![]() ![]() However, to use friend to friend backup, I needed to install firstĬrashPlan on the WD My Cloud. In detail is described on the CrashPlan support site - Backing Up To A Friends Computer. Sign up for another free CrashPlan account and use it to share you Given that it is running Linux and you can get rootĪccess, it was not so far fetched to utilize it for CrashPlan as well.ĬrashPlan allows friends to share their backup storage with each otherĪnd the beauty is that this feature is free. But why stop there? It happenedįor my office. So, now I had a a backup on my USB disc attached to the PI and a If you are like me and cannot remember all these options, add theįollowing to your ~/.ssh/config file: Host pi Instructions provided from the CrashPlan support pages on how toīasically this is done via SSH tunneling and looks something like: > ssh -L 4200:localhost:4243 forget to update the ui.properties file as explained on Install CrashPlan on your computer as well and then follow the You will have to solve now the last piece of the puzzle. Provided your Pi runs headless (as in my case,) Now that CrashPlan is running you need to configure it and setup theīackup sets. Or if you want more details check the /usr/local/crashplan/logĭirectory which contains multiple log files. Whether the process is running via: $ sudo service crashplan status The first startup takes a long time, so be patient. Now you are ready to run CrashPlan on your Pi. Here or you can downloaded the pre-compiled binary from here. Will need to replace it with an ARM compatible version. Into the installation directory does not work on The library libjtux.so, which get extracted You can choose the default installation options which will install Now that you have Java installed it is time to download and install theĬrashPlan installer (check the website for the latest version): > curl -O $ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless build-essential libjna-java You need some other libraries as well, but that’s not hard. Installing Java via the package manager is actually quite easy. Let’s address these things, in this order. ![]() Configure CrashPlan to run on a headless client.Hurdles you have to jump prior to running CrashPlan on a Pi: Unfortunately, there is where the pain begun. Notebook, but in the long run my plan had always been to run Crashplan on the Pi. For evaluation purposes I first installed CrashPlan on my Once I decided to use Crashplan it was at the time to install it on The client to configure the backup is Java based and needs to run as a GUI.I was hoping for some more features, for example the ability to view and organize pictures on-line. Very basic Web UI which just allows you do download backed upįiles.Free friend to friend backup - a very nice feature which comes in. ![]() ![]() Unlimited data - that was one of the determining features.Price - 4 USD / month, if bound for 4 years.Not because I think it is the best service, but more because it offered feature wise the minimum I expected for a reasonable price. Heck is the pricing information? To me that’s already a no go zone,Īnyways, I ended up with CrashPlan. Times I was just unable to find any at all. Sometimes you have to click around for ages to find it, but other They offer a good starting point, but if course their rankings haveĪnother thing I noticed - it seems quite custom for these cloudīackup providers to hide their pricing information. To get started start with one of comparisons sites out there (like Investigated several services and the choice is for sure huge our-days. Of course having the backup off-site, sounded like a good idea as well. Hoping that this could easily be setup without any new hardware. Still, my disaster backup solution sucked, not toĪs a first step I investigated cloud based backup services. These guys where not technology savvy, but for me working with data Initially I smiled, but then I realized that I was in danger as well. OS installed, he could not find and install a suitable version of the Ironically, one of my colleagues was even running a backup software,īut it was so out of date, that once he had an updated version of the Everything was lost and a full reinstall was at order. Not so long ago I witnessed complete disk crashes by some of myĬolleagues. ![]()
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