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truenascoremcp

vespo92/truenascoremcp

A production-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for TrueNAS Core and SCALE systems. Control and manage your TrueNAS storage and virtualization through natural language with Claude or other MCP-compatible clients.

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Install

uvx truenas-mcp-server

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "truenas": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "truenas-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRUENAS_URL": "<TRUENAS_URL>",
        "TRUENAS_API_KEY": "<TRUENAS_API_KEY>",
        "TRUENAS_VERIFY_SSL": "<TRUENAS_VERIFY_SSL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

TRUENAS_URLTRUENAS_API_KEYTRUENAS_VERIFY_SSL
Author
@vespo92
Category
Cloud Storage, Developer Tools
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

About truenascoremcp

Automatic variant detection: The server automatically detects whether you're connected to TrueNAS Core or SCALE and enables the appropriate features.

Features

  • User Management - Create, update, delete users and manage permissions

  • Storage Management - Manage pools, datasets, volumes with full ZFS support

  • File Sharing - Configure SMB, NFS, and iSCSI shares

  • Snapshot Management - Create, delete, rollback snapshots with automation

  • System Monitoring - Check system health, pool status, and resource usage

  • Apps - Manage Docker Compose-based TrueNAS applications

  • Incus Instances - Control Incus VMs and containers (SCALE 25.04+)

  • Legacy VMs - Manage bhyve virtual machines

  • Type-Safe Operations - Full Pydantic models for request/response validation

  • Comprehensive Error Handling - Detailed error messages and recovery guidance

Tools (40)

  • get_user

    Get specific user information

  • create_user

    Create new user account

  • update_user

    Modify user properties

  • delete_user

    Remove user account

  • list_pools

    Show all storage pools

  • get_pool_status

    Detailed pool health and statistics

  • create_dataset

    Create new dataset with options

  • update_dataset

    Modify dataset properties

  • delete_dataset

    Remove dataset

  • list_smb_shares

    Show SMB/CIFS shares

  • create_smb_share

    Create Windows share

  • list_nfs_exports

    Show NFS exports

  • create_nfs_export

    Create NFS export

  • list_iscsi_targets

    Show iSCSI targets

  • create_iscsi_target

    Create iSCSI target

  • list_snapshots

    Show snapshots

  • create_snapshot

    Create manual snapshot

  • delete_snapshot

    Remove snapshot

  • rollback_snapshot

    Revert to snapshot

  • clone_snapshot

    Clone to new dataset

  • create_snapshot_task

    Setup automated snapshots

  • list_apps

    Show all TrueNAS apps with status

  • get_app

    Get detailed app information

  • get_app_config

    Get full app configuration

  • start_app

    Start an app

  • stop_app

    Stop an app

  • restart_app

    Restart an app

  • redeploy_app

    Redeploy after config changes

  • update_app_config

    Update app configuration

  • list_instances

    Show VMs and containers

  • get_instance

    Get instance details

  • start_instance

    Start an instance

  • stop_instance

    Stop an instance

  • restart_instance

    Restart an instance

  • update_instance

    Update CPU/memory/autostart

  • list_instance_devices

    Show attached devices

  • list_legacy_vms

    Show bhyve VMs

  • get_legacy_vm

    Get VM details

  • start_legacy_vm

    Start a VM

  • stop_legacy_vm

    Stop a VM

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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