Virtual Machines

As of TrueNAS CORE 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.

The Virtual Machines screen displays a list of virtual machines (VM) configured on your system.

Use the blue COLUMNS button to display a list of options to customize the list view. Options are Select All, Autostart, Virtual CPUs, Cores, Threads, Memory Size, Boot Loader Type, System Clock, VNC Port, Com Port, Description, Shutdown Timeout or Reset to Defaults.

Use ADD to display the Virtual Machines configuration Wizard.

The State toggle indicates the current state of the VM. Hover over the toggle with your mouse to see the state as STOPPED or RUNNING. The toggle turns blue when it is running.

Select the Autostart checkbox to set the VM to start automatically after a system reboot, or clear the checkbox to require manually starting the VM after a system reboot.

The Wizard consists of six individual configuration screens.

Confirmation Options displays the summary of settings. You can use BACK to return to previous screens to make changes or use SUBMIT to save settings and create the virtual machine.

To make changes after saving the VM, select the VM on the list, expand it, and select EDIT.

You cannot advance to the next screen if the current screen has required fields. After entering all required information you can advance to the next screen.

Use Next to advance to the next wizard configuration form.

Use Back to return to a previous wizard configuration form.

Use Cancel to exit the configuration wizard.

The blue edit icons preceding each Wizard screen name, at the top of the screen, allow you to jump to the screen you selected but only if you have populated all required fields on the current screen and any screen that follows in the sequence of screens. If you select a screen that follows a Wizard screen that has required fields and you have not provided the information those required fields wants, the screen you selected does not display. You must enter all required fields before you can freely move around in the Wizard screens.

The individual virtual machine screens display the VM settings and provide optional operation buttons for that VM. Click the icon to expand that virtual machine and access current settings and operation actions.

The following operations are available on each VM screen:

The STOP button and the system State toggle both try to send an ACPI power-down command to the VM operating system. Sometimes the commands time out, so it is better to use the POWER OFF button instead.