Setting Up Data Sharing |

Creating a Basic Dataset for Shares

To create a dataset using the default settings, go to Datasets. Default settings include the settings datasets inherit from the parent dataset.

Select a dataset (root, parent, or child), then click Add Dataset.

Enter a value in Name.

For the Sync option, we recommend production systems with critical data use the default Standard choice or increase to Always. Choosing Disabled is only suitable in situations where data loss from system crash or power loss is acceptable.

Select either Sensitive or Insensitive from the Case Sensitivity dropdown.

Select the Share Type, then click Save. Options are Generic, Multiprotocol, SMB, or Apps.

You can create datasets optimized for SMB shares or with customized settings for your dataset use cases.

If you plan to deploy container applications, the system automatically creates the ix-applications dataset, but it is not used for application data storage. If you want to store data by application, create the dataset first, then deploy your application. When creating a dataset for an application, select App as the Share Type setting. This optimizes the dataset for use by an application.

Review the Share Type and Case Sensitivity options on the configuration screen before clicking Save. You cannot change these or the Name setting after clicking Save.

Creating a Basic SMB Share

To set up a basic SMB share:

Create a dataset with Share Type set to SMB.
Create the TrueNAS user accounts with Samba Authentication set.
a. Go to Credentials > Local Users and click Add to create a user.
b. Enter the values in each required field, and then verify Samba Authentication is selected. For more information on the fields and adding users, see Creating User Accounts.
c. Click Save.
Edit the SMB share dataset permissions to set the Select an ACL Preset to Open.
a. Go to Datasets. Select the name of the dataset for the SMB share you created. Scroll down to the Permissions widget on the right side of the screen.
Click Edit to open the ACL Editor screen and edit the permissions.
b. Select Use Preset. The Select a preset ACL dialog displays. Select NFS4_OPEN from the dropdown list.
c. Click Continue.
d. Click Save Access Control List.
For more information on Access Control Lists and editing permissions, see Setting Up Permissions.
Create the new SMB share.
a. Click Shares on the main navigation panel, then click Add on the Windows (SMB) Shares widget to open the Add SMB configuration screen.
b. Select the dataset you created for the share in the Path field. You can click on the to the left of mnt, and then at the pool to expand the options, and then click on the dataset to populate the field with the full path.
c. Enter a name for the share.
d. Click Save.
Turn the SMB service on. If the dialog to enable the service does not open, click the for the share and select Turn On Service.
Connect to the share. On a Windows 10 system, open the File Browsers and then:
a. In the navigation bar, enter \\ and the TrueNAS system name or IP address. A login credentials dialog displays.
b. Enter the TrueNAS user account credentials you created on the TrueNAS system.
c. Begin browsing the dataset.

Adding a Basic NFS Share

To set up NFS sharing:

Create a dataset with Share Type set to Generic.
Add additional packages like nfs-common to any client systems that require them.
Create the NFS share.
a. Select Shares on the main navigation panel, then click Add on the UNIX (NFS) Share Targets to open the Add NFS configuration screen.
b. Select the dataset you created for the share in the Path field. You can click on the to the left of mnt, and then at the pool to expand the options, and then click on the dataset to populate the field with the full path.
c. Click Save.
Access the dataset. On a Unix-like system, open a command line and enter command showmount -e {IPADDRESS} where {IPADDRESS} is your TrueNAS system IP address.
```
tmoore@ChimaeraPrime:~$ showmount -e 10.238.15.194
Export list for 10.238.15.194:
/mnt/pool1/testds (everyone)
```
Make a local directory for the NFS mount. Enter command sudo mkdir nfstemp/
```
tmoore@ChimaeraPrime:~$ sudo mkdir nfstemp/
```
Mount the shared directory. Enter command sudo mount -t nfs {IPADDRESS:dataset path} where {IPADDRESS} is your system IP address and {:dataset path} is the full path displayed in step 3.b. above.
```
tmoore@ChimaeraPrime:~$ sudo mount -t nfs 10.238.15.194:/mnt/pool1/testds nfstemp/
```
From here, cd into the local directory and view or modify the files as needed.

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