{"id":1073,"date":"2024-04-05T00:02:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T23:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.0.55\/wordpress\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:13:02","slug":"initial-configuration-of-truenas-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/initial-configuration-of-truenas-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial Configuration of TrueNAS Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1073\" class=\"elementor elementor-1073\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2330e83 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2330e83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d18f50a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d18f50a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Network Settings<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8344690 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8344690\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Having completed the <a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/installing-truenas-scale\/\">initial install<\/a> and rebooted the device you will again be presented with the GRUB boot menu.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f779c9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f779c9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0185.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TrueNAS SCALE GRUB Boot Menu\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Screenshot of the GRUB bootloader menu that appears each time TrueNAS SCALE boots. This screen lets you select the operating system; TrueNAS SCALE is pre-selected as the default option.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU0MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3J5ZXJveGxleS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA0XC9TTkFHLTAxODUuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0185-1024x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2540\" alt=\"GRUB boot menu displaying TrueNAS SCALE as the selected boot option after system installation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0185-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0185-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0185-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0185-1536x961.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0185-2048x1281.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The GRUB boot menu presented on restart after TrueNAS SCALE installation<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6bd72c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6bd72c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2a7390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2a7390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOnce the device has rebooted you will be faced with this screen:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd6cacb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd6cacb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0186.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TrueNAS SCALE Console Screen\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"The TrueNAS SCALE console screen displayed after the system boots. It shows the IP address of the web interface, which you enter into a browser to begin configuration.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU0MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3J5ZXJveGxleS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA0XC9TTkFHLTAxODYuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2542\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE console screen showing the web interface URL after system boot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0186.jpg 817w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0186-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0186-768x719.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb72792 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb72792\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b86fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05b86fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The next step is to configure the network options and give the server a fixed IP address. This can be achieved from the console, but it is much easier from the GUI. In your favourite web browser, enter the\u00a0 URL in the console message, in my case, 192.168.0.160. You may get a certificate warning at this point. Just ignore this and continue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c804b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c804b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0187.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TrueNAS SCALE Web Interface in Browser\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"The TrueNAS SCALE web management interface accessed from a browser. A certificate warning appears on first access; this is expected and can be safely bypassed to continue to the login page.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU0MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3J5ZXJveGxleS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA0XC9TTkFHLTAxODcuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2543\" alt=\"Web browser displaying the TrueNAS SCALE login page with a certificate warning on first access\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0187.jpg 738w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0187-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df49405 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df49405\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The username is <strong>truenas_admin<\/strong> and the password the one you entered earlier. Once logged in select <strong>Network<\/strong> from the main menu on the left.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beaf792 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"beaf792\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c59f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c59f03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0188.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2544\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE Network page listing available network interfaces and global configuration options\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0188.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0188-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0188-768x703.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed16d31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ed16d31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-425b02d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"425b02d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here you can see that I have 1 available network interface (ens3). It has the IPv4 address of 192.168.0.160 and two IPv6 Addresses. Also in the <strong>Network Configuration<\/strong>, you can see that two IPv4 Nameservers, 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3. The default route is 192.168.0.1.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb7fd09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb7fd09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20e8108 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20e8108\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0189-1024x805.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2545\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE network configuration panel showing interface details including IPv4 address, IPv6 addresses, nameservers, and default route\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0189-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0189-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0189-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0189-1536x1208.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0189.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3951ad1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3951ad1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-670d0d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"670d0d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Click on the ellipsis &#8220;\u22ee&#8221; next to the active network interface, in this case <strong>ens3<\/strong>. Then select <strong>Edit<\/strong>. Select &#8220;Define Static IP Addresses&#8221;\u00a0and then click <strong>Add<\/strong>. You need to identify an unused IP address on your network. In a console you could use <strong>Ping<\/strong> for this. It should be an address that is not included in your DHCP range. I have chosen 192.168.0.31 with the CIDR network mask of \/24. This should match the CIDR in your existing network settings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-032083e e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"032083e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc55e6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc55e6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0190.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TrueNAS SCALE Static IP Address Configuration\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"The network interface edit form in TrueNAS SCALE showing the &#039;Define Static IP Addresses&#039; option with a new static IP address entered in CIDR notation. Choose an IP outside your DHCP range that isn&#039;t currently in use on your network.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU0NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3J5ZXJveGxleS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA0XC9TTkFHLTAxOTAuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0190-540x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2546\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE network interface edit form showing a static IP address being configured with CIDR notation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0190-540x1024.jpg 540w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0190-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0190.