Install Custom App Screen

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The Install Custom App screen allows you to configure third-party applications using settings based on Kubernetes. Use the wizard to configure applications not included in the TRUENAS catalog. The Install Custom button on the Discover application screen opens the Install Custom App configuration wizard.

The breadcrumbs in the top header link to other screens. Discover closes the Install Custom App screen and opens the Discover screen. ix-chart closes the Install Custom App screen and opens the Installed screen. The panel on the right of the screen links to each setting area. Click on a heading or setting to jump to that area of the screen. Click in the Search Input Fields to see a list of setting links.

Settings are grouped into Application Name, Container Images, Container Entrypoint, Container Environment Variables, Networking, Port Forwarding, Storage, Workload Details, Scaling/Upgrade Policy, Resource Limits, and Portal Configuration sections.

Application Name has two required settings, Application Name and version. After completing the installation these settings are not editable.

Container Images settings specify the container image details. They define the image tag, when TrueNAS pulls the image from the remote repository, how the container updates, and when a container automatically restarts.

Container Entrypoint settings specify both commands and arguments to use for the image. These can override any existing commands stored in the image. Check the documentation for the application you want to install for entry point commands or arguments you need to enter.

Container Environment Variables settings define additional environment variables for the container. Check the documentation for the image and add any required variables here.

Networking settings specify network policy, addresses, and DNS services if the container needs a custom networking configuration.

See the Kubernetes documentation for more details on host networking. You can create additional network interfaces for the container or give static IP addresses and routes to a new interface. By default, containers use the DNS settings from the host system. You can change the DNS policy and define separate nameservers and search domains. See the Kubernetes DNS services documentation for more details.

Settings Information expand

Setting	Description
Add External Interfaces	Click Add to display the Host Interface and IP Address Management settings.
Host Interface	Required. Select a host interface configured on your system from the dropdown list.
IPAM Type	Required. Select an IP Address Management option from the dropdown list. Options are Use DHCP or Use Static IP. Use Static IP adds two settings, Static IP Address and Static Routes. Click Add to the right of Static IP Addresses to display the Static IP fields to specify the IP address and CIDR value. Click Add to the right of Static Routes to add the Destination and Gateway fields.

Setting	Description
DNS Policy	Select the DNS policy option from the dropdown list. There are four options. See the table in DNS Policy Setting Options below.
DNS Configuration	Specify custom DNS configuration to apply to the pod. Configuration fields are Nameservers, Searches, and DNS Options. For more information on Kubernetes DNS configuration see Pod DNS Configuration.
Nameservers	Use to add a list of IP addresses to use as DNS servers for the container (pod). Specify at least three nameserver IP addresses. If the DNS policy is set to None the list must contain at least one IP address. If not the DNS policy is set to something other than none, specifying nameservers is optional. Click Add to the right of Nameservers to display a Nameserver entry field. Click again to add another name server.
Nameserver	Enter the IP address of the name server.
Searches	Optional. Use to add a list of DNS search domains for a host name lookup in the container (pod). The list cannot exceed 32 entries. When specified, the provided list is merged into the base search domain names generated from the chosen DNS policy. Kubernetes allows up to six search domains. Click Add to display a Search Entry field to enter the search value you want to configure. For more information on Kubernetes DNS search configuration see DNS Search Domain List Limits.
Search Entry	Enter the search value you want to configure. For example, ns1.svc.cluster-domain.example or my.dns.search.suffix.
DNS Options	Optional. Use to add a list of objects where each can have a name and a value property. These merge into the options generated from the specified DNS policy. Click Add to display a block of Option Entry Configuration settings. Click again to display another block of settings.
Option Name	Required. Enter the option name. For example, ndots or edns0.
Option Value	Required. Enter the value for the option name. For example, 2 for ndots.
Provide access to node network namespace for the workload	Select to allow the container to bind to any port. Some ports still require appropriate permissions. Unless needed, we recommend leaving this setting disabled because app containers might try to bind to arbitrary ports like 80 or 443, which the TrueNAS UI already uses.

DNS Policy Setting Options

For more information on DNS policies see the Kubernetes Pod DNS Policy documentation.

