Settings Options
The Settings icon button displays a menu of general system settings options. The options are Change Password, Preferences, My API Keys, Guide and About.
Managing Cron Jobs
Cron jobs allow users to configure jobs that run specific commands or scripts on a regular schedule using cron(8). Cron jobs help users run repetitive tasks.
Advanced settings have reasonable defaults in place. A warning message displays for some settings advising of the dangers of making changes. Changing advanced settings can be dangerous when done incorrectly. Use caution before saving changes.
Make sure you are comfortable with ZFS, Linux, and system configuration, backup, and restoration before making any changes.
Managing the Console Setup Menu
Advanced settings have reasonable defaults in place. A warning message displays for some settings advising of the dangers of making changes. Changing advanced settings can be dangerous when done incorrectly. Use caution before saving changes.
Make sure you are comfortable with ZFS, Linux, and system configuration, backup, and restoration before making any changes.
The Console widget on the System > Advanced Settings screen displays current console settings for TrueNAS.
Managing the System Configuration
TrueNAS allows users to manage the system configuration by uploading or downloading configurations, or by resetting the system to the default configuration.
The Manage Configuration option on the System > General Settings screen provides three options:
General Settings
The TrueNAS General Settings provide options to configure support, the graphic user interface (GUI), UI and keyboard languages, NTP time servers, and system email.
The Support widget shows information about the TrueNAS version and system hardware. Links to the open-source TrueNAS documentation, community forums, and official Enterprise licensing are provided.
General Settings Screen
The General Settings screen has five widgets that show current general system settings and include buttons for related actions and configuration options. The widgets are:
The Manage Configuration dropdown shows two options, one to download the system config file and the other to upload a system config file. The option to reset system settings to the default configuration shows after uploading a configuration file.
Managing System Logging
Advanced settings have reasonable defaults in place. A warning message displays for some settings advising of the dangers of making changes. Changing advanced settings can be dangerous when done incorrectly. Use caution before saving changes.
Make sure you are comfortable with ZFS, Linux, and system configuration, backup, and restoration before making any changes.
By default, TrueNAS writes system logs to the system boot device. The Syslog widget on the System > Advanced Settings screen allows users determine how and when the system sends log messages to a connected syslog server. The Syslog widget displays the existing system logging settings.
Advanced Settings
Advanced Settings provides configuration options for the console, syslog, kernel, sysctl, replication, cron jobs, init/shutdown scripts, system dataset pool, isolated GPU device(s), self-encrypting drives, system access sessions, allowed IP addresses, audit logging, and global two-factor authentication.
TrueNAS Enterprise
Enterprise-licensed system administrators have additional options to configure security-related settings, such as FIPS and STIG compatibility and Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) configuration.Advanced settings have reasonable defaults in place. A warning message displays for some settings advising of the dangers of making changes. Changing advanced settings can be dangerous when done incorrectly. Use caution before saving changes.
Advanced Settings Screen
Advanced settings have reasonable defaults in place. A warning message displays for some settings advising of the dangers of making changes. Changing advanced settings can be dangerous when done incorrectly. Use caution before saving changes.
Make sure you are comfortable with ZFS, Linux, and system configuration, backup, and restoration before making any changes.
The Advanced Settings screen provides configuration options for the console, syslog, audit, kernel, sysctl, storage (system dataset pool), replication, WebSocket sessions, cron jobs, init/shutdown scripts, allowed IP addresses, isolated GPU device(s), self-encrypting drives, and global two-factor authentication.
Boot Pool Management
The Boot Environment screen has options that monitor and manage the ZFS boot pool and devices that store the TrueNAS operating system.
The Stats/Settings option shows current system statistics. It also allows you to change the scrub interval or how often the system runs a data integrity check on the operating system device.
