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title: "TrueNAS Scale CLI Reference: Storage & Kubernetes Commands"
description: "General Storage Application General ZFS I have very much fallen down the rabbit hole with TrueNAS and although the GUI is very good occasionally I need to"
date: 2023-11-13T14:34:17+00:00
modified: 2026-04-11T09:00:47+00:00
author: James Kilby
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  - Kubernetes
  - TrueNAS Scale
  - Homelab
  - Storage
  - vExpert
  - VMware
  - vSAN
  - vSphere
  - Docker
  - Hosting
tags:
  - #Reference
  - #TrueNAS Scale
url: https://jameskilby.co.uk/2023/11/truenas-scale-useful-commands/
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# TrueNAS Scale CLI Reference: Storage & Kubernetes Commands

By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk) November 13, 2023 · Updated April 11, 2026 • 📖1 min read(221 words)

📅**Published:** November 13, 2023•**Updated:** April 11, 2026

## Table of Contents

I have very much fallen down the rabbit hole with TrueNAS and although the GUI is very good occasionally I need to jump to the command line. This is a list of the commands that I might need to use. I will update this page with anything else I find useful. 

## General Storage

Get the compression ratio of each Pool
    
    
    sudo zfs get compressratio  $PoolName

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## Application

Install HeavyScript
    
    
    curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Heavybullets8/heavy_script/main/functions/deploy.sh | bash && source "$HOME/.bashrc" 2>/dev/null && source "$HOME/.zshrc" 2>/dev/null

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View the size of each application
    
    
    zfs list $(cli -c 'app kubernetes config' | grep -E "pool\s\|" | awk -F '|' '{print $3}' | tr -d " \t\n\r")/ix-applications/releases -r | grep pvc | awk '{print $1, $2}' | sort -hr -k2 | column -t

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List all Pods and status
    
    
    sudo k3s kubectl get pods -A

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Verify which pool your apps are running on
    
    
    cli -c 'app kubernetes config'

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View pods and network info
    
    
    k3s kubectl get pods,svc -A

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Update and then prune docker containers
    
    
     sudo heavyscript update -p

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    sudo systemctl restart middlewared 

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## General ZFS

Show all pools and the physical disk structure/health of all members
    
    
    sudo zpool status

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Get ZFS Compression ratio
    
    
    sudo zfs get compressratio $Poolname

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