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b29d562 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b29d562\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0ddab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f0ddab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You will then be prompted to enter <strong>New IPv4 Default Gateway, Primary DNS Server <\/strong>and <strong>Secondary DNS Server<\/strong>.\u00a0 Hopefully, these will already have sensible addresses entered. If not, you should enter at least the Gateway and a primary DNS server.<\/p><p>For the first Nameserver you can see I have entered 192.168.0.2 which is the IP address of my first Pi-Hole that I use for DNS. If you have a local DNS use that. Other alternatives are:<\/p><p>Google 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4<\/p><p>Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1<\/p><p>Cloudflare also offers DNS facilities with filters for:<\/p><p>Malware 1.1.1.2 and 1.0.0.2<\/p><p>Also malware and adult content 1.1.1.3 and 1.0.0.3<\/p><p>Note that having more than 1 DNS is not primarily for redundancy but load balancing. So using 1.1.1.1 and 1.1.1.3 would sometimes query 1.1.1.1 and sometimes 1.1.1.3 there is no control over which DNS is used.<\/p><p>Click <strong>Register.<\/strong><\/p><p>You will then be prompted to <strong>Test Changes<\/strong>.\u00a0Once you click <strong>Test Changes,<\/strong> the IP address of the GUI will change to the new interface. So, before you do this, open a new tab in your browser and point it to the new IP address. Obviously, there is nothing at this address yet, so you will get the <strong>Connection timed out<\/strong> error. Now, revert to the previous tab and click <strong>Test Changes<\/strong>. In the pop-up box, click the confirm box and then <strong>Test Changes.<\/strong> Now switch to the new tab and refresh if necessary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8df65d e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f8df65d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd3a83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ccd3a83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0191.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TrueNAS SCALE Test Network Changes Notification\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"After entering new network settings, TrueNAS SCALE displays this notification bar prompting you to test the changes. Before clicking, open the new IP address in a second browser tab so you can reconnect if the test succeeds.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU0NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3J5ZXJveGxleS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA0XC9TTkFHLTAxOTEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0191-1024x176.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2547\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE notification bar prompting the user to test the pending network interface changes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0191-1024x176.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0191-300x52.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0191-768x132.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0191.jpg 1472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d254d9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d254d9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TrueNAS SCALE Network Test Confirmation Dialog\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"The confirmation dialog shown when testing new network settings in TrueNAS SCALE. The warning about connectivity interruption is expected; the interface will reappear at the new IP address if the test succeeds.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA5NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3J5ZXJveGxleS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzAzXC9pbWFnZS0yNi53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1095\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE dialog box asking for confirmation to test network interface changes, with a warning that network connectivity may be interrupted\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26.webp 686w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26-300x124.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed68d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ed68d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-655e44f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"655e44f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If all has gone well, you will be prompted to log in. Once you have logged in, you can save the new network settings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6329a79 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6329a79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62b4d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f62b4d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0192.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TrueNAS SCALE Login at New Static IP Address\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"After a successful network test, TrueNAS SCALE presents a login screen at the new IP address. Logging in here confirms the static IP configuration is correct and allows you to permanently save the new settings.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU0OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3J5ZXJveGxleS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA0XC9TTkFHLTAxOTIuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0192-1024x295.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2548\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE login screen displayed at the new static IP address after a successful network configuration test\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0192-1024x295.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0192-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0192-768x221.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0192.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-937beab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"937beab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4252b9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4252b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once you are in the Network settings click <strong>Save Changes<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7dc9f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7dc9f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eaf1be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4eaf1be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0194-1024x157.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2550\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE Network settings page with the Save Changes button highlighted to permanently apply the new network configuration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0194-1024x157.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0194-300x46.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0194-768x118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0194.jpg 1482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9cc2e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9cc2e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c00ce7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c00ce7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And then click\u00a0<strong>Save Changes<\/strong> again!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c990041 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c990041\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4c4bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d4c4bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0195.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2551\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE showing a second Save Changes prompt to permanently confirm and apply the new network settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0195.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0195-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3e586 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a3e586\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4768d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4768d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other General Settings. Localization, Email and SMTP<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e212d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e212d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6026e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6026e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Go to <strong>System &gt; General Settings <\/strong>and check that the localisation settings are correct. If not click <strong>Settings<\/strong> and make the corrections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266d7b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"266d7b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e27e28d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e27e28d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0196.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TrueNAS SCALE General Settings \u2013 Localisation\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"The General Settings page in TrueNAS SCALE showing the Localisation panel. Configure language, console keyboard map, timezone, and date\/time format here to match your region before proceeding with the rest of the setup.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU1MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3J5ZXJveGxleS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA0XC9TTkFHLTAxOTYuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0196-687x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2552\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE System General Settings page showing localisation options including language, console keyboard map, timezone, and date format\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0196-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0196-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0196.