I have a script using the API which saves the output of config.save to an external system so that I don’t lose the latest config changes. But the API is going to be deprecated in an upcoming release, so this method will no longer work. What is the official recommended way to do this now that actua…

There is an official api client written in python. I wrote a tool to perform configuration backups using that API client (which I attached below). Maybe it will help you. Example Usage: $ python backup.py --verbose --secretseed --secure --host my-truenas --port 8443 --username truenas_admin --pass…

I have a well established way called: Email TrueNAS Configuration Backup, which was born from Multi-Report, for those who only wanted the TrueNAS Config files. See my signature for a link. It will not help you with the API, I do not use the API.

thanks. That’s helpful. Truenas latest release gave me a warning about my API usage and I falsely assumed it meant the whole API was going away. I’ll take a screen grab of the message; i may have misread it. Thanks for the quick response.

awesome I copied this and it worked flawlessly!

Ah.. here was the message I got. I just read it way too fast, so my fault. The deprecated REST API was used to authenticate 1 times in the last 24 hours from the following IP addresses: 127.0.0.1. The REST API will be removed in version 26.04. To avoid service disruption, migrate any remaining in…

Best way to automate a system config.save?

TrueNAS General

dan December 21, 2025, 8:13pm 2

No, it isn’t. An API is already deprecated, and it’s been replaced with another. So the best way to automate this is to call the current API (which has been out for a few years now). Some discussion and examples:

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Documentation to use the API still needed! TrueNAS General Documentation	19	696	December 19, 2025
Script to AutoBackup TrueNAS config to RAspberry Pi FTP local TrueNAS General	8	229	August 16, 2025
SOLVED: Easy method to autosave your config file with or without secret seed TrueNAS General	5	638	June 6, 2024
Configuration file download TrueNAS General	19	583	March 15, 2025
Warning "Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host '127.0.0.1'." using TrueNAS CLI TrueNAS General	4	125	April 1, 2025

Best way to automate a system config.save?

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