Option	Description
Use Default DNS Policy Where Pod Will Inherit The Name Resolution Configuration From The Node.	This is the Kubernetes default dnsPolicy. With the default behavior, the pod inherits the name resolution configuration from the node that the pods run on.
“Kubernetes Internal DNS Will Be Prioritized And Resolved First. If The Domain Does Not Resolve With Internal Kubernetes DNS, The DNS Query Will Be Forwarded To The Upstream Nameserver Inherited From The Node. This Is Useful If The Workload Needs To Access Other Service(S)/Workload(S) Using Kubernetes Internal DNS.”	This is the Kubernetes ClusterFirst dnsPolicy. If no dnsPolicy is specified in Kubernetes, this becomes the default option.
For Pods Running With HostNetwork And Wanting To Prioritize Internal Kubernetes DNS Should Make Use Of This Policy.	This is the Kubernetes ClusterFirstWithHostNet dnsPolicy.
Ignore DNS Settings From The Kubernetes Cluster	This the the Kubernetes none dnsPolicy. With none, a pod can ignore DNS settings from the Kubernetes environment.

Port Forwarding settings specify the container and node ports, and the transfer protocol. Choose the protocol and enter port numbers for both the container and node. You can define multiple port forwards.

The Storage settings specify persistent host paths and share data that separate from the lifecycle of the container. Create the storage volumes in SCALE and set the host path volume to a dataset and directory path. You can mount SCALE storage locations inside the container with host path volumes. Define the path to the system storage and the container internal path for the system storage location to appear. For more details, see the Kubernetes HostPath documentation. Users can create additional Persistent Volumes (PVs) for storage within the container. PVs consume space from the pool chosen for application management. To do this, name each new dataset and define a path where that dataset appears inside the container.

Settings Information expand

Setting	Description
Host Path Volumes	Use to configure a persistent host path volume. Click Add to display a block of Host Path Volume settings.
Host Path	Required. Enter or click arrow_right to the left of folder /mnt to browse to the location of the dataset to populate the Mount Path. Click on the dataset to select and display it in the Mount Path field.
Mount Path	Required. Enter the /data directory where the host path mounts inside the pod.
Read Only	Select to make the mount path inside the pod read-only and prevent using the container to store data. Kubernetes recommends scoping it to only require file or directory and mounting it as read only.

Setting	Description
Memory Backed Volumes	Use to configure a Kubernetes emptydir volume that mounts inside the pod. Click Add to display a block of Memory Backed Volume settings.
Mount Path	Required. Enter the path where the Kubernetes emptydir volume mounts inside the pod.
Size Limit	Optional. Enter the size of the volume. Use the format, 100Mi, 1Gi, 2Gi, etc.

Setting	Description
Volumes	Use to configure a persistent volume that mounts inside the pod. Click Add to display a block of Volumes settings. Click again to add another block of settings.
Mount Path	Required. Enter the path where the persistent volume mounts inside the pod.
Dataset Name	Required. Enter the name of the dataset created for the storage volume.

Workload Details settings specify how to deploy workloads in the container (pod). Kubernetes defines workloads as applications running in the pod. Workload Details settings specify if containers in a pod run with TTY or STDIN enabled, allow enabling any device on the host or configuring host capabilities, and if you run the container as a user or group.

Scaling/Upgrade Strategy settings configure how application upgrades replace pods.

Select Create new pods and then kill the old ones to recreate the container. This retains the existing configuration and container until the upgrade completes before removing it.

Select Kill existing pods before creating new ones to do rolling upgrades. This removes the existing pod and start with a newly updated pod. Killing existing pods is useful if your old pod is not functioning properly. For fewer issues, select Kill existing pods before creating new ones.

Resource Reservation settings configure GPU device allocation for application processes. Settings only display if the system detects the GPU device(s).

Select the device on the Select GPU dropdown list of devices. Settings vary based on the device selected.

Resource Limits settings specify the CPU and memory limits to place on the Kubernetes pod.

The Portal Configuration settings configure the web UI portal for the container.

Select Enable WebUI Portal (only supported in TrueNAS SCALE Bluefin) to display the web portal configuration settings.

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