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e70543f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e70543f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28db03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e28db03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before configuring email it is necessary to enable a user to send email. So go to\u00a0<strong>Credentials &gt; Users<\/strong> and select the root user. This is the most important user to enable, as it is this user that will send system alerts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-098d5eb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"098d5eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d209455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d209455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0201-1024x621.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2557\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE Credentials &gt; Users page listing the root and truenas_admin local user accounts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0201-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0201-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0201-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0201.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b88eb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b88eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0417dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0417dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Then\u00a0<strong>Edit<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f52250 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f52250\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff3802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eff3802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0202-1024x1016.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2558\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE root user details panel showing profile information, access settings, and the Edit button\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0202-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0202-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0202-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0202-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0202.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f058138 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f058138\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e031771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e031771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Then click\u00a0<strong>Email<\/strong> where it says <strong>Not Set<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43829a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43829a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ceeb54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ceeb54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0203-523x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2560\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE Edit User form for root showing the Email field displaying Not Set, with the cursor positioned to click it\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0203-523x1024.jpg 523w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0203-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0203.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d0cce4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d0cce4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-125c808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"125c808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is the email address that root will send system alerts to. Enter an email address and click <b>Save.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a192fff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a192fff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa27ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fa27ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0204.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2561\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE Edit User Additional Details section with a Gmail address entered in the Email field for the root account\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0204.jpg 686w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0204-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0755564 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0755564\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef874a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef874a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is probably worth setting up a Gmail account just for TrueNAS Scale and other systems that need to send email, I use a gmail address for this. TrueNAS offers three alternatives for sending email, SMTP, GMail OAuth and Outlook OAuth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a875f0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a875f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d41fbea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d41fbea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GMail OAuth Settings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58457a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c58457a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0To set up TrueNAS Scale to send emails using Gmail. Go to\u00a0<strong>System &gt; General Settings\u00a0<\/strong>and click the\u00a0<strong>Email<\/strong>\u00a0&gt; S<strong>ettings<\/strong> button. Enter the\u00a0<strong>From Email<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>From Name\u00a0<\/strong>and click\u00a0<strong>Log In To Gmail.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73cebea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73cebea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb491f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4bb491f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0207.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2562\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE Email Options dialog with GMail OAuth selected as the send method, showing From Email and From Name fields populated and the Log In To Gmail button\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0207.jpg 702w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0207-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be1ecb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0be1ecb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You will then get an Authorisation pop-up box. Note that this redirects through www.truenas.com\/oauth\/gmail; this is expected behaviour and not a security risk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e18fef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e18fef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2563\" alt=\"The TrueNAS GMail OAuth authorisation page in a browser window, confirming the system address and showing the Proceed link\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0208.jpg 964w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0208-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0208-768x660.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2c6fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a2c6fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Click\u00a0<strong>Proceed,\u00a0<\/strong>and you will be taken to the standard <strong>Sign in with Google<\/strong> page. Proceed to login and give TrueNAS permission to access your Google Account. Click the\u00a0<strong>Send Test Mail<\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>button to confirm the setup. Once you are satisfied, click\u00a0<strong>Save.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c9e7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1c9e7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SMTP settings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b865820 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b865820\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e38b34c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e38b34c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you prefer to use SMTP, go\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>System &gt; General Settings\u00a0<\/strong>and click the\u00a0<strong>Email<\/strong>\u00a0&gt; S<strong>ettings<\/strong> button. Enter the details of your SMTP server. It is worth noting that the From email address must be authorised to send emails from your server. The other settings are server-dependent.\u00a0 Enter the details and click <strong>Send Test Mail<\/strong>. If all goes well, click <strong>Save<\/strong>; otherwise, confirm your settings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f74ba94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f74ba94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0211-483x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2568\" alt=\"TrueNAS SCALE Email Options dialog with SMTP selected, showing fields for From Email, From Name, Outgoing Mail Server, Mail Server Port, Security, SMTP Authentication, Username, and Password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0211-483x1024.jpg 483w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0211-142x300.jpg 142w, https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SNAG-0211.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbc1906 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbc1906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/securing-truenas-scale-with-key-based-authentication\/\">Next, ensure that your login to TrueNAS Scale is secure.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Network Settings Having completed the initial install and rebooted the device you will again be presented with the GRUB boot menu. The GRUB boot menu presented on restart after TrueNAS SCALE installation Once the device has rebooted you will be faced with this screen: The next step is to configure the network options and give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578,"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions\/2578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryeroxley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}