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Februari Update

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

While going into 2026 Trueforge has been hard at work last few months, here are some highlight to get you going with TrueForge Community projects this new year

ForgeTool

Trueforge has released Forgetool, an successor of clustertool. Combining all our project tools into one big supertool!

Forgetool is the continuation of the original Clustertool, with updated internals and workflows. It is part of most of Trueforge’s CI pipelines and allows users to use the same tooling we use locally.

Changes in This Release

Support for Talos Linux 1.12
Updated and adjusted commands
Ongoing cleanup and restructuring of the tool

More changes and features are planned for future releases.

TrueCharts Update

Alongside Forgetool, Trueforge has released a few new charts for TrueCharts:

Hytale Server Helm Chart, enabling deployment of Hytale servers on Kubernetes Multus-CNI, allowing deployment of Multus-CNI through Helm

LifeForge

Much work has been done on the ManicMead sideproject, documenting recepes and adding tasting notes

GamingForce

During the busy December months, we decided to let GamingForge just glide-along. However, the ARK server did get its needed updates and we improved snapshotting on both the Minecraft and ARK servers

Whats to come?

We are hard at work on expanding containerforge library of image to be used for both our helm-charts as well as for Docker.

Announcing: ContainerForge

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

We’re excited to finally introduce ContainerForge, a new project under the TrueForge–TrueTech umbrella — and the foundation for all future TrueCharts containers!

🔗 Learn more: trueforge.org/truetech/containerforge
💬 Join the discussion: on our Discord
💻 Explore the code: github.com/trueforge-org/containerforge 💖 Support our work: Sponsor us on GitHub or OpenCollective

🧩 What Is ContainerForge?

ContainerForge is an opinionated collection of container images — focused on being efficient, consistent, and easy to maintain.

Our containers follow modern standards and proven best practices:

✅ Rootless by default (568:568) for security and compatibility
✅ Multi-architecture builds (x86 and ARM)
✅ Semantically versioned and digest-pinnable for predictable updates
✅ Single-process design for simplicity and transparency

Our guiding principle is simple:

“Build efficient, standardised and secure containers.”

⚙️ Built with TrueNAS in Mind

While ContainerForge isn’t built exclusively for TrueNAS, it’s designed to work exceptionally well with TrueNAS’ Custom App and Docker Compose deployment options.

Here’s how we make that experience smoother:

Correct Default User (568:568) – Matches TrueNAS’ Apps user to avoid permission issues
Automatic Update Control – TrueNAS can automatically track and update containers by digest, patch, minor, or major version
Consistent Configuration Paths – Standardized /config directories simplify backups and migration
Ubuntu-based Base Images – Ensuring stable, secure, and well-supported foundations

These considerations make deploying ContainerForge images on TrueNAS a clean and predictable experience — without needing extra tweaks or compatibility layers.

🧱 Standardised, Extensible, and Transparent

ContainerForge builds upon the experience of existing projects such as home-operations, linuxserver.io, and hotio.dev.

What makes it different:

Consistent Standards — All images follow a unified base and structure
Transparency — Each build is verifiable with GitHub Actions attestations
Community Alignment — Designed for TrueCharts integration and home-lab friendliness

And because every image shares a common, well-defined base (Ubuntu, Python, Node, Golang, Java, etc.), ContainerForge enables fast, reliable updates across the board.

🧰 What’s Next

This is only the beginning.
We’re planning to expand ContainerForge with pre-made example Docker Compose files, making deployment even easier for users who prefer direct container setups over Helm or Kubernetes.

Our long-term goal: provide a complete, consistent container ecosystem that works great everywhere — whether through TrueCharts, TrueNAS, or standalone Docker Compose setups.

📦 Explore Today

Start exploring the collection now:
👉 GitHub Packages

Full documentation and details:
👉 trueforge.org/truetech/containerforge

💬 Get Involved

ContainerForge is an open, community-driven project.
We welcome feedback, contributions, and discussions from everyone interested in building and running better containers.

Join us on GitHub or Discord, and help shape the next generation of container infrastructure for the TrueForge ecosystem.

Updated OCI Repository Link

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Move OCI Registry to New Domain and Responds to Bitnami Changes

The OCI repository has been moved from tccr.io to oci.trueforge.org

New Registry Locations

All images and charts previously hosted on tccr.io are now available under the new domain:

Images: oci.trueforge.org/tccr/IMAGE
Charts: helm install mychart oci://oci.trueforge.org/truecharts/CHART

This change affects only the domain; the registry remains OCI-based as before. Users are encouraged to update their Helm configurations and image references accordingly to avoid interruptions.

Clustertool Updated for Talos 1.11.0

We’re excited to share that we now support Talos 1.11 and Kubernetes 1.34! With the recent update to clustertool, managing and deploying clusters on these versions has never been easier. This ensures smoother operations, up-to-date features, and a more reliable experience for all our users.

Bitnami Policy Shift

Alongside the domain migration, We want to highlight the recent upstream changes from Bitnami. The popular container provider has moved to a “latest-only” publishing model for free users, meaning older tags will no longer be maintained and soon to be removed.

In addition, Bitnami has removed some images entirely, forcing the deprecation of affected TrueCharts applications such as:

Solr
Matomo

Nextcloud Update 31.0.8

addition, we’ve fixed Nextcloud image creation and released version 31.0.8 for our charts. This update ensures smoother deployments and improved reliability, so you can run Nextcloud with confidence on your clusters.

What Users Should Do:

Update all references from tccr.io to oci.trueforge.org and update their charts and clustertool to the latest version.

Expect Bitnami-based charts to stay stable thanks to digest pinning.

Note that applications relying on deprecated Bitnami images are no longer available via TrueCharts.

We emphasize our commitment to stability and transparency, while continuing to adapt to upstream changes.

Common-2025 finally released

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

TrueCharts Releases `common-2025` Helm Library with Major Improvements

The TrueCharts team is proud to announce the release of common-2025, the latest version of the shared Helm chart library powering all TrueCharts charts. This major update delivers powerful new features, improved integrations, and essential structural upgrades that enhance usability, maintainability, and compatibility across the board.

