Scale 22.02.1 issue being stuck at connection screen forever ...

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Recently (I think it started after the latest TrueNAS Scale update 22.02.1) I am stuck at the "Connecting to TrueNAS ..." Screen for like forever. Some times I came back after an hour or so and then I am able to login.

Files, SMB Shares, Docker Apps etc. are all fine and accessable. But the GUI is not responding ...

 

[elvisimprsntr]

1. Did you enable SSH access? If not, do so.


2. SSH into NAS
3. Check and restart middlewared

Code:

service middlewared status
dmesg | grep -i middleware
service middlewared stop
service middlewared start

 

[pixelwave]

service middlewared status feedbacks:

dmesg | grep -i middleware feedbacks:

I did a service middlewared restart ... verifying now if it improves >>>

 

[elvisimprsntr]

Middleware seems to be taking an excessive amount of memory and you only have 8GB total. 8GB is the minimum for a basic system and you are also running Docker containers. My system only takes 1.6GB.

Memory: 5.2G

I see from your signature that you partitioned your boot drive. TrueNAS is an appliance, not a Linux distribution where you can repartition the boot drive or install packages.

Boot:
1x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB (32GB Partition)

1. So you are not using the entire drive as the boot-pool?
2. How exactly did you accomplish this?
3. Did you install any other packages that are not part of TrueNAS?

 

[pixelwave]

1.6GB was also shown shortly after I restarted middleware.

Now after 5h+ it shows 3.6GB:

Regarding boot drives, I have a Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB with 32GB partition and a backup boot SSD:

nvme0n1p3 is the boot partition on the M2 512GB SSD and sdb3 should be the mirror on my 60GB SSD.

Regarding the partitioning process I followed this guide (5:45):

Setting Up a NEW (old) NAS - TrueNAS Scale Setup/Testing

A friend of mine had an old computer collecting dust (literally) so I took it and turned it into a little NAS using TrueNAS Scale.Try TrueNAS Scale: https://...

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3. Did you install any other packages that are not part of TrueNAS?
What are you referring to as other packages? Basically TrueNAS Scale with the Boot Partition "hack". Nothing else.

 

[pixelwave]

So after 12 days the system is slow again and current status "service middlewared status" feedbacks:

How to explore / find out what exactly fills and bloats the boot partition?