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Plugins Screens
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As of TrueNAS 13.3, this feature is untested and provided without support to the TrueNAS Community.
Users with a critical need to use containers or virtualization solutions in production should migrate to the tested and supported virtualization features available in TrueNAS SCALE. TrueNAS Enterprise customers can contact iXsystems to schedule a TrueNAS SCALE deployment. See CORE to SCALE Migrations for more information.
Use the Plugins screen to install and maintain 3rd party applications on your TrueNAS storage systems.
Use the blue Columns dropdown list to display options to change the information displayed in the lis to of tables. Options are Select All, Status, Admin Portals, IPv4 Address, IPv6 Address, Version, Plugin, Release, Boot, Collection or Reset to Defaults.
Use the
icon to set the pool to use for Plugin and Jail Manager storage.Use Browse a Collection to select 3rd party applications from either the iXsystems or Community libraries.
Use REFRESH INDEX to update the index of applications.
Use INSTALL to display the Plugins Add configuration screen and to access the ADVANCED PLUGIN INSTALLATION button to display advanced Plugin and jail configuration screens.
Click the
icon to display the individual plugin screen with the IP address and name for the plugin, the release and version and Github location for the collection. It includes additional action options for that plugin.Click the
icon to collaspe the individual plugin screen.Name | Description |
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Manage | Displays the System Overview screen for that application. For example, the netdatajail system overview with CPU and load graphics and options to view other information about this application. |
MOUNT POINTS | Displays the Jails Mount Points of nameofpluginjail screen. Click ACTIONS and select either Add to create a mount point for the jail used by the plugin, or Go Back to Jails to open the Jails screen. A mount point gives a jail access to storage located elsewhere on the system. You must stop a jail before adding, editing, or deleting a mount point. See Additional Storage for more details. |
RESTART | Starts a stopped plugin. |
STOP | Stops a plugin and the associated jail. |
UPDATE | Displays the Update plugin dialog where you can select the option to Update jail as well. Select Confirm to activate the UPDATE button. |
Uninstall | Displays a verification dialog for the plugin and related jail. Type the name displayed in the dialog and select Confirm to activate the DELETE button. |
Use the Add screen to install the plugin highlighted on the Plugins screen for a simple basic install of a third party application. Use the ADVANCED PLUGIN INSTALLATION button to open the advanced configuration screens with all possible configuration settings for the plugin and related jail. This form is recommended only for advanced users with very specific requirements for a jail.
Setting | Description |
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Plugin Name | Displays the name of the plugin highliged on the Plugin screen. |
Jail Name | Required field. Enter a name that can include letters, numbers, periods (.), dashes (-), and underscores (_). |
DHCP | Select to allow DHCP to configure networking for the jail. |
NAT | Network Address Translation (NAT) to transform local network IP addresses into a single IP address. Select when the jail shares a single connection to the Internet with other systems on the network. |
IPv4 Interface | Select the IPv4 interface for the jail from the dropdown list. |
IPv4 Address | Enter the IPv4 address for VNET(9) and shared IP jails. |
IPv4 Netmask | Select the IPv4 netmask for the jail from the dropdown list. |
IPv6 Interface | Select the IPv6 interface for the jail from the dropdown list. |
IPv6 Address | Enter the IPv6 address for VNET(9) and shared IP jails. |
IPv6 Prefix | Select the IPv6 prefix for the jail from the dropdown list. |
Advanced Plugin Installation | Opens the advanced configuration screens. This form is recommended only for advanced users with very specific requirements for a jail. |
The Advanced Plugin Installation screens include four expandable configuration areas:
- Basic Properties
- Jail Properties
- Network Properties
- Custom Properties
Click the
icon to collaspe any area of configuration settings.Use Next to advance to the next configuration settings section, or click the
icon to expand the configuration settings area.