🚀 Key Highlights of `common-2025`

🔐 Nginx Ingress Integration
- Disabled by default for a cleaner baseline
- Built-in support for:
  - Authentication
  - IP whitelisting
  - ThemePark styling
🛠 GitOps CNPG Recovery Enhancements
- No more need to bump revision numbers during CNPG cluster recovery
- Using the revision number is now optional.
🌐 Traefik Updates
- Disabled by default for a cleaner baseline
- Complete rework of Traefik middlewares, now defined per chart
📦 Resource Management
- Updated defaults for required pod resources
🔑 Existing Pull Secret Support
- Added support for using existing Kubernetes secrets for container registry authentication
- Simplifies integration in environments with pre-configured imagePullSecrets
🧩 Addon System Rework
- Safe upgrade: prevents updates when some legacy addon layouts are present
- More configuration options for addons, including:
  - Full access to the workload definition
📁 Structural Cleanups
- Removal of deprecated Portal (legacy from SCALE)
- Major improvements to notes.txt
- Moved MetalLB and Traefik service annotations to centralized integration logic
📊 Autoscaling Enhancements
- Refactored Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA): To comply to our coding standards and testing regime
- Added support for Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA): Allows for automatically adjusts CPU and memory limits over time
👤 Service Account Overrides
- Added support to optionally override the service account name in the workload podSpec
🌐 Topology Key Configuration
- Users can now configure a default topologyKey for scheduling behavior
📌 Pod Affinity Support
- Added full support for pod affinity, enabling more advanced workload placement strategies
- Default pod affinity to ensure pods sharing RWO PVCs are started on the same node

🙏 Thank You

This release marks another milestone in the growth of the TrueCharts ecosystem. A huge thank you to all contributors who help build, improve, and maintain all of our charts. Your work makes TrueCharts possible.

And of course, thank you to all users—your feedback, deployments, and support are what drive this project forward every day.

For more information or to get involved, visit: https://trueforge.org

Truenas-Oriented Talos Docker-Compose

Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

With the release of TrueNAS SCALE Fangtooth, iXsystems has officially switched its virtualization backend from KVM to Incus. This transition has introduced several limitations, and VM support is now also labeled as experimental, leaving users without a stable VM solution on TrueNAS.

Users have reported performance issues with the new Incus-based VM system, and some previously supported configurations such as running VMs with raw-file backed disks (making use of ZFS small-blocks special-vdevs) are no longer functional. Currently, there is no official Incus-Guest-Agent available on Talos, making it difficult for users to control the VM through the TrueNAS UI.

Users have been requesting a Kubernetes solution within the iX-supported Apps/Instances system for quite some time. Traditional containerization approaches like LXC/LXD or jails were never viable options for us as they lack support for Talos and present significant management challenges. However, after careful testing and evaluation, we’ve concluded that integrating Talos in container form within the existing Docker Compose-based Apps system presents a compelling solution. This approach enables users to run Kubernetes on TrueNAS SCALE without the added complexity of virtual machines or the maintenance burden of homegrown setups, striking a practical balance between performance, simplicity and native integration.

In light of this, we have reaffirmed our commitment to the TrueNAS community by releasing a new guide on how to run Talos as a Docker container inside SCALE Apps. This approach provides a practical alternative for those affected by the VM backend changes, allowing continued experimentation and development with Talos despite the Incus limitations.

To get started with Talos as a Docker-Compose App following the following this.

MrPuffins new role

Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Hey everyone,

Kjeld here — most of you know me as MrPuffin, or back in the day, Ornias.

Over the past year, we’ve been quietly but steadily working on something big at TrueCharts. Behind the scenes, we’ve focused hard on professionalizing and restructuring the project to make it more sustainable, more scalable, and frankly, more awesome.

Our core energy has been steadily shifting toward building out and refining our Common Chart, improving our CI/CD pipelines, and developing tooling like clustertool — all with the goal of supporting better automation and long-term maintainability. It’s been a gradual but deliberate transition in focus, setting the stage for a more sustainable future for the project.

In the meantime, the charts catalog itself has organically evolved. It’s now primarily driven by community contributions, which is incredible to see. People like Alfi and jagrbombs from our core team are doing fantastic work reviewing and maintaining the quality of incoming PRs. And let’s not forget Stavros, who’s been laser-focused on the Common Chart and pushing forward with unit tests and technical improvements.

But with all this growth comes a shift.

As life changes on my end too, I’ve come to realize I simply can’t do it all — not if we want to keep doing things right. So it’s time for a new phase.

You’ll notice on the team page that I’m officially stepping back from day-to-day involvement with the general chart catalog. That means fewer interactions from me on community chart PRs and general contributions.

Instead, I’ll be focusing 100% of my energy on what matters most for the long-term success of the project:

Developing new features for the Common Chart
Maintaining and improving our CI/CD and deployment/testing pipelines
Coordinating and supporting our amazing volunteer staff

In practice, that means the chart catalog will be almost entirely community-driven — and that’s by design. We’ve built the structure for it, and now it’s time to let it grow.

So, yes, you’ll probably see less of me in Discord and around the edges of the project. But rest assured, I’m still here, still fully committed, just with a more focused role behind the scenes (and on GitHub, of course).

Thanks to everyone who’s helped us get here. This isn’t the end of anything — it’s just the next logical step forward.

Onwards and upwards, Kjeld (MrPuffin)

Clustertool v2

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Just one year ago we were fully dedicated to building TrueNAS SCALE Apps and were forced to move forward to greener pastures. Now, only a year later, we’ve moved to being fully compatible with nearly every Kubernetes platform out there while still offering a staggering amount of Helm Charts.

After long consideration, we’ve decided to stop providing forks/mirrors of complicated charts such as Traefik, Prometheus and so forth. With SCALE gone, we simply don’t need to anymore and users are free to directly consume the upstream charts instead!

This has also allowed us to completely re-evaluate which software we’re using to back the ClusterTool defaults. Hence, ClusterTool V2 is born!

New Clustertool v2 Launches with NGINX Backend and Major Upgrades

The highly anticipated Clustertool v2 is officially released, bringing a host of improvements and a fundamental architectural shift including:

a full move to an NGINX backend
Designed for improved performance, cleaner configuration, and upstream alignment.

Clustertool v2 is a significant step forward for Kubernetes-based cluster management.

What’s New in Clustertool v2?

The latest version comes with a comprehensive set of changes aimed at making the system more maintainable and future-ready. Key updates include:

✅ Migration to NGINX as the default ingress controller
📦 Inclusion of kube-prometheus-stack for metrics
📦 Upstream integration of many system charts
🧹 Indentation and formatting cleanups across configuration files
📥 Adoption of OCI Mirrors for chart management, boosting speed and reliability

Changes for Existing Clusters

Clusters upgrading to v2 will need to account for several changes:

📦 Repository Adjustments:

Updated Repositories list:

kustomization.yaml

apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
  name: helm-repos
  namespace: flux-system
resources:
  - bjw-s.yaml
  - cloudnative-pg.yaml
  - home-ops-mirror.yaml
  - jetstack.yaml
  - kustomization.yaml
  - prometheus-community.yaml
  - spegel.yaml
  - truecharts.yaml

Added home-operations OCI mirror:

home-ops-mirror.yaml

---
# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://kubernetes-schemas.pages.dev/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/helmrepository_v1.json
apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: HelmRepository
metadata:
  name: home-ops-mirror
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  type: oci
  interval: 2h
  url: oci://ghcr.io/home-operations/charts-mirror

