26.1.7_2: issue with ACME client automation upload to TrueNAS websocket API

Started by Rene78, May 04, 2026, 07:31:11 PM

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May 18, 2026, 09:38:40 AM #15
In either case it looks like it expects TrueNAS as OS, not OPNsense.


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May 19, 2026, 09:02:00 AM #16
Quote from: ceel on May 14, 2026, 03:10:38 PM[Thu May 14 14:56:38 CEST 2026] Checking TrueNAS health...
/usr/local/sbin/acme.sh: midclt: not found

QuoteIt seems to be a part of this:
https://github.com/truenas/api_client

Thanks for finding this apparently missing API client. I reproduced this missing midclt also from a shell. Not sure why it does not show up in the system logs though. ;-)

Quote from: franco on May 18, 2026, 09:38:40 AMIn either case it looks like it expects TrueNAS as OS, not OPNsense.

Cheers,
Franco

What's in a name... the TrueNAS client apparently called midcli and the one ceel references (https://github.com/truenas/api_client) is midclt. To make it more confusing both the clients seem to be preinstalled on a TrueNAS box according to the GitHub documentation.

Anyway,
  • the midcli is the NAS cli interface —> that is preinstalled and can only be used (in my understanding) on the TrueNAS box.
  • The midclt is not installed by default, at least not on my TrueNAS scale box (25.10.3.1). It is compatible with TrueNAS SCALE (Debian based) according to the docs both also to run from non-TrueNAS clients. "TrueNAS comes with this client preinstalled, but it is also possible to use the TrueNAS websocket client from a non-TrueNAS host."

Hence, imho the midclt could be used (assumption here, if the code works on FreeBSD...) to complete the deployment task.
May 19, 2026, 09:11:40 AM #17
Shouldn't the automation "simply" use SSH to execute whatever is necessary on the TrueNAS system, including midclt?
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May 19, 2026, 12:31:13 PM #18
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on May 19, 2026, 09:11:40 AMShouldn't the automation "simply" use SSH to execute whatever is necessary on the TrueNAS system, including midclt?

I am not skilled enough to check what the acme client and plugin does on OPNSense (use local midctl OR remote calling through SSH or something else HTTP calls etc.). What I understand is that midctl is/was intended to make calling the TrueNAS API as easy as possible.
May 19, 2026, 02:26:52 PM #19
Sadly it's just mid.

(Sorry had to make that joke.)
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