SCALE Tutorials

Welcome to TrueNAS tutorials!

This guide collects various how-tos for both simple and complex tasks using primarily the TrueNAS web interface. It is loosely organized by topic and is continuously being updated with new or replacement tutorials.

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If you are interested in writing a TrueNAS tutorial, see the Contributing section for some guidance!

TrueNAS SCALE documentation is divided into several sections or books:

• The Getting Started Guide provides the first steps for your experience with TrueNAS SCALE:

  • Software Licensing information.
  • Recommendations and considerations when selecting hardware.
  • Installation tutorials.
  • First-time software configuration instructions.

• Configuration Tutorials have many community and iXsystems -provided procedural how-tos for specific software use-cases.

• The UI Reference Guide describes each section of the SCALE web interface, including descriptions for each configuration option.

• API Reference describes how to access the API documentation on a live system and includes a static copy of the API documentation.

• SCALE Security Reports links to the TrueNAS Security Hub and also contains any additional security-related notices.