Please compare your Repositories with this template.
Charts such as Cilium, Metrics Server, Node-Feature-Discovery, Longhorn, Metallb, and OpenEBS are now pulled via an OCI mirror

🔥 Traefik Removal:
- Both Traefik and traefik-crds are no longer included and need to be removed
- Ingress configurations now require annotation updates to work with NGINX
- ingressClassName is recommended to be set for all ingresses. Additionally, you will need to disable the traefik integration.
🔄 IngressClass Management:
- New support for using either internal or external ingress classes
- Clusterenv now includes:
  - NGINX_INTERNAL_IP has been added
  - NGINX_EXTERNAL_IP has been added
  - TRAEFIK_IP has been removed
🧪 Upstream Chart Migrations:
- Charts such as CloudNativePG, Cert-Manager, and Kube-Prometheus-Stack are now managed upstream
- 🧭 Check the Quick Start Guide for integration examples

Clustertool as a CI Platform for Chart Testing

With v2, Clustertool is now also being adopted internally as a replacement for the legacy ChartTool, which was previously used to test and release charts but its code was never released publicly.

Special Thanks

Thanks to the home-operations team for providing and maintaining their OCI mirror. 🎉

This ensures every one of us can fully use the power of OCI-backed Helm-charts in our clusters!

Important Notice for SCALE Users

Starting with v2, Clustertool will no longer include any tooling or support for SCALE exports, conversions, or migrations. Users relying on those features should retain v1 or migrate to separate tools.

Ready to update?

Clustertool v2 continues the projects goal of modular, maintainable cluster management and leans into modern best-practices for Kubernetes ecosystem integration. This release sets the foundation for a more streamlined and scalable future.

Ready to upgrade? Check out the full changelog and migration resources to get started.

Recent Changes

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The TrueCharts team has made several major updates to the Helm Project, focusing on improving stability, removing deprecated content, and providing a wealth of new resources for users. Here’s a rundown of the latest changes:

Deprecation & Removal of Mirrored Upstream Charts

As part of an effort to streamline and refine the project, TrueCharts has officially deprecated and removed most mirrored upstream charts. Users are encouraged to read the newly updated Quick-Start Guide for assistance with these changes, ensuring a smooth transition.

Expansion to Stable Charts

In a significant update, TrueCharts has moved 15 charts from the incubator to the stable train, ensuring they are now fully ready-to-use. Additionally, the community has added 5 completely new charts to the stable train, expanding the selection of reliable and robust options available to users.

Documentation Overhaul

TrueCharts has also made significant updates to its documentation. Around 80 guides have been updated to remove references to TrueNAS Scale, thanks to the contributions from the community members Boemeltrein, itconstruct, and gismo2004. This update ensures that the documentation aligns with current best practices and provides users with clear and concise information.

New Guides and Resources

A variety of new guides have been added to the TrueCharts documentation, making it easier for users to get started and troubleshoot issues:

Quick-Start Guide: A comprehensive new guide that helps newcomers set up their projects with TrueCharts smoothly.
Development Guides: Updates to the guides help developers navigate the TrueCharts environment and contribute more effectively.
Clustertool Guide: An updated guide that provides detailed instructions on using Clustertool for managing your clusters.
General Guides: Multiple new general-purpose guides have been added, covering essential topics such as:
- Add-ons: A guide detailing how to use and manage add-ons inside the truecharts charts.
- FluxCD Webhook: A dedicated guide to setting up and configuring FluxCD webhooks.
- Troubleshooting: A troubleshooting guide designed to help users resolve common issues.
- NVIDIA and Intel GPUs: Guides for utilizing NVIDIA and Intel GPUs within the Talos Kubernetes enviroment.

Common 2025 refactors ongoing

Meanwhile we’re hard at work finishing up the major reworks that will be the new breaking common-chart revision, new known as “Common 2025” and ensuring this future update will go smoothly for all our users and charts

Currently, users can expect a complete rework of our Ingress, Traefik and Addon systems. Offering complete compatibility with different ingress providers and a more flexible backend for addons. Allowing both end-user customization and future expansion of both Ingress and Addon systems.

Community Contributions Welcome

As always, the continued growth and success of TrueCharts rely heavily on the support and contributions of the community. The project thrives thanks to the efforts of developers, documenters, and users who collaborate to improve and expand the ecosystem. Whether it’s contributing new Helm charts, enhancing documentation, or providing feedback, your involvement helps shape the future of TrueCharts.

If you’re passionate about Kubernetes and Helm, we encourage you to get involved! Your contributions, no matter how big or small, make a meaningful impact and help ensure that TrueCharts remains a reliable and valuable resource for everyone.

For more information, visit the TrueCharts Quick-Start Guide and explore the new guides and resources today!

2025 project goals

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

TrueCharts: Our Ambitious Plans for 2025

Reflecting on 2024

2024 was a transformative year for the TrueCharts project. After being compelled to move away from TrueNAS SCALE as a platform by iXSystems, we swiftly pivoted to embrace a new direction. Within mere months, we launched our proprietary cluster deployment tool, ClusterTool, marking a significant milestone. This bold transition also saw us adopting Kubernetes, Talos, and FluxCD as the foundation of our ecosystem.

While this shift opened up immense possibilities, it also meant we had to postpone several exciting features we had initially planned. However, these setbacks have only strengthened our resolve to make 2025 a year of solidification and innovation.

Goals for 2025

Helm Chart Repository Enhancements

Archiving System Charts:
- We plan to archive certain “system” charts where high-quality upstream Helm charts already exist. This approach minimizes the need for us to stay in sync with upstream CRD changes, ultimately benefiting our users.
Standardized Normal Charts:
- For charts without Kubernetes customizations or CRDs, we will continue to develop and maintain them, as our standardization offers significant value to users.
Expanding the Catalog:
- We are committed to growing our chart repository, adding numerous innovative software solutions to better serve the community.

Improvements to the Common Chart and Ingress

Ingress Overhaul:
- Based on valuable feedback from our community and the former K8S-At-Home (now “Homelab”) community, we will completely rewrite our ingress configuration. The updated ingress will:
  - Be compatible with stock Traefik or other standardized ingress solutions.
  - Eliminate reliance on TrueCharts-specific ingress settings.
Traefik Middlewares Integration:
- Traefik middlewares will be incorporated into the common chart and thoroughly tested to ensure seamless functionality.

Dependency Management Enhancements

Integrated Dependencies:
- Helm dependencies, such as those for MariaDB and Redis, have posed challenges in terms of testing and flexibility. To address this, we will integrate these dependencies directly into the common chart, enabling:
  - Easier customization.
  - Significantly improved test coverage.

Add-On System Expansion

Enhanced Add-On Options:
- While the current add-on system is appreciated, user feedback has highlighted its limitations. We aim to expand its capabilities, providing users with more granular options comparable to standalone charts.

