 - remove users/get_data and users/set_data
• TC-2015 - Unit test for sessions module and its components
• TC-2014 - Remove references to data/curve_fit API
• TC-2013 - Remove data/curve_fit
• TC-2010 - Unit test for the nas-users components
• TC-2005 - Unit test for gluster and iscsi components
• TC-2001 - Move functions into utility subpackage
• TC-2000 - Move logger into subpackage
• TC-1994 - Unit tests for hardware and alerts modules and their components
• TC-1991 - Unit test for reporting module and its components
• TC-1986 - Unit test for dashboard page and its components
• TC-1981 - Unit test for the admin page
• TC-1979 - Unit test for LDAP form and its test dialog
• TC-1975 - Create API endpoint for starting the iSCSI service of system
• TC-1974 - Setup unit testing for the UI
• TC-1964 - Add more error checks, especially to JSON Marshal calls
• TC-1960 - Refactor uploaders to use a single drag and drop component
• TC-1959 - Rework NAS routines to handle messages directly as opposed to through a pool
• TC-1958 - Avert potential mutex copying issues detected by govet
• TC-1957 - Run “-race” on MW build and correct possible race conditions
• TC-1956 - Improve LDAP form layout and UX
• TC-1955 - Middleware LDAP test coverage
• TC-1947 - UI Lint - add new eslint rules
• TC-1946 - Break MW file structure into smaller packages
• TC-1942 - Rework WS Management
• TC-1933 - Use Jira ticket ID for docker images on GitHub Packages
• TC-1931 - Disable PR merge until tests pass
• TC-1929 - Tests: register all NASes at the beginning of the run
• TC-1928 - Replace all directives and components prefix to tc
• TC-1925 - Show tooltip for the disabled bricks in the Create Cluster Volume.
• TC-1924 - Adjust log rotation to use max size
• TC-1923 - Configure linting for the UI
• TC-1920 - Make the UI dependencies version fixed.
• TC-1918 - Middleware logging improvements
• TC-1917 - Split chart generation to avoid frontend configuration in Middleware
• TC-1915 - Move tests to readonly config file
• TC-1914 - Add support for YAML configs
• TC-1909 - Use events to get update on jobs
• TC-1899 - Build TrueCommand on github PRs
• TC-1897 - Redo init routines to avoid loops and encourage concurrency
• TC-1896 - Move middleware-start to Middleware as bootstrap
• TC-1889 - Fully lint Middleware and corresponding utilities
• TC-1888 - Update UI dependencies
• TC-1887 - Update Middleware dependencies
• TC-1886 - Move wg-mgr to middleware
• TC-1884 - Safety belt for Clustering feature
• TC-1882 - Unify regular and SaaS build
• TC-1878 - Add Experimental flags to Users/Groups+SAML
• TC-1874 - Functional tests for iscsivolumes/* endpoints
• TC-1873 - Functional tests for utilities/* endpoints
• TC-1872 - Functional tests for cluster.cluster_* MW endpoints
• TC-1869 - Add a Confirmation screen when the cluster is successfully deleted
• TC-1860 - Automated testing infrastructure
• TC-1841 - Convert LogEntry to use unix for its timestamp
• TC-1712 - Check iSCSI service status when creating a share
• TC-1654 - Edit groups window does not have parity with System Edit Window
• TC-1593 - Swap io/ioutil to other packages once 1.16 is widely adopted
• TC-1461 - Admin menus have wasted space requiring scrolling

• TC-2092 - add nas/smb_presets API
• TC-2084 - cluster/share_* endpoints for managing cluster volume shares
• TC-2065 - automated tests for cluster/create and cluster/delete
• TC-2062 - endpoint for deleting clusters
• TC-2060 - endpoint for listing clusters
• TC-2059 - add endpoint to configure cluster for smb sharing
• TC-2057 - add cluster/public_interface endpoint for UI
• TC-2030 - Add MW support for interface.choices and gluster.peer.ips_available
• TC-2025 - Refactor audit logs to use sqlite for backend datastore
• TC-2024 - Refactor notice management to use sqlite for backend datastore
• TC-2023 - Write NAS stats to rrd
• TC-2022 - Add logic for initializing rrds on startup
• TC-2021 - Add migration logic for notices and audit logs
• TC-2020 - Implement sqlite subpackage
• TC-2019 - Implement rrd subpackage
• TC-2018 - Add sqlite and rrdtool to docker images
• TC-2017 - Shore up functional tests for audit logs
• TC-2016 - Shore up functional tests for alert notices
• TC-1995 - Design SMB Clustering Screens
• TC-1984 - Validate uploaded certificates
• TC-1978 - Sync system time via NTP with Chrony
• TC-1922 - Add unit tests command to TC
• TC-1898 - Create influx stress test
• TC-1808 - endpoint for creating clusters
• TC-1668 - Return to new User after creating a new team from the User Screen

• TC-1999 - Refactor MW dependencies into subpackages
• TC-1890 - Refactor middleware
• TC-1859 - Functional MW API tests
• TC-1814 - Clustered SMB Support

