Since the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) for shares is deprecated and no longer receives updates, it is not in TrueNAS SCALE.
However, users can sidegrade a TrueNAS CORE configuration into SCALE, so TrueNAS SCALE migrates previously-saved AFP configurations into SMB configurations.
Migrating AFP Shares To prevent data corruption that could result from the sidegrade operation, in TrueNAS SCALE, go to Windows (SMB) Shares, select the more_vert for the share, then select Edit to open the Edit SMB screen.
The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) is a network protocol that allows file sharing over a network. It is like SMB and NFS, but it is for Apple systems.
Apple began using the SMB sharing protocol as the default option for file sharing in 2013. At that time Apple ceased development of the AFP sharing protocol. The recommendation is to use SMB sharing instead of AFP. AFP sharing is still used if files are being shared with legacy Apple products.
The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) is a network protocol that allows file sharing over a network. It is like SMB and NFS, but it is for Apple systems.
Apple began using the SMB sharing protocol as the default option for file sharing in 2013. At that time Apple ceased development of the AFP sharing protocol. The recommendation is to use SMB sharing instead of AFP. AFP sharing is still used if files are being shared with legacy Apple products.
Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) facilitates workgroup and Internet file sharing. It does this in a mixed-platform environment. Go to Sharing > AFP to set up an AFP share. Click ADD to edit AFP share settings.
AFP share creation is deprecated in CORE 13.0. A Recommendation dialog displays when accessing this screen and suggests sharing data with a different protocol. Click CREATE AN SMB SHARE to display the SMB BASIC OPTIONS configuration screen.
To access SMB share management options, go to Shares screen with the Windows (SMB) Shares widget. The widget lists SMB shares configured on but is not the full list. Each share listed includes four icons that open other screens or dialogs that provide access to share settings. To see a full list of shares, click on Windows (SMB) Shares launch to open the Sharing > SMB screen. Each share row on this screen provides access to the other screens or dialogs with share settings.
Windows (SMB) Shares Widget If you have not added SMB shares to the system, the SMB widget shows No records have been added yet.
Figure 1: Windows (SMB) Share Widget without Shares Add at the top right of the widget opens the Add SMB screen where you configure SMB shares. After adding an SMB share it displays on the widget.
Figure 2: Windows (SMB) Share Widget with Shares Click on Windows (SMB) Shares launch to open the Sharing > SMB screen.
SCALE uses predefined setting options to establish an SMB share that fits a predefined purpose, such as a basic time machine share.
Setting Up a Basic Time Machine SMB Share To set up a basic time machine share:
Create the user(s) for this SMB share. Go to Credentials > Local User and click Add.
Create the share and dataset with Purpose set to Basic time machine share.
Modify the SMB service settings.
About Windows (SMB) Shares SMB (also known as CIFS) is the native file-sharing system in Windows. SMB shares can connect to most operating systems, including Windows, MacOS, and Linux. TrueNAS can use SMB to share files among single or multiple users or devices.
SMB supports a wide range of permissions, security settings, and advanced permissions (ACLs) on Windows and other systems, as well as Windows Alternate Streams and Extended Metadata.