Testing and Validation Improvements

Increased Test Coverage:
- We will continue to improve the common chart’s test coverage, addressing existing gaps and ensuring reliability.
Schema Validation:
- Introducing schema.json validation for all common chart options will reduce the likelihood of user errors.
- We also plan to automate documentation generation from the schema, addressing documentation gaps and accelerating development.

Looking Ahead

As we step into 2025, our focus is clear: to refine, expand, and solidify the TrueCharts ecosystem. By addressing community feedback, enhancing our chart repository, and improving testing and validation processes, we aim to deliver a more robust and user-friendly experience. The road ahead is ambitious, but with the support of our dedicated community, we are confident in achieving these goals.

Clustertool v1.0.0 Released

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Clustertool has reached a major milestone with the release of version 1.0.0, moving out of its release candidate (RC) phase. The tool is designed to simplify the process of bootstrapping Talos clusters, offering users a quick and easy way to get started.

It comes pre-configured with essential Kubernetes components, including Cillium, MetalLB, and Longhorn, ensuring clusters are equipped with key functionalities right out of the box. Additionally, all charts required in our Quick Start guide come preinstalled.

Clustertool also includes a fully configured VS Code devcontainer that automatically installs all the necessary tools for managing and maintaining your Talos clusters. This addition is a significant time-saver for people setting up their environments.

Check out the Release Page on github for changelogs and download: Github

The documentation for all the features Clustertool provides can be found here

New Support Policy

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

We’re thrilled to announce an all-new Support Policy led by our amazing support lead, @kqmaverick! You can ignore all previous announcements on scope and policies—no more “you need to be able to maintain your own cluster”! Check out the full policy here: Support Policy.

What’s New:

Comprehensive Support: Our support now covers both “technical support” for bug reports and code issues, as well as our free support service on Discord, thanks to our dedicated volunteer staff.
Docs Overhaul: We’ve streamlined our documentation, merging clustertool pages into general docs and reintroducing a project-wide system requirements page.
Content Cleanup: Outdated TrueNAS SCALE content has been removed to make our resources even more relevant for a Kubernetes future!

In addition, TrueCharts is now officially hosting community gameservers! Our first release is a Minecraft server, co-hosted in collaboration with Six-Shooter.

🚀 Upcoming Release: We’re excited to announce that ClusterTool v1.0.0 will be released in two weeks!

And don’t forget to vote in our Discord poll about your container plans! Join us on Discord to stay updated: Vote Here.

Thank you for being part of TrueCharts!

Exporting TrueCharts SCALE Apps and leaving TrueCharts

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

With the recent announcement that TrueNAS SCALE 24.10 “Electric Eel” will no longer support Kubernetes-based applications, we at TrueCharts understand that some of our users may be considering a move away from TrueCharts entirely. As TrueCharts has also ended support for TrueNAS SCALE Apps, we recognize the importance of offering pathways for users who want to adjust to this new direction.

For those looking to transition away from TrueCharts, whether by migrating to alternative options such as Docker Compose or using iX-Systems-made Apps, our latest subproject, ClusterTool, provides a powerful solution. ClusterTool has been developed to simplify the migration process, giving users the flexibility to transition smoothly to the setup that best suits their needs.

Even for users who aren’t looking to establish their own Kubernetes cluster, ClusterTool offers robust functionality to export TrueNAS SCALE App configurations. Users can easily convert their GUI-based App configurations into clean, readable YAML files. This export feature preserves existing configurations, providing a record that can be adapted for future deployments or alternative environments without re-entering every setting from scratch.

To help users get started, we’ve created a detailed guide outlining how to use ClusterTool for this purpose. Access the guide and learn how to seamlessly migrate or export your SCALE configurations here: TrueCharts Guide on Exporting SCALE Configurations. (2025 note: Migration is no longer possible or supported)

Here you can Download the RC-Release of ClusterTool here: Download Link.

We remain committed to supporting our community, whether users are transitioning to different solutions or adapting their setups within the evolving TrueNAS SCALE environment.

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Clustertool Release Candidate

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

ClusterTool Release Candidate Update

We are pleased to announce that ClusterTool has officially entered Release Candidate status. After extensive development and testing, the general configuration format is now considered stable, ensuring greater reliability and consistency moving forward.

In addition, we are excited to confirm that migration from TrueNAS Scale to your own Kubernetes cluster is now fully supported. This capability enables streamlined transitions, empowering users to harness the full potential of Kubernetes while maintaining their existing data and configurations.

At the bottom of this page (Talos Cluster Guide), you’ll find a helpful guide detailing how to create your talos cluster and migrate your SCALE Apps.

We appreciate your continued support as we move toward the final release and look forward to hearing your feedback during this phase.

Here you can Download the RC-Release: Download Link.

ClusterTool is Now Source-Available

We’re excited to announce that ClusterTool is now source-available! This means that the source code is open for review, collaboration, and contributions from the community. We believe this move will enhance transparency and drive innovation as we continue to improve the platform.

New Guides for CSI Installation and Longhorn Integration

We’re excited to announce that we now offer a selection of guides on how to install a Container Storage Interface (CSI) on Kubernetes. Additionally, Longhorn will be shipped by default with ClusterTool, simplifying your storage management and enhancing your Kubernetes experience. Check out the guides to get started!

Changes in Documentation Leadership

We’d like to announce that @bitpushr is stepping down from the role of Documentation Maintainer. We greatly appreciate his contributions and dedication to maintaining high-quality documentation during his tenure.

Moving forward, @alfi0812 will be taking over as the new Doc Maintainer. We’re excited to have him on board and look forward to the fresh insights and improvements he’ll bring to the role.

Future Prospect for Clustertool and our Helm Charts

At the release of Clustertool, we also hope to add code signing to the build process and a (signed) containerized version as well. So everyone can ensure themselves of it running trusted code!

We’re also working hard at adding all sorts of charts to support (Real-)debrid based streaming and downloading. such as: Comet, Riven, Zurg and much more

Guide to Creating a Talos Cluster with ClusterTool and Migrating Your SCALE Apps

Creating your Talos Cluster

Follow the linked Guides to find more details on how to create your own Talos Cluster using Clustertool.

VM Setup
Getting Started with Clustertool
clustertool init
Edit your config (talconfig.yaml and clusterenv.yaml)
clustertool genconfig
clustertool apply

Afterwards you are ready to migrate your SCALE Apps.

SCALE Apps Migration

To migrate all of your existing SCALE Apps to your Talos Cluster, be sure to read our TrueNAS SCALE Migration Guide. (2025 note: Migration is no longer possible or supported)

In short, you will need the following commands from ClusterTool:

To export all your SCALE Apps into a ClusterTool compatible format.

clustertool scaleexport

To turn the exported Apps into ClusterTool and Fluxcd compatible Helm-Release Files:

clustertool scalemigrate

And last, but certianly not least, to install the converted Helm-Release Files onto your cluster:

clustertool helmrelease install

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TrueNAS Scale TrueCharts Frequently Asked Questions

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Hey everyone. We wanted to answer some of the frequently asked questions about TrueNAS Scale TrueCharts application support.

