Linux 64-bit jail for Crashplan in FreeNAS 9.10 (or FreeBSD 10.3)?

[Chris123]

Due to the limitation of 32-bit Linux jails (= max 4Gb RAM) in FreeNAS 9.3 (and earlier versions) I have been forced to run Crashplan in a 64-bit Linux VM via phpVirtualBox. (I have 25TB archive backed up to Crashplan, and 4Gb is just not enough). Now with the added 64-bit Linux emulation support in FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE (and presumably also FreeNAS 9.10) I'm hoping to eventually move Crashplan to a jail.

Could anyone point me in the right direction on how to create a Linux 64-bit jail? Since there are no templates for such in FreeNAS yet I assume it has to be created from scratch. I've been trying to look for some FreeBSD guides, but without success.

 

[dlavigne]

Use the phpVirtualBox template and install your Linux of choice. Or, if your hardware supports it, try out iohyve.

 

[styno]

A Virtualbox VM with Linux & the Crashplan software idd just works for me...

 

[Chris123]

I'm using VirtualBox VM with crashplan now as well, but my main issue is that I have to allocate 16Gb (of 32gb) ram for the crashplan VM, and when backup is not running the ram is still allocated by the VM. The other issue I have is that inotify doesn't work on VBox shared folders, so can't use 'real-time' backup but instead have to do 'verify selection' in order for crashplan to see the new/updated files, which practically means 1 backup/day.

Not very familiar with iohyve, but I will try it out. Is this meant as a replacement for jails going forward in FreeBSD/-NAS?

 

[katit]

Any update on this? I'm running into same issue. I did use Crashplan plugin, now it quit working (won't update). I dropped it, was thinking about VirtualBox for a second and it looks like it won't work on latest FreeNas.

Now I really need to fix backups and started to look further and it was "aha" moment - I just need to have Linux jail and install everything as per Crashplan instructions. But I can't run 64bit Linux jails? And I can't figure out how to install/create "LINUX" jail. I can't find any info, but WHAT KIND of jail is created by default when you "create jail" in FreeNAS gui?

 

[Jailer]

Support for Linux jails was dropped some time ago. If you need Linux you'll have to install it in a VM.

 

[katit]

Support for Linux jails was dropped some time ago. If you need Linux you'll have to install it in a VM.

Just did but ran into other problem right away: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/passing-storage-to-vm-in-11-0.55601/