Update: We’re pleased to announce that the latest TrueNAS 25.04 ISO and update files are now available thanks to our friends at FOSSTorrents!
If you’re from an area being impacted by IP blocking, try reaching the download URLs below.
Hey folks,
Over the past few months, we’ve seen sporadic reports of users being unable to download TrueNAS updates and ISO files, despite having the correct DNS and network configuration.
It appears that several of our CDN endpoints, along with those used by several other products, are being caught up by very wide-reaching IP blocks in an attempt by several EU member states to block streaming websites used for piracy.
Unfortunately, these wide-reaching blocks are catching major content delivery networks used by providers like Cloudflare, Amazon, Google, and yes - TrueNAS.
We’re working on standing up alternate delivery methods for our software, including region-specific download repositories, and distributed updates (subtitle: “Bittorrent”) that will be more resilient to these heavy-handed attempts to block off chunks of the Internet.
Several members of our community in the impacted areas have already taken it upon themselves to set up mirror sites, donating their own resources and bandwidth to this cause.
When downloading TrueNAS updates or ISOs, make sure to compare the SHA256 checksum of the file against the ones we publish on the download page (https://www.truenas.com/download-truenas-community-edition/) before installing, to ensure that your update or installer is 100% genuine and hasn’t been tampered with.
I’ll be back to update this thread or add further announcements as we work to address this. Stay tuned.
“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
- John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)