What happened to TrueCharts apps on TrueNAS Scale?

Unfortunately, IX Systems decided that with the upcoming Electric Eel TrueNAS Scale update (24.10) to switch the application backend to Docker and remove Kubernetes. TrueCharts is and always has been a Helm Charts project. Previous versions of TrueNAS Scale were able to install our Helm Charts due to its Kubernetes support. With the upcoming removal of Kubernetes from TrueNAS Scale, our Helm Charts can no longer be installed using the native app system. To clarify, app installations have been disabled entirely to prevent users from setting up an app environment that will soon be outdated, see “What happened to the TrueNAS Scale TrueCharts application catalog?” below.

Why don’t you just continue making TrueNAS Scale apps?

We never made “TrueNAS Scale Apps”; we have always made Helm Charts that TrueNAS Scale supported up to Electric Eel, thanks to the Kubernetes backend. Our charts ecosystem is not possible on a Docker-based OS. Additionally, as part of this IX Systems transition to Docker, they will no longer support third party app catalogues. Starting with 24.10/Electric Eel only the catalog from iX Systems will be available and options like custom app.

Why was there no warning about this change?

IX Systems announced their intention to move to Docker shortly after the release of Dragonfish (24.04) on 29 May 2024. As soon as the announcement was made the TrueCharts team started working on a solution for all of our TrueNAS Scale users.

Could you not have had a solution ready earlier?

TrueCharts is not affiliated with IX Systems. We found out about the removal of Kubernetes support on 29 May 2024 the same as everyone else.

So, does this mean that TrueCharts is dead?

No, TrueCharts is not dead. We have always made Helm Charts and our Charts can be installed on any Helm-compatible OS, not just TrueNAS Scale. We continue to provide these Helm Charts as always and they can already be installed on a compatible OS.

How do I install TrueCharts now?

You are able to install any compatible OS and add the TrueCharts repository.

I want to keep using TrueNAS Scale as my OS. What can I do?

We are currently developing ClusterTool. Once completed it will help create and configure a Kubernetes cluster on a Talos VM for use with TrueCharts. We already have created guides for setting up a Talos VM on TrueNAS Scale. Once ClusterTool is completed it will assist with the migration of your currently installed TrueCharts apps on TrueNAS Scale to a Talos VM. Please watch the News for more information as ClusterTool development continues ahead of the TrueNAS Scale 24.10 update.

Will ClusterTool migrate my application data to Talos?

No. Talos will only migrate the actual application/chart itself, not the data associated with it. Data for applications/charts that you would like to be migrated to Talos also, must be backed up to S3/B2 storage prior to migration using VolSync as described here. (2025 note: Migration is no longer possible or supported)

Why Talos?

Talos is a lightweight OS specifically designed for running a Kubernetes cluster.

What about HexOS?

HexOS is an internet based WebUI for TrueNAS Scale. It utilizes API calls to TrueNAS Scale and as such has the same limitations as TrueNAS Scale.

What about insert your choice OS?

Our Helm Charts can be installed on any OS that supports installing Helm Charts. You are not required to use Talos. ClusterTool is a separate project that is being created to help create a Kubernetes cluster and migrate existing TrueNAS Scale users.

What happened to the TrueNAS Scale TrueCharts application catalog?

It was decided to remove the TrueNAS Scale TrueCharts application catalog to prevent any new user from starting use of TrueCharts on TrueNAS Scale during this transition period.

Why am I not seeing updates for apps?

Once IX Systems decided to announce the depreciation of Kubernetes on TrueNAS Scale we needed to divert our developer time from maintaining the TrueNAS Scale application catalog to work on ClusterTool.

Why couldn’t you keep the TrueNAS Scale TrueCharts application catalog running and up to date until ClusterTool is ready or Electric Eel is released?

TrueNAS Scale support for TrueCharts was always developer intensive. At any given point in time, Scale compatibility required more than a third of total dev time on the project to maintain. We are not able to do both maintain the catalog and work on ClusterTool. We decided to immediately focus on ClusterTool so that is ready for release before TrueNAS Scale 24.10.

My app has an updated and I want to install it.

Almost all apps will continue to run without updates.

I cannot wait I need to update my apps.

If you do not want to wait for ClusterTool you have the following options:

Install a compatible OS and add the TrueCharts repository.
Switch your applications to those provided by IX Systems. They have promised their applications will migrate to the new Docker system.

ClusterTool Public Beta Release

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Howdy everyone! I’m back to share some exciting progress updates with you all regarding ClusterTool development, a brief recap on some minor announcements from our part in recent weeks, updated docs and more.

This will be a packed news article from us, so let’s get into it!

ClusterTool Public Beta Update

Over the course of the last month and since our last update, ClusterTool has undergone much development effort. As we previously outlined in our TrueNAS SCALE migration path roadmap post, ClusterTool’s public Beta release will be mostly feature-complete, includes SCALE migration tooling (already implemented and awaiting testing) and will be suitable for users to migrate to semi-permanent Talos clusters from TrueNAS SCALE app environments, with Talos running in a Virtual Machine (atop SCALE itself).

ClusterTool has also seen the addition of FluxCD functionality, among others, and new builds are regularly being posted for testing here. We invite discussion and feedback in the #clustertool channel of our Discord, or you can simply follow the development of ClusterTool there.

Additionally, through collaborative efforts, we’re onboarding additional developers to work on ClusterTool directly throughout its Beta period. The more feedback we get from users, the better we can make the experience for all! We invite our users to test ClusterTool thoroughly throughout this phase and discuss or report any feedback/issues using threads in the above-mentioned Discord channel.

Docs Updates

In tandem with ClusterTool development, over the course of the last month we’ve been focused on docs for our users to read regarding Talos, ClusterTool, minimum and recommended system requirements, and more. Here are some links to these docs, though please note some of them are continuing to evolve as we gather feedback throughout this transitory phase.

Link to our new Helm-specific guides, including a quick-start guide for installing charts, guides for adding storage and backup/restore functionality to charts, example VPN setup instructions for your charts and more
Link to our all-new ClusterTool docs section which includes various sections on what ClusterTool is, what the various functions of it do and more
Link to our ClusterTool getting started guide
Link to our TrueNAS SCALE -> ClusterTool/Talos migration guide which includes instructions for prerequisite steps to be performed by users on TrueNAS SCALE prior to migrating to Talos via ClusterTool (2025 note: Migration is no longer possible or supported)
Link to our Talos VM system requirements section, which leads into platform-specific, start-to-finish guides on how to setup a Talos VM for our users be it on SCALE, Proxmox, unRAID or other host platforms.

