No access to path error for truenas filepath

Configuration
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Hi everyone,

I’m having trouble setting up my Nest cam to record, specifically having an issue with “no access to path” error.

Here’s my setup:

OS: Truenas Scale ElectricEel-24.10.1

App version: Core 2025.2.4

Storage settings:

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Configuration.yaml:

default_config:
tts:
  - platform: google_translate
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
recorder:
  purge_keep_days: 6
  commit_interval: 3
  db_url: postgresql://home-assistant:SVk%2A%26%5E2o334JHSs@postgres:5432/home-assistant?sslmode=disable

Action yaml:

action: camera.record
metadata: {}
data:
  duration: 30
  lookback: 0
  filename: >-
    filename: /mnt3. /NAS 16TB 2 Vdevs Mirrored /Home-assistant/Media{{
    now().strftime('%Y/%m/%d/%H-%M-%S') }}.mp4
target:
  entity_id: camera.living_room

Things I’ve tried:

  1. I tried adding the following command into my configuration.yaml file:
homeassistant: 
    allowlist_external_dirs:
        - /mnt/NAS 16TB 2 Vdevs Mirrored /Home-assistant/Media

However I got the following error:

"Logger: homeassistant.setup
Source: setup.py:275
First occurred: 4:19:24 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:19:24 PM

Setup failed for ‘allowlist_external_dirs’: Integration not found."

  1. I’ve tried setting the path to:
    /NAS 16TB 2 Vdevs Mirrored /Home-assistant/Media
    /mnt/NAS 16TB 2 Vdevs Mirrored /Home-assistant/Media/.mp4
    /NAS 16TB 2 Vdevs Mirrored /Home-assistant/Media/.mp4

  2. Tried changing the actions yaml to:

action: camera.record
metadata: {}
data:
  duration: 30
  lookback: 0
filename: /mnt/NAS 16TB 2 Vdevs Mirrored /Home-assistant/Media{{now().strftime('%Y/%m/%d/%H-%M-%S') }}.mp4
target:
  entity_id: camera.living_room

However I keep getting the “Error: Can’t write filename: /mnt/NAS 16TB 2 Vdevs Mirrored /Home-assistant/Media2025/02/22/16-28-58.mp4, no access to path!” error message.

Not sure what I’m doing wrong, or if this has nothing to do with home assistant and is a truenas issue, any help is appreciated!

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Just updated the configuration yaml to this:

default_config:
homeassistant:
  allowlist_external_dirs:
    - '/mnt/NAS 16TB 2 Vdevs Mirrored /Home-assistant/Media'
    - '/NAS 16TB 2 Vdevs Mirrored /Home-assistant/Media'
tts:
  - platform: google_translate
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
recorder:
  purge_keep_days: 6
  commit_interval: 3
  db_url: postgresql://home-assistant:SVk%2A%26%5E2o334JHSs@postgres:5432/home-assistant?sslmode=disable

When I boot up I get this screen:

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It’s been stuck on loading log for about an hour, nothing yet

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Reinstalling the app, and changing code to this fixed issue:

action: camera.record
metadata: {}
data:
  duration: 30
  lookback: 0
  filename: /media/{{now().strftime('%Y/%m/%d/%H-%M-%S') }}
target:
  area_id: living_room
  device_id: 53f2a04e47607d2bf6be39d5dcd7a331
  entity_id: camera.living_room
4

HI can you tell me how you got the cameras set up to HA All i really want is my doorbell to show up my DAshboard. Any help will be much appreciated.