• TC-2160 - Change email field back to optional in user-edit page
• TC-2086 - Gross error when clicking on encrypted directory in file manager
• TC-2081 - Absurdly high stats break data bars on dash/server page
• TC-2075 - Attempting to delete file in filemanager on NAS Pool
• TC-2074 - Emails On TrueCommand Cloud Are Not Going Through
• TC-2073 - TrueCommand Invalid Queue Length API Error
• TC-2063 - API call to import TLS cert fails with {“error”:“invalid character ‘\n’ in string literal”}
• TC-2058 - iSCSI manager does not create volume after completing
• TC-2033 - Add System Button Screen Dimming Does Not Go Away
• TC-1992 - Close down file watcher on shutdown
• TC-1990 - Trouble With Deleting Alerts
• TC-1988 - Do not fail deployment if Influx already setup
• TC-1987 - IPv6 support for TC on-prem
• TC-1985 - Handle instance where filewatcher util can fail on initialization
• TC-1983 - Middleware API crash when i try verify email of my profile in truecommand docker version
• TC-1982 - Cluster Volume not showing in UI
• TC-1969 - Apply formatter for all html and ts files
• TC-1967 - Deleting Certificate Authorities not working
• TC-1966 - Removing Cluster Volume Hangs
• TC-1952 - TrueCommand Cloud Customers Can Reach The Alert Services Page
• TC-1948 - Removal of team in edit-user page is not working
• TC-1943 - TrueCommand Certificate Issues
• TC-1941 - Unable to open TrueNAS proxy interface on cloud
• TC-1939 - Filewatcher does not re-add deleted files
• TC-1934 - Mailserver Test Button Lacks Meaningful Output
• TC-1930 - Upgrade from TrueCommand 1.3 to 2.0/2.1 Breaks LDAP
• TC-1921 - Imported Certificates Are Not Showing In The WebUI
• TC-1919 - When creating a replicated volume , the option to specify the replica count doesn’t come up
• TC-1913 - TrueCommand does not start when pointed to a custom certificate
• TC-1911 - Mismatch between ignore_alerts in MW and UI
• TC-1908 - Not deleting or reusing TSP
• TC-1906 - Reset PW from Login Emailed Credentials not Recognized
• TC-1881 - Alerts count on the System Dashcard are going up and they are now too big for the alert bubble
• TC-1846 - Better handling of dropped connection to middleware

March 29, 2022

The TrueCommand team is pleased to announce TrueCommand 2.1.1 is now available.

• [TC-1924] - Adjust log rotation to use max size
• [TC-1968] - Add build/deploy github workflow to release/2.1

• [TC-1913] - TrueCommand does not start when pointed to a custom certificate
• [TC-1921] - Imported Certificates Are Not Showing In The WebUI
• [TC-1934] - Mailserver Test Button Lacks Meaningful Output
• [TC-1937] - Docker Does Not Start Again After Import Certificates
• [TC-1941] - Unable to open TrueNAS proxy interface on cloud
• [TC-1948] - Removal of team in edit-user page is not working
• [TC-1966] - Removing Cluster Volume Hangs
• [TC-1967] - Deleting Certificate Authorities not working
• [TC-1982] - Cluster Volume not showing in UI
• [TC-1983] - Middleware API crash when I try verify email of my profile in truecommand docker version
• [TC-1985] - Handle instance where filewatcher util can fail on initialization
• [TC-1988] - Do not fail deployment if Influx already setup
• [TC-1990] - Trouble With Deleting Alerts

January 4, 2022

The TrueCommand team is pleased to announce TrueCommand 2.1 is now available.

TrueCommand 2.1 is the single pane of glass for:

• TrueNAS CORE: Manage systems on standard servers, Minis, or even AWS.
• TrueNAS Enterprise: Manage X-Series and M-Series systems with High Availability.
• TrueNAS SCALE: Manage a group of systems running a TrueNAS SCALE cluster.

• [TC-1184] - Add two-factor authentication support
• [TC-1581] - Have TC auto-generate and use an auth token after initial NAS connect
• [TC-1711] - NAS user management
• [TC-1757] - Add SAML SSO support
• [TC-1774] - Add ability to manage NAS users/groups for shares.
• [TC-1823] - Add ability to reset user passwords from login page

• [TC-1468] - EULA needs to identify GPL components
• [TC-1489] - Question about the Dashboard System Options Menu
• [TC-1603] - Update selenium tests
• [TC-1655] - Include Group or All option for system selection for reports
• [TC-1663] - Add email verification to user email
• [TC-1772] - Multiple time formats in use
• [TC-1789] - Alerts for failed/suspicious login activity on a NAS
• [TC-1806] - Remove PostgreSQL and migration routine.
• [TC-1811] - Add Test button for LDAP settings
• [TC-1813] - Rewrite shell scripts to go binaries
• [TC-1816] - Unique name for the TC instance when it registers a token on the NAS
• [TC-1820] - Unix permissions widget
• [TC-1821] - Remove ng2-validation dependency
• [TC-1834] - Add verbose logging and log level config
• [TC-1835] - Update SMR disk model scanning
• [TC-1844] - Prune dead code
• [TC-1850] - Add warning to Cluster feature
• [TC-1857] - Delete Dataset shouldn't be an option for datasets with children
• [TC-1865] - Bugclerk for TrueCommand team
• [TC-1869] - Add a Confirmation screen when the cluster is successfully deleted
• [TC-1876] - Disable adding/replacing/removing peers/bricks
• [TC-1878] - Add Experimental flags to Users/Groups+SAML
• [TC-1884] - Safety belt for Clustering feature
• [TC-1893] - Add memory health check

• [TC-1800] - Enhanced Authentication Support
• [TC-1815] - SMB User Management

• [TC-1761] - Used space on system tiles reported as a whole number
• [TC-1768] - Storage Navigator and Datasets card issues
• [TC-1783] - SMR Alerts: Disk/Model desync from NAS?
• [TC-1784] - Share Count Numbers always 0
• [TC-1812] - DNS lookup failure
• [TC-1826] - Alert rules not staying paused
• [TC-1829] - Network speed reporting issues
• [TC-1833] - Clumsy resolving long alert messages
• [TC-1839] - NAS API Error - Can't view Storage
• [TC-1851] - Include the User's name and UID in the logs
• [TC-1856] - Cluster creation - API error
• [TC-1908] - Not deleting or reusing TSP
• [TC-1911] - Mismatch between ignore_alerts in MW and UI