As always, we welcome feedback and additions to our docs which you can submit by opening a PR in this repo for review. Specifically, we welcome instructions for setting up a Talos VM on platforms other than the ones we’ve already written guides for.

Recent Project Recaps

In addition to the above, we’ve been posting announcements and project-related updates in the #announcements channel of our Discord. To recap and quickly get up to speed, you will want to read from this post onwards but to summarise:

iX-Systems has decided to move TrueNAS SCALE to a Docker-based apps backend, which is inherently incompatbile with our Helm-based project, beginning with Electric Eel later this year
We released VolSync Backup/Restore functionality for our charts to help facilitate cloud-based backup and restoration of data for TrueCharts users, if desired
We released a statement on our decision to deprecate our TrueNAS SCALE apps
Updates to chart-specific changelogs on our website now happen much faster
We clarified that TrueNAS SCALE users will not be required to be on DragonFish prior to migrating to our Talos VM solution for our charts going forward, as Cobia is suitable for migration
We have removed the TrueNAS SCALE apps catalogue from our project, and associated SCALE-specific code, tooling, etc. has been removed. While the TrueCharts SCALE apps catalogue can no longer be added to SCALE systems, an archived version of our TrueNAS SCALE apps catalogue is available here for historical purposes. Users with TrueCharts apps still installed in SCALE environments continue to have their apps function ahead of the upcoming migration to Talos, however these apps are strictly in an as-is state and no longer receive any updates or support
We clarified (after some recent confusion from a YouTube video) that the project is still alive, that users should continue to wait for ClusterTool to reach RC or final status before deciding whether to migrate to Talos using it, or switch to an alternative apps platform such as iX/TrueNAS “official” apps, Plain Docker or something else.

This serves as a summary of recent project-related news, and with the rest of this news post, should get you up to speed on the status of things in one go. As always, we very much appreciate you sticking with us through this transition period and we’re certain that our project will come out the other side continuing to lead and provide a first-class charts experience for our users.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding as we work to provide the best tools and services for our community. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the months ahead!

ClusterTool Public Alpha Release and Updated Support Scope

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT

We’re back to share some new updates with our users around ClusterTool, an updated support policy and further updates on the status of TrueNAS SCALE support.

ClusterTool Public Alpha Release

First up, we are excited to announce the public Alpha release of ClusterTool! This marks a significant step forward in our mission to provide powerful tools for bootstrapping and managing your own Kubernetes clusters on Talos, our platform of choice going forward.

Please note that KubeApps is not yet compatible with ClusterTool, and we currently do not offer any migration tooling to facilitate the transition of TrueNAS SCALE apps to Talos. This will come in a future release, per the timeline we previously outlined here.

You can find and download the latest releases of ClusterTool here. We also have a clustertool channel available on our Discord which users can use to discuss usage of the tool, and users can find our ClusterTool documentation here.

Updated Support Policy

We have updated our support policy in an effort to provide clearer, more defined guidelines for our users going forward. The updated policy includes information on our expectations around assumed/prior knowledge for users going forward, what’s not covered by TrueCharts support and more.

We would like to note that, in general, using our Charts with Kubernetes running on Talos will be a radically different experience compared to the prior experience afforded by TrueNAS SCALE. We are expecting some users that might have previously been comfortable running TrueCharts charts on SCALE, will not be comfortable with continuing to use TrueCharts on Talos.

In the future, we will post a news article outlining alternative options for TrueCharts users who do not wish to continue on Talos. These options may include

Migrating to iX/TrueNAS “official” apps
Migrating to unRAID
Migrating to a sandbox or “DIY Docker” setup
Options afforded by ElfHosted.

Going forward, we will assume users that wish to continue using TrueCharts on Talos have prior knowledge of the following:

How to use a shell, terminal or console
How to use basic shell commands to manage or perform actions on platforms such as Talos
How to use kubectl to get pods or services, describe issues, etc.
Basic knowledge of Talos including what “applying” does, what a “machineconfig” is and how “upgrades” work vs k8s-upgrade
Basic knowledge of Kubernetes including what a “pod” or “container” is
Others outlined below.

TrueCharts support will also not assist users with (including but not limited to) the below:

Network configuration
CloudFlare proxying
How to install or use kubectl or talosctl
Helm 101 (how to install, upgrade or edit a Helm Chart)
Configuring specific apps/software in TrueCharts Charts, e.g. Plex/Sonarr/etc. configuration.

For more information, please review the updated support policy here.

Discontinuation of Support for TrueCharts App Installs on TrueNAS SCALE

As part of our commitment to the path forward away from running TrueCharts apps on TrueNAS SCALE, we have discontinued support for new TrueCharts app installs on TrueNAS SCALE. TrueNAS SCALE is now a deprecated platform as far as TrueCharts apps are concerned, and this change is to ensure users are not left without support for new app installations.

Code related to the building of, development of, and other aspects of TrueNAS SCALE apps/charts support has been removed from the TrueCharts project backend.

To clarify: users can still install existing versions of TrueCharts apps/charts on TrueNAS SCALE, but they will not be eligible for support.

We advise users to await further migration updates as outlined in our roadmap linked above.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding as we work to provide the best tools and services for our community. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the months ahead!

SCALE Migration Path Update

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

As previously announced, we will share more detailed information on the road forward for our SCALE users on July 1st. We are well into this work and can finally share some preliminary information ahead of the official announcement.

Introducing: Talos Linux

Our alternative will be based on Talos, an immutable and lightweight operating system designed to run Kubernetes efficiently. Talos is open-source, production-quality software supported by a reliable and honest company.

Contrary to some reports, Talos is not limited to deployment on virtual machines. It runs excellently on both virtual machines and bare-metal hardware.

Our guides will cover setting up virtual machines, as they are standardized enough for us to ensure accuracy. These guides are already online, validated, and ready to use! Just visit the docs, clustertool, and virtual-machines sections and get started.

Introducing: ClusterTool

While Talos is a robust system, its default interaction method is quite command-line heavy. We understand that our users may not want to dive into numerous custom CLI commands.

We are excited to introduce our Talos cluster maintenance utility: ClusterTool.

ClusterTool simplifies the setup of a functional Kubernetes cluster, whether single or multi-node, into a single command! Additionally, we are incorporating the Kubernetes Dashboard and KubeApps to provide a GUI for managing and installing applications, similar to the SCALE experience.

Thanks to integration with Talhelper, all Talos configuration is stored in just two files. Even the most critical configuration elements for your core-cluster components are just a single file edit away!

After setup, the complete cluster is truly yours. You can modify anything you like, including the core components we installed.

ClusterTool also supports SOPS encryption, allowing you to safely store your cluster data anywhere. Beyond all of this, we’ve even added advanced tools to upgrade and alter your entire Talos cluster with just a single command.

