TrueNAS AIops (preview)

Disclaimer: Community-maintained open-source project. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by iXsystems or the TrueNAS project. "TrueNAS" is a trademark of its owner. MIT licensed.

AI-powered TrueNAS SCALE storage operations with a built-in governance harness — unified audit log, policy engine, token/runaway budget guard, undo-token recording, and graduated-autonomy risk tiers. Self-contained: no external dependencies beyond httpx and the MCP SDK. Preview — mock-validated only, not yet verified against a live TrueNAS appliance.

What works

• CLI (truenas-aiops ...): init, overview, system, pool list/get/status/scrub-status/capacity/scrub-start, dataset list/get/create, snapshot list/create/delete, disk list/smart, alert list, service list/restart, replication list/cloudsync, secret set/list/rm/migrate/rotate-password, doctor, mcp.

• MCP server (truenas-aiops mcp or truenas-aiops-mcp): 21 tools (16 read, 5 write), every one wrapped with the bundled @governed_tool harness.

• Encrypted credentials: the TrueNAS API key lives in an encrypted store ~/.truenas-aiops/secrets.enc (Fernet + scrypt) — never plaintext on disk. Unlock with a master password from TRUENAS_AIOPS_MASTER_PASSWORD (MCP/CI) or an interactive prompt (CLI).

• Reversibility: snapshot_create records an inverse snapshot_delete undo descriptor. The irreversible snapshot_delete (high risk) captures the snapshot's BEFORE state for the audit record and declares no undo.

• Safety: destructive CLI ops (snapshot delete, service restart) require double confirmation and support --dry-run.

Related MCP server: TrueNAS Scale MCP Server

Capability matrix (21 MCP tools)

Quick start

uv tool install truenas-aiops
truenas-aiops init        # interactive wizard: connection details + encrypted API key
truenas-aiops doctor      # verify config, encrypted store, connectivity (hits /system/info)

init writes ~/.truenas-aiops/config.yaml (non-secret connection details) and stores the API key encrypted in ~/.truenas-aiops/secrets.enc. Example config it produces:

targets:
  - name: nas1
    host: 10.0.0.30
    port: 443
    verify_ssl: false          # self-signed lab certs only
    api_path: /api/v2.0

Create the API key in the TrueNAS UI under Credentials → API Keys. For non-interactive use (MCP server, CI, cron) export the master password so the store can be unlocked without a prompt:

export TRUENAS_AIOPS_MASTER_PASSWORD='your-master-password'

Managing secrets

truenas-aiops secret set nas1             # prompts hidden for the API key
truenas-aiops secret list                 # names only, values never shown
truenas-aiops secret rm nas1
truenas-aiops secret rotate-password      # re-encrypt under a new master password
truenas-aiops secret migrate              # import a legacy plaintext .env, then deletes it

A legacy plaintext env var TRUENAS_<TARGET_NAME_UPPER>_APIKEY is still honoured as a fallback with a deprecation warning (migrate with truenas-aiops secret migrate).

支持范围 / Supported scope

Read: system info, ZFS pools (list/get/status/scrub-status/capacity), datasets (list/get), snapshots (list), disks + S.M.A.R.T. results, alerts, services, replication & cloud-sync tasks, one-shot health overview. Mutating (governed, dry-run + double-confirm where destructive): pool_scrub_start, dataset_create, snapshot_create, snapshot_delete, service_restart.

缺功能？(Missing something?) This is a focused preview. Open an issue or PR at github.com/AIops-tools/TrueNAS-AIops — feature requests, contributions, and comments are all welcome.

Preview caveats

• Mock-only: all behaviour is validated against mocked REST responses; not yet run against a live TrueNAS SCALE appliance. truenas-aiops doctor is the fastest live check.

• Endpoint paths (e.g. /pool/scrub/run, /zfs/snapshot/id/{id}, /smart/test/results, /alert/list) are modelled against the documented TrueNAS SCALE REST v2.0 API and need live verification.

• Out of scope by design: anything that destroys bulk data (dataset/pool deletion, replication runs that overwrite) — only snapshot_delete removes data, and it is high risk + double-confirmed.

Not for

Other NAS/storage or backup products, hypervisor VM lifecycle, container clusters, or network devices — those are out of scope for this tool.

License

MIT — github.com/AIops-tools/TrueNAS-AIops