Re-interviewing node solved the issue thanks again for the quick response and thanks @adorobis for the follow up post.
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@troy
I have migrated my HA from TN Core in jail/iocage to HA in app TN Scale.
Every thing works fine bu I still have the HASS Configurator installed and it don’t works any more.
Could you explain how to remove the HASS Configurator or how to modify it to work in TN Scale HA app?
So you transferred your Home Assistant configuration to TN Scale and HASS Configurator still shows up in the side panel of Home Assistant, is this correct?
If so, that’s just an iframe that was enabled in homeassistant/packages/freenas_plugin.yaml or in a directory named homeassistant/packages/truenas_plugin, depending on when you initially installed the plugin. Just remove whichever you have and restart Home Assistant to get rid of it.
I’m sorry, I don’t use any TN Scale apps so I’m unable to help in that regard.
Thank you for the instructions
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Thank you for all of your contributions.
I recently bit the bullet & bought a used micro PC with an i5, 8G of RAM and installed a SSD with HA OS.
I used your plugins on FreeNAS/TrueNAS for a couple of years and it worked a treat. The death of ESPHome ws the death knell I couldn’t ignore.
You made many people very happy.
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I think the key was your prompt support for whatever the issue could have been. Many thanks for that! Have been using it for over 2 years.
On the other hand I must admit that since switching to Docker installation on Debian the support required is close to zero. I can focus on integrating new devices, making new automations etc rather than keeping HA up and running.
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I couldn’t agree more 
And I think we got out just in time. I have a feeling the days are numbered for plugins in general, on TrueNAS CORE. I think when it comes to running any apps on TrueNAS, there will be a push to use TrueNAS SCALE.
Speaking of TrueNAS SCALE - I’m running 22.12-RC.1 (Bluefin release) and finally USB passthrough has been added to the VMs. I was gonna install Debian but decided to give Home Assistant OS another try instead. Happy to report, the USB Z-WAVE radio works great.
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Hope they won’t remove jails though. Since I moved most of the Home Assistant apps to Docker I’m left mostly with MariaDB, Plex and Nextcloud. And those are probably too heavy for my low power mini PC. But I’m good just running them in jails, no need for a plugin. I don’t have any pressure to switch to SCALE at the moment.
Jails are safe… Only plugins are doomed
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Over the weekend I’ll be submitting a PR to ix-systems having my remaining plugins removed from TrueNAS CORE. The list includes the following plugins
- Gogs
- TasmoAdmin
- Node-Red
- Mosquitto MQTT Broker
It’s done
I’ll continue trying to support anyone using my plugins for the next few months. Also, any of these plugins can continue to be used and updated as if they were a regular jail.
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Hopefully, most users have moved on to a supported installation method by now
If you’re still holding on here, Home Assistant will soon be dropping support for Python 3.9. I’ve added a wiki page to help you update. Good Luck!
For those considering a switch to TrueNAS SCALE. I ended up making a little installation guide for HAOS
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I’d like to thank @troy for his inspiring generosity in helping so many of us run Home Assistant on Truenas over the past few years. People like him really make the internet go around.
I held on for a couple of months without any updates, whilst trying to find a solution. I had to give up on keeping it all in the Truenas box, as I specifically need USB ports to be accessed direct by HA as I’m using a Zigbee controller, so the other methods weren’t an option.
In the end I had to bite the bullet and use a dedicated piece of hardware. Thought about a Pi, some suggested a NUC. Then I realised I had a very old Lenovo laptop laying in a cupboard, dating back to 2011. I was slightly surprised to find it had the required UEFI boot mode ([probably among the oldest pieces of kit to have this feature) and it worked perfectly.
What made the transition painless was HA’s backup feature. Not only was it easy to backup my old configuration from my Truenas jail installation of HA to the new version, but it also allowed easy migration of my Zigbee controller. Overall very painless and I recommend if anyone hasn’t made the jump away from Truenas, any crappy old bit of hardware you have laying around can probably work just fine as a HA instance without too much difficulty.
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FWIW - The latest version of TrueNAS SCALE has an easy way to passthrough USB to a VM - It’s one of the reasons I decided to give HAOS another try.
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I thought about SCALE but heard samba performance isn’t as good as CORE and I move a lot of files on and off my Truenas, plus as I understand it everything needs to be set up again. It’s a good option for some though, if they want to keep everything in the Truenas box.
Anyone running HA in TrueNas Core with a ZigBee USB dongle connected?
All topics I find are on SCALE and not Core 
Not anymore but I was using it in the past. What’s the problem?
Can’t make the zigbee dongle (sonoff) to actually work (or even show up) . Tested already on rpi and works like a charm.
All instructions are on Scale and not Core.
Are you running Home Assistant in a jail or a VM?
For VM, you need to pass through the entire USB controller you have your ZigBee stick connected to.
If you are running in a jail you need to edit the devfs_ruleset. It has been a few years since I ran CORE, so I don’t remember exactly what to change, but the people over in the TrueNAS forum can help pass through a USB device to a jail if Adorobis doesn’t remember.
There’s also this from way back on FreeNAS 11. Not sure if it still works but this is how I used to pass my Zwave stick to my Home Assistant jail.
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I was using exactly this devfs_ruleset from @troy 
Anyway, my personal opinion is, especially for running it in jail, don’t do it. There are some limitations regarding to available packages that are required for HA to be fully functional that are not being ported to FreeBSD. I strongly recommend to just get a dedicated hardware to run HA (and possibly also some additional software e.g. Frigate, z2m etc.).
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hi @adorobis and @troy I am running HA on VM , not JAIL.
About the running aside, I am doing it already with a RPi3 that does HA with z2m. Though is enough for basic, I find many limitations when required bigger data to be processed, for example running zigbee valves on the radiators working smart with room sensors or adding a ring camera (system completely froze when I tested ahah)
My objective is reduce energy impact and space, using the truenas. My truenas machine is running a recent i5 (gen11) and 16gb ram with plex server and backup of other data.
HA would be the only thing on a VM.