TrueNAS 25.10 Instances section is not visible in main UI

Apps and Virtualization
1

Hi,

TrueNAS 25.10.0 Enterprise, fresh install

  • midclt call virt.global.config shows state “INITIALIZED” with pool set to RAIDZ2-pool
  • incusd is running (ps aux | grep incus shows the daemon)
  • Containers work fine via CLI (incus launch, incus list all functional)
  • Default profile was missing root disk device (had to manually add it)
  • The “Instances” menu item never appears in the sidebar, even after middleware restart and browser hard refresh
  • Direct navigation to /ui/instances or /ui/virtualization redirects to signin

When I’m adding container with cli it is running and works fine, but I need a UI to manage it

root@truenas[/home/truenas_admin]# incus profile device add default root disk path=/ pool=default
Device root added to default root@truenas[/home/truenas_admin]# incus launch images:ubuntu/noble HK-VHR01
Launching HK-VHR01 root@truenas[/home/truenas_admin]# incus config set HK-VHR01 limits.cpu=4
incus config set HK-VHR01 limits.memory=20GB
root@truenas[/home/truenas_admin]# incus list
±---------±--------±---------------------±-----------------------------------------------±----------±----------+
| NAME | STATE | IPV4 | IPV6 | TYPE | SNAPSHOTS |
±---------±--------±---------------------±-----------------------------------------------±----------±----------+
| HK-VHR01 | RUNNING | 10.157.143.15 (eth0) | fd42:9e8b:30b3:8b88:1266:6aff:feb0:e54a (eth0) | CONTAINER | 0 |
±---------±--------±---------------------±-----------------------------------------------±----------±----------+
root@truenas[/home/truenas_admin]#

Regards,
MarvinFS

2

You’re looking for the Containers and Virtual Machines screens in 25.10. Direct paths would be /ui/containers and /ui/vm.

3

Thank you. That helped I was able to initialize and add the container but it is still not showing on the menu al the left. Something I can do about it?

/ui/containers
Containers
Experimental
Initialized
Name
Status
Autostart
CPU
RAM
Disk I/O
Controls
VN-VHR01
Running
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A

4

It should be there. You could try a hard refresh (ctrl+F5) to clear cached cookies from your browser. That’s known to create some UI misbehavior after an upgrade.

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5

I have already tried restarting the server and different PC (clean) to accessthe UI
Tha’t’s all I see in the menu
Dashboard
Storage
Datasets
Shares
Data Protection
Credentials
Reporting
System

Missing Containers VMs and Apps

6

wasn’t the container section disabled in enterprise because it was still labeled experimental?

7

Oh wait did you say this is an Enterprise system? Virtualization features are not enabled by default in Enterprise unless licensed.

8

Oh ghm… :slight_smile:
That is what I see under the license - how can I tell if that’s licensed? I mean it kinda works only when I access it directly not via UI. We probably can fetch different license that’s not a problem, but I need to know which one

Platform: Generic
Edition: Enterprise
Version: 25.10.0 - Goldeye
Support License: Bronze Contract, Expires on 2026-03-04
Hostname: truenas

9

Features:
Contract Type:Bronze
Expiration Date:2026-03-04 (expires in 19 days)
Model:M30
System Serial:123456789
Licensed Serials:
Additional Hardware:NONE

10

You would have to contact Enterprise support to discuss adding virtualization features to your license: TrueNAS Customer Support | Open Enterprise Storage.

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11

Thank you very much for swift and detailed support