Plugins on new TrueNas V 12.0 Where did they go.

[Bizquick]

I'm rebuilding my NAS setup and I installed TrueNAS 12.02 (most latest download as of 2 weeks ago) Anyway I wanted to finally set up a media center box.
And I notices all the good plugins are now moved to Community or something. Anyway I was going to start setting up but like I noticed all the versions of the plugins are kind of outdated. Like Sonar is V2 and Sabnzbd is 3.02 and the current is 3.2 I tried and installed Sabnzbd but it would update to 3.2 Im just wondering if FreeNas is the right tool for this now. Maybe I should install OVM and like port my data over. I really like how I can setup ZFS Cache pools and I think freenas has allways has done a better job of like the Zpools and everything. But thinking now maybe I need to take a diffrent route sense it looks like all the plugins are not even native to iXsystems.

 

[ThreeDee]

create a jail(s) and install via pkg's .. easier to keep up to date/maintain.

 

[Bizquick]

I guess I need to get the commands to install that way then.

 

[ThreeDee]

set up a jail first:

Create a NEW jail using advanced
Name it whatever.. I selected 12.2 jail
I checked VNET and BPF
vnet_default_interface = auto
IPv4 Interface = vnet0
IPv4 Adress = whatever matches your network
IPv4 Netmask = whatever matches your network .. probably 24 for most
IPv4 Default Router = Gateway address

then in that newly jail's shell .. I'd start with:

Code:

mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
ee /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf

copy the following:

Code:

FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest"
}

and paste info FreeBSD.conf above (shift + insert key)

hit escape key and follow prompts to save and quit (I think it's option "a")

then, still in your jails shell, run:

Code:

pkg update && pkg upgrade

then install whatever you want to install and you will be on latest repos instead of default quarterlies .. search the forums or google whatever it is you want to install in a jail .. if it doesn't work right off the bat, then ask for help and the more knowledgeable guys here will more than likely help you trouble shoot your issue(s)..

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

@ThreeDee You could improve your instructions a little bit by making them more "copy-pasteable"

Code:

mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
echo 'FreeBSD: { url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest" }' >/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf

 

[ThreeDee]

@ThreeDee You could improve your instructions a little bit by making them more "copy-pasteable"

Code:

mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
echo 'FreeBSD: { url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest" }' >/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf

so that will just auto paste into the FreeBSD.conf file then? .. yeah, that's a lot easier, lol.

It's another language that I'm learning .. like my Spanish though, I only know how to ask where the bathroom is ..

rest assured though .. I'll find that bathroom .. one way or another

 

[sretalla]

But thinking now maybe I need to take a diffrent route sense it looks like all the plugins are not even native to iXsystems.

iXSystems is supporting an Open Source product for free in TrueNAS CORE.

They maintain a few plugins at their expense, but now rely on the community to contribute in order to maintain additional plugins.

That should in no way detract from the validity of the provided plugins.

Plugins have always been problematic in terms of being latest versions immediately and maintainers don't get paid to do the work, so it's not always priority 1 for them.

You can often get to an equally good or sometimes better result for individual applications by building your own jail. With that approach, you don't benefit from the basejail efficiency, but the required additional space and system load is not worth discussing.

Sometimes (like the case of sabnzbd) the version available in FreeBSD isn't the same as for Linux, so you either need to wait for the port maintainer (freshports.org) or work out the compile issues for FreeBSD yourself.

I'm not convinced that the latest versions always contain better things, but if that's your requirement, it's probably better met with a Linux install (either bhyve VM on TrueNAS or just forget TrueNAS CORE and try SCALE and use docker containers and helm charts instead... it's in ALPHA for now though, so consider carefully).