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Installing on FreeNAS/TrueNAS

Table of Contents
  1. Caveats and assumptions
  2. Linux compatibility
  3. ffmpeg/ffprobe
  4. Downloading and running

Caveats and assumptions

  • the method documented here has only been given cursory testing, so there may be compatibility problems
  • this method assumes that stash will be run within a previously created iocage jail - the process to create and configure the jail is not included here
  • if the jail is in NAT mode, ensure that port 9999 is forwarded to your TrueNAS host
  • the alternative to this method is to compile from source, which is a more involved process and not documented here

Linux compatibility

In order for the stash-linux binary to work in a FreeBSD system, Linux compatibility must be enabled both in the system and the jail. To enable Linux compatibility:

  1. navigate to System -> Tunables in the TrueNAS Web UI
  2. click Add and enter the following:
    • Variable: linux_enable
    • Value: YES
    • Type: rc.conf
  3. Click submit.
  4. In a shell in your iocage jail, edit /etc/rc.conf to add:
enable_linux="YES"
  1. Reboot the system.

ffmpeg/ffprobe

ffmpeg can be downloaded using pkg install ffmpeg. For some reason, stash is unable to find the ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries even after installing them. To work around this, create symbolic links to the binaries in $HOME/.stash:

ln -s /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg ~/.stash/ffmpeg
ln -s /usr/local/bin/ffprobe ~/.stash/ffprobe

Downloading and running

Download stash-linux for your chosen release. Make sure to enable execution with: chmod +x stash-linux

Run with: ./stash-linux (assuming the binary is in the current directory)