I'd like to thank sirkkalap and everyone else on these forums for posting similar guides that peaked my interest.
However, there is a VERY simple way to install / configure CrashPlan that is not included in the existing guides. All credit for this method goes to Coriron for his Reddit post last month revealing this method.
Original post is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/freenas/comments/20vbyd/crashplan_installation/
His method is near the bottom, pasted here for simplicity.
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I know this is an old thread but I have been using a much easier method, and this may help someone else.
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From start to finish, this took me (a FreeNAS n00b) 10 minutes to get my CrashPlan backup started--including creating a new account.
Again, thanks to everyone in the FreeNAS community for the help and advice that I leaned on to build my first server. http://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/asrock-c2550d4i-silverstone-ds380.18558/
However, there is a VERY simple way to install / configure CrashPlan that is not included in the existing guides. All credit for this method goes to Coriron for his Reddit post last month revealing this method.
Original post is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/freenas/comments/20vbyd/crashplan_installation/
His method is near the bottom, pasted here for simplicity.
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I know this is an old thread but I have been using a much easier method, and this may help someone else.
- Simply install the plugin using the normal method, and mount your storage.
- SSH into your freenas box (or use the shell in the webui) then vi the my.service.xml. I found a symlink to the correct directory in
/mnt/Plex/jails/crashplan_1/usr/local/share/crashplan/conf/ - This took me to
/mnt/Plex/jails/crashplan_1/usr/pbi/crashplan-amd64/share/crashplan/conf/my.service.xml - nano my.service.xml and edit the line
<serviceHost>127.0.0.1</serviceHost> - Change it to
<serviceHost>0.0.0.0</serviceHost> - Save this change and restart the crashplan service in the webui.
- To access from your remote PC, install the client, and ensure that it is closed.
- Edit the following file in notepad++
C:\Program Files\CrashPlan\conf\ui.properties - Find the line which looks something like this
#serviceHost=192.168.101.3 - Change the IP address the the address of your jail on your freenas box, and unhash the line. Save the file and open your desktop client. It will then connect to the remote server and you can manage it from there. If you want to access your local client just rehash the line.
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From start to finish, this took me (a FreeNAS n00b) 10 minutes to get my CrashPlan backup started--including creating a new account.
Again, thanks to everyone in the FreeNAS community for the help and advice that I leaned on to build my first server. http://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/asrock-c2550d4i-silverstone-ds380.18558/