An ZFS administration tool inspired on Midnight commander
Work in Progress
ZFS Commander is a simple front-end for the most commonly used zpool & zfs commands. While the tool is a work-in-progress, several functions are already working. See the list of functions implemented in Usage section.
The tool is composed of 2 panes, each showing different ZFS related information. The tool will start with Datasets at left and Snapshots at the right pane. By pressing TAB, each window will cycle through the different modes: Pools, Datasets, Volumes and Snapshots.
ZFS commander is build on Rust language, so make sure to have Rust installed on your machine. Instructions can be found here: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
To compile and install ZFS comamnder, run the following commands:
$ sudo apt install build-essential ncurses-dev
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ make clean
To uninstall run:
$ sudo make uninstall
As the execution of some ZFS operations require higher privilege run ZFS commander with sudo or doas:
$ sudo zc
Use TAB key to switch between the modes available.
Use LEFT or RIGHT keys to navigate in between the two windows.
Function Keys per Mode
| Key | Pool | Dataset | Snapshot | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | Help | Help | Help | Help |
| F2 | - | zfs promote | zfs diff | - |
| F3 | - | - | zfs send | - |
| F4 | - | - | - | - |
| F5 | - | zfs snapshot | zfs clone | zfs snapshot |
| F6 | - | zfs rename | zfs rename | zfs rename |
| F7 | zpool scrub | zfs create | zfs rollback | zfs create |
| F8 | zpool destroy | zfs destroy | zfs destroy | zfs destroy |
| F9 | zpool get all | zfs get all | zfs get all | zfs get all |
| F10 | Exit | Exit | Exit | Exit |
NOTE: F9 Get All window enables individual properties to be directly edited.