Migrating from TrueNAS SCALE

ClusterTool will eventually feature automated tooling to migrate all TrueCharts TrueNAS SCALE Apps directly into your new cluster, making the transition seamless. Our current goal is to ensure cluster deployment is rock-solid before introducing migration tooling. Once the ALPHA of ClusterTool is stable, we will prioritize developing reliable migration tools as quickly as possible.

ClusterTool: Roadmap

ClusterTool is not fully ready yet. Here is the official roadmap (please note that these dates may change without prior notice):

July 1st: v1.0.0-ALPHA-1
August 1st: v1.0.0-BETA-1
September 1st: v1.0.0-RC-1
October 1st: v1.0.0-RELEASE

ALPHA

Not feature-complete; some minor features may malfunction.
Only available for testing on throwaway clusters.
Will not contain any SCALE Migration Tooling.

BETA

Mostly feature-complete with no major changes expected.
Will include SCALE Migration tooling.
Suitable for permanent migration, but without guarantees.

Ready for deployment on smaller setups after internal testing.
No major changes requiring redeployment expected.
No guarantees, but support will be available where possible.

RELEASE

Ready for full deployment.

What to Expect on July 1st

Alongside releasing the ALPHA build of ClusterTool, we will provide a more in-depth explanation of our new tooling and its capabilities. Documentation for all ClusterTool features will be up-to-date and well-polished.

Additionally, there will be changes to our support scope, as we will need to be stricter about what is and isn’t supported on DIY clusters.

Hang tight and see you on July 1st! The TrueCharts Team

Deprecation of TrueNAS SCALE Apps

Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Like many of you, we’ve been made aware by the decision of iX-Systems to remove Kubernetes from TrueNAS SCALE Electric-Eel onwards. We’re very saddened by this news, as we had some awesome plans in store for all our users, including those on TrueNAS SCALE.

From integrations with popular Kubernetes tools, to our VPN addon and even our latest addition of integrated VolSync S3 backup support, the last few years we’ve spent hundreds of hours pushing the boundaries of what is possible with Helm charts and we will continue to do so.

While we fully agree that iX should offer the option to use docker-compose in addition to Kubernetes-based “custom-app”s, the way this sun-setting without deprecation has been handled, is not acceptable to us. It goes against every fiber of our being, as we prefer to collaborate on moving our loved platforms forward.

We view that both Kubernetes and Docker-Compose have a place, with that place not being mutually exclusive. Sadly enough, iX-Systems does not share that view. It’s a loss-loss situation, where SCALE users will have to trade the loss of TrueCharts with the option of copying-in their own compose files.

A situation that, from our point of view, isn’t, and has never been, needed. But it’s the cards we’ve been dealt.

Our way forward

As always, we’re committed 100% to our users and will help them find solutions.

Currently, we’re exploring multiple strategies by which you will be able to keep using our trusted TrueCharts Charts, even combined with your current TrueNAS SCALE Storage. We’ve learned a lot from our smooth DragonFish migration last month and we’re fully confident we can offer an experience that satisfies our users!

Our time-frame is to have an initial BETA for migration going before 01-07-2024, after which we want to polish and automate the process as much as possible based on user feedback.

Our goodbye

Our goodbyes for TrueCharts on SCALE Apps are bitter-sweet; while we have had a great time working with some people over at iX-Systems, we also don’t see eye-to-eye on many things.

We shall always stand with our users. Which means we also will focus on the way forward from now on, in which TrueNAS SCALE Apps will not be featured and we will instead focus on our other supported platforms and migration options.

We want to thank the TrueNAS community for their constant feedback during the years that TrueCharts as SCALE Apps lasted. We specifically want to thank Waqar Ahmed for the many hours spent polishing the original Apps system and Morgan Littlewood for his continued vision of what TrueNAS SCALE could be.

Enhanced Chart Backup and Restore Solutions

Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Enhancing Backups and Restores for TrueCharts Users

Today, we are pleased to announce new solutions for backing up and restoring of TrueCharts CNPG and application/chart data. We hope you enjoy!

Introducing CloudNativePG Backup and Restore Support for TrueCharts

We are excited to announce that TrueCharts now supports CloudNativePG backup and restore functionalities with S3 storage providers such as MinIO hosts, BackBlaze, CloudFlare, Amazon (coming soon) and more. This new feature offers TrueCharts users a seamless and efficient way to manage their database backups directly to the cloud, or to a local MinIO host.

By leveraging solutions provided by S3 storage providers, TrueCharts users can now

Enhance data security by storing backups in secure, scalable and durable storage
Optimize storage costs by taking advantage of the inherently cost-effective and scalable nature of S3 storage
Ensure reliability by benefiting from the high availability and enhanced redundancy offers by S3 providers
Simplify backup management by easily automating backup scheduled and managing them from an apps’ TrueNAS SCALE GUI or other interface

With this addition, TrueCharts users can rest assured that their applications’ CNPG data is easily recovered as needed, minimizing the risk of data loss and downtime.

Simplifying PVC Backups with VolSync

In addition to the above CNPG enhancements, TrueCharts is proud to introduce VolSync’s automatic backup and restore capabilities for PVC storage. VolSync simplifies the process of managing PVC backups, ensuring that your data is safeguarded.

Key features of VolSync include

Automatic backups of a chart or apps’ PVC data
Effortless restoring of PVC containers to a prior state when an app is (re)installed
Management on a per-app basis from an apps’ TrueNAS SCALE GUI, Helm or other any interface

By integrating VolSync, TrueCharts users achieve a higher level of data resilience, making it easier than ever to safeguard or recover an application/charts’ data.

Expanding Backups and Restores on Helm

TrueCharts is a multi-platform project that builds Helm charts with multiple downstream targets, including TrueNAS SCALE among others. As such, we’ve also published the above CNPG and VolSync guides to the Helm platform section of our docs. This allows TrueCharts users running Helm directly to also integrate these new features.

Caveats

Currently, this new restore functionality isn’t yet functional on TrueNAS SCALE due to an upstream bug with OpenEBS. We’ve submitted a bug report and will update the docs page linked below once this is resolved. For users of our charts on other Helm platforms, this does not apply, so backup and restore functionality should work fine.

Documentation and Instructions

You can find our initial guides and documentation for how to take advantage of the above exciting new solutions for SCALE [here](/, and in the Helm section linked above. Please note that these pages will evolve and be updated in the near future, especially once functionality on SCALE is restored, and we welcome discussion in our Discord channel.

Closing Out

We’re committed to providing continual improvements and features to our users, thanks largely to those who have generously donated towards our project 💙. You allow TrueCharts to continue evolving.

If you find our documentation/truecharts/guides helpful or want to join the ranks of the over 250 people helping buy us Coffee ☕ you can do this via our Open Collective page here:

One time or recurring Coffee donations 🫶

Thank you for choosing TrueCharts. Happy charting!

