Read config files into database

[tappy]

Just installed FreeNAS and liking it so far. A question though.

I would like to sometimes be able to edit config files directlyto save time (when setting up or changing multiple rsync modules for example). It looks like when I do this though the changes are not reflected in the UI -- I expect it has it's own independent database of configs, which would make sense.

So, is there any way around this? Can the UI be forced to parse the config files and 'refresh' it's view of the system config somehow?

Thanks in advance

 

[Chris Moore]

You might be able to use the API. You are not supposed to edit the config files directly. That type of change will not survive a reboot because the config files are recreated at boot based on what is stored in the config.db which is configured through the GUI.

http://api.freenas.org/

 

[tappy]

That's what I suspected. I never thought there would be an API to be honest. I will explore it -- might be able to write some ansible modules for it if I get time.