TrueNAS Scale Customization

I run it in a VM and on a bare hardware.

• TrueNAS Core
• TrueNAS Scale as a syslog collector
• TrueCharts Catalog

Now version ElectricEel-24.10.2:

root@nass:~# uname -a
Linux nass 6.12.33-production+truenas #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Feb 23 17:38:27 UTC 2026 x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@nass:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release:	12
Codename:	bookworm

root@nass:~# cat /etc/version
25.10.2.1

root@nass:~# cat /etc/debian_version
12.11

Enable apt for package management

As of version 24 /usr is mounted ro. To change that - enable developer mode.

sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/apt*
sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/dpkg

Before you install new packages, do:

sudo apt update

Then install packages as usual:

sudo apt install emacs-nox usbutils

Drive Spin Down

https://github.com/ngandrass/truenas-spindown-timer

VM Setup

• video
• post

Running Apps (k3s)

• Set up TrueCharts app catalog