ZFS Administration GUI

Zyggy is a very simple GUI for basic ZFS administration. The system provides graphical access for most frequently used ZFS and ZPOOL commands, as listed below:

Commands available to date:

  • zfs create (Dataset)
  • zfs create -v (Volumes)
  • zfs rename
  • zfs snapshot
  • zfs clone
  • zfs promote
  • zfs rollback
  • zfs remove
  • zfs get all
  • zpool rename
  • zpool remove
  • zpool get all

Zyggy is the GTK version of a previous ncurses-based development called ZC (ZFS commander) available in
https://github.com/manoeldesouza/zc

Dependencies

  • FreeBSD:

    • FreeBSD 12 release: pkg install python37 gtk3 py37-gobject3 (and xorg and a window manager of choice)
    • FreeBSD 13 current: pkg install python37 gtk3 py37-gobject3 (and xorg and a window manager of choice)
  • Manjaro:

    • i3: pacman -S zfs
  • Ubuntu:

    • Dekstop 20.04: sudo apt install zfsutils-linux
    • Dekstop 20.10: sudo apt install zfsutils-linux
    • Server 20.10: sudo apt install zfsutils-linux python3.7-minimal libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-dev libcairo-gobject2
    • Server 20.04: sudo apt install zfsutils-linux python3.7-minimal libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-dev libcairo-gobject2

Usage:

sudo ./zyggy

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