1.2
2 minute read.
February 18, 2020
The TrueCommand team is pleased to release TrueCommand version 1.2.
TrueCommand as a “Docker” container TrueCommand is now being distributed as a Docker container! By switching from a full OS-appliance to a container, TrueCommand gains several new features:
Deploy TrueCommand on any major OS: No virtual machine infrastructure required!
- Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.
- Installation is simple and very fast!
Safe and fast updates
- Updating TrueCommand is now two operations:
docker pull
and restarting the container. - There are no version migrations or long downloads for TrueCommand docker installations! Only a single migration process is required for existing TrueCommand 1.1 (or earlier) installations to begin using the Docker container deployment.
- Updating TrueCommand is now two operations:
Smaller footprint
- TrueCommand uses even fewer host system resources.
- This is much better for long-term deployments and scale-ability.
A migration routine will need to be performed to upgrade from an older version of TrueCommand (1.1 or older) to the new docker-based versions of TrueCommand (1.2+). This migration routine is a simple process of copying existing TrueCommmand configuration files to the Docker container file location. For more details about the migration procedure, please see the TrueCommand 1.2 User Guide.
- The NAS config backup/restore functionality no longer requires a licensed version of TrueCommand.
- AD/LDAP updates:
- Ensure compatibility with upcoming changes from Microsoft around stricter connection handling in active directory environments.
- Default to a higher level of security with an option to lower as needed for compatibility with other environments.
- Remove the LDAP settings from user accounts in the UI (still available in API’s) to simplify AD/LDAP connection setup.
- Smoother updates: All the built-in update mechanisms have been removed in favor of using Docker’s update routine.
- Additional NAS connection streamlining to ensure even better scale-ability.
- Update NAS alert forwarding routines to improve compatibility with FreeNAS/TrueNAS 11.3.
- Update the TrueCommand disk count procedure to only count the disks that are actually associated with a storage pool instead of all the disks attached to the system.
- Reporting updates:
- Charts report date ranges and labels dynamically.
- Other cosmetic updates to reports and the sharing system.
Tickets can be viewed at our TrueCommand Open Issues page.