TrueNAS SCALE DragonFish Release and Support

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Ahead of TrueNAS SCALE DragonFish hitting the open waters, TrueCharts is right alongside it with full support for the release. In this news post we’ll go over the improvements that can be expected from the update, the steps required for TrueCharts users to migrate their apps to this latest release and some things to keep in mind going forward.

This will be a relatively long but important post, so let’s get started!

TrueNAS SCALE DragonFish 🐟

DragonFish is the latest update to the iX-Systems TrueNAS SCALE platform, and brings a bevy of improvements and additions. These include new and reworked sections of the GUI, changes to ZFS ARC memory behavior that bring it inline with TrueNAS CORE, Linux kernel and GPU driver updates (including Intel ARC GPU support), improvements to SMB and NFS shares and more. Read more about the changes with DragonFish here.

TrueCharts and DragonFish: A Perfect Match 💞

Going forward, TrueCharts wants to confirm that DragonFish is the ONLY supported SCALE version by TrueCharts from its release onwards. This allows us to focus our efforts on ensuring compatibility, stability, and optimal performance for TrueNAS SCALE DragonFish users into the future. This means that there are a couple of things to note, depending on which version of TrueNAS SCALE you’re running.

TrueNAS SCALE Cobia Users

For existing TrueNAS SCALE users remaining on Cobia until such time they update, we understand that migration takes time. Whilst DragonFish is the future, you can select a special branch of TrueCharts in TrueNAS SCALE’s catalogue settings called legacy_23.10 (instead of main). This is, however, not covered by TrueCharts support from the release of DragonFish onwards.

Users Upgrading to TrueNAS SCALE DragonFish

As we have already outlined in [previous](/ [communications](/, DragonFish includes an important change to how TrueCharts apps function on the SCALE platform. This means that there are two ways you can proceed with using our apps on DragonFish. These are

Completely resetting the complete apps system by unsetting the Apps pool, removing the ix-applications dataset, and selecting the apps pool again, once your TrueNAS SCALE system is updated to DragonFish per our getting started [guide](/ for new users.
Following our [migration process](/ for Cobia to DragonFish, developed in collaboration with and using tools/processes provided by HeavyBullets. Whilst this process is a manual one and is REQUIRED to be performed in one session/attempt, as noted on the page, it has been designed to be as smooth as possible after much internal testing and development from HeavyBullets. Thanks Heavy! ❤️

Your existing apps won’t immediately stop working should you upgrade to DragonFish without following the above. However, TrueCharts apps newly installed onto DragonFish post-upgrade will NOT work without following the above steps. Upgrading to DragonFish using methods outside our above-described guides automatically results in you being outside our [support scope](/.

New TrueNAS SCALE DragonFish Users

New users joining the TrueCharts family will default to the DragonFish-supported main branch per our getting started [guide](/.

Updated TrueNAS SCALE Support Policy

To ensure transparency, we’ve updated our TrueNAS SCALE support [page](/ to highlight which SCALE features and versions are supported by TrueCharts and which ones aren’t. Make sure to check it out to understand the scope of support our volunteers can provide you.

Enhanced TrueNAS SCALE GUI Options for TrueCharts Apps

We’ve updated the TrueCharts apps/charts options in the SCALE GUI to provide additional links to supporting documentation. We’ve also streamlined naming across all supported TrueCharts deployment platforms for a cohesive and user-friendly experience regardless of what platform you want to run Kubernetes on. We won’t judge!

Closing Out

We’re committed to providing the best support and experience for our TrueCharts users on TrueNAS SCALE DragonFish. The TrueCharts team would also like to thank those who have generously donated towards our project for their continued support 💙. You keep TrueCharts thriving and allow us to continue providing resources such as our new and improved website to the community.

If you find our documentation/truecharts/guides helpful or want to join the ranks of the over 250 people helping buy us Coffee ☕you can do this via our Open Collective page here:

One time or recurring Coffee donations 🫶

Thank you for choosing TrueCharts, and here’s to a future filled with innovation and collaboration. Happy charting!

TrueForge | TrueCharts News

Februari Update

ForgeTool

Changes in This Release

TrueCharts Update

LifeForge

GamingForce

Whats to come?

Announcing: ContainerForge

🧩 What Is ContainerForge?

⚙️ Built with TrueNAS in Mind

🧱 Standardised, Extensible, and Transparent

🧰 What’s Next

📦 Explore Today

💬 Get Involved

Updated OCI Repository Link

Move OCI Registry to New Domain and Responds to Bitnami Changes

New Registry Locations

Clustertool Updated for Talos 1.11.0

Bitnami Policy Shift

Nextcloud Update 31.0.8

What Users Should Do:

Common-2025 finally released

TrueCharts Releases common-2025 Helm Library with Major Improvements

🚀 Key Highlights of common-2025

🙏 Thank You

Truenas-Oriented Talos Docker-Compose

MrPuffins new role

Clustertool v2

New Clustertool v2 Launches with NGINX Backend and Major Upgrades

What’s New in Clustertool v2?

Changes for Existing Clusters

Clustertool as a CI Platform for Chart Testing

Special Thanks

Important Notice for SCALE Users

Ready to update?

Recent Changes

Deprecation & Removal of Mirrored Upstream Charts

Expansion to Stable Charts

Documentation Overhaul

New Guides and Resources

Common 2025 refactors ongoing

Community Contributions Welcome

2025 project goals

TrueCharts: Our Ambitious Plans for 2025

Reflecting on 2024

Goals for 2025

Helm Chart Repository Enhancements

Improvements to the Common Chart and Ingress

Dependency Management Enhancements

Add-On System Expansion

Testing and Validation Improvements

Looking Ahead

Clustertool v1.0.0 Released

New Support Policy

What’s New:

Exporting TrueCharts SCALE Apps and leaving TrueCharts

Effortless Hosting with ElfHosted

Clustertool Release Candidate

ClusterTool Release Candidate Update

ClusterTool is Now Source-Available

New Guides for CSI Installation and Longhorn Integration

Changes in Documentation Leadership

Future Prospect for Clustertool and our Helm Charts

Guide to Creating a Talos Cluster with ClusterTool and Migrating Your SCALE Apps

Creating your Talos Cluster

SCALE Apps Migration

Effortless Hosting with ElfHosted

TrueNAS Scale TrueCharts Frequently Asked Questions

What happened to TrueCharts apps on TrueNAS Scale?

Why don’t you just continue making TrueNAS Scale apps?

Why was there no warning about this change?

Could you not have had a solution ready earlier?

So, does this mean that TrueCharts is dead?

How do I install TrueCharts now?

I want to keep using TrueNAS Scale as my OS. What can I do?

Will ClusterTool migrate my application data to Talos?

Why Talos?

What about HexOS?

What about insert your choice OS?

TrueCharts Releases `common-2025` Helm Library with Major Improvements

🚀 Key Highlights of `common-2025`