Hello, my question is simple. Or at lkeast I hope so. I am in the midst of deciding what to do about a NAS at my Mothers house and it occurred to me that TrueCommand exists but I have no idea if it requires the use of hardware from iXSystems or if running TrueNAS is enough?
Thank you.
TrueCommand supports all current versions of TrueNAS regardless of the hardware.
What do you intend to achieve by running TrueCommand?
To remotely manage a NAS at a location that is not my house. A second truenas, offsite. Isnt that what its for?
No, not really. It’s more intended to allow for management of multiple servers through a single interface. A better way to manage a remote NAS would be using some sort of VPN solution (which you’d need to use anyway to allow your TrueCommand installation to communicate with the remote NAS). Tailscale is quite popular for this purpose.
You need a 24x7 connection from the TrueNAS in question to the TrueCommand server - preferrably at the same location or through a VPN - to use TrueCommand. It’s an enterprise/data centre system management appliance for a fleet of TrueNAS systems as @dan already wrote.
It does not help with the “remote connection” part, that is assumed to exist.
I run one for fun/curiosity - see the screenshot for the status dashboard of my TrueNAS “fleet” of three systems. Yes, I have three TN servers that are always on, just like the virtual machine running TrueCommand.
I hope I’m not hijacking the thread here, but rather continuing it organically…
I manage remote systems at my parents and in-laws house. I access each site using https and/or ssh, over a homespun Wireguard network. Each site replicates multiple datasets to/from the others in a mutual “buddy backup” arrangement.
This works great! And at this scale I’ve been very comfortable managing it all. Five stars; would recommend.
But I do often wonder: is there anything in TrueCommand that might improve my experience — particularly with replication? Maybe for easier setup, monitoring, troubleshooting, or just a worthwhile single-pane status overview?
This is the main thing TC provides. You can do some management (e.g., you can kick off upgrades), but its main purpose is monitoring…
I now have three HL15 devices as another family member wanted in on the project as well, with ~50GB of storage per user. As it turns out, that is just under the 50 HDD limit before TrueCommand becomes a paid service. I think I will spend part of today getting TC up and running.
Is TrueNAS new central connect.truenas.com, a TrueNAS hosted version of TrueCommand?
I don’t yet have multiple TN servers, but TrueCommand sounds quite interesting. I do already have a Wireguard in-bound VPN system, connecting my HomeLab w remote devices, & w a (separate) Test LAN.
Can the TrueCommand server run on a Pi, or best on a TN Container?
it can be deployed as a docker container and should run fine on a pi
Like your Footer LOL.
Sorry, I read “appropriate knowledge”.
“Approximate” will do 
It runs fine in Docker and can of course be run on TrueNAS - pick the method you prefer. Custom app, Dockge, Portainer, manual in LXC …
Nobody seems to suggest that @AudioDoctor could be using an in-bound VPN to enable an IP connection to his Mother’s TN server, without using TrueCommand. TrueCommand would need an IP connection anyway.
Theoretically @AudioDoctor could either have a perm VPN betw his own address & Mother’s address, or run an in-bound VPN on his Mother’s router.
I myself run the Wireguard VPN on 2 OpenWrt routers, so I can access my HomeLab LAN from anywhere. I can access 2 LANs from anywhere, everything is connected.
Indeed not.
Not on a Rasberry Pi because only x86 is provided. (You’d need an Atomic Pi…)
A container in TrueNAS is possible, but it advised NOT to run TrueCommand on a system it monitors, so the best way would be a container on a server which is not TrueNAS.
I did here - at least as far as the permanent VPN link to actually use TrueCommand is concerned.
