Fangtooth - Instances - Load local ISO file from NAS

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I am using TrueNAS Scale 25.04.0.
I am accessing the TrueNAS server via VPN.
I have downloaded the ISO with qBittorrent to the pool running on the TrueNAS server.

I want to create a new “Instance” AKA VM.
I click “Create new Instance”.
I give it a name, select “VM any OS”.
I set the “VM Image Options” to " Upload ISO, import a zvol or use another volume"

Now here is the dilemma. How do I tell TrueNAS to use an ISO that is in a pool in a directory?
Do I need to upload the ISO? (that will take a while, and it’s redundant, because the file is already there).

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A network share to the file so that the explorer window can navigate there? How big is the ISO file? Is this over a 1Gbps network speed on your LAN? It takes to transfer 5 GB over a 1 Gbps network is around 40 - 60 seconds. Is it a massive file or something?

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Like I already mentioned, I connect to this remote server via VPN.
The ISO is about 4GB in size, uploading the ISO will take a while since I’m on an unstable connection, not even sure I will be able to upload it completely.

Which also means, I need to download the ISO first to my laptop first, which will also take a while…

The ISO is already there, there must be a simple way to mount the ISO on the NAS?

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Im new to this too, but does it give you anything further when navigating via the “Disks” area? Essentially adding the ISO as bootable storage device.

I think however you need to create a zvol that you can store your iso and connect it to the instance or upload from a local source.

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So am I the only one for this use case? Amazing…

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Why would anyone expect to be able to use an ISO that’s already stored on their NAS? That’s just crazy. (I’m being sarcastic, of course)

I can only imagine the level of frustration you have right now. Hopefully this was just an over sight that it’s not available in the initial release. I can’t imagine this is something that would require a feature request with some justification for a use case.

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No, me too