Is there any possibilities to run TrueNAS in a container?

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Hi TrueNAS Community,

I would like to test TrueNAS as a container. I tried to do it in the following manner.

mkdir rootfs unsquashfs
mount -o loop /home/zakee/Downloads/ISOs/TrueNAS-SCALE-24.04.2.3.iso rootfs
unsquashfs -f -d unsquashfs/ rootfs/live/filesystem.squashfs
tar -C unsquashfs -c . | podman import - truenas/1
podman run -dit truenas/1:latest
podman run -p 1024:80 -dit truenas/1:latest /bin/sh

Anyway, the TrueNAS did not start to work, when I type in the browser localhost:1024. Most probably it must be because it did not go through the regular installation process. Do you know any way to do the installation within the container.

Thanks.

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No, there is not.

fin.

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No way to do that today, we require a full kernel for a lot of things. Maybe someday, but that would still be a ways off.

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You can run TrueNAS in a VM.

You can run a VM in a container.

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VM within a container? That’s just cheating :slight_smile:

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What could possibly go wrong? :smile:

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go big or go home!
Memory only OS-->Container-->VM-->TN