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bishoptf
Feb 12, 2012Aspirant
Crashplan for Dummies, aka Step by Step :)
I have just went through this and have seen several folks post that they wish there was an all inclusive guide, I just bought a Pro 2 and so far I am pleased with what I see under the hood (looks like...
sdouek
Jun 01, 2015Guide
I noticed that if you don't want to keep opening putty every time you want to connect to your NAS you can do the following.
I make no guarantee that this will work but it has worked for me on my NAS PRO 6 and if you don't know what you are doing don't do it.
Step 1:
I recommend you make a copy ui.properties of the file before editing them. It should be in C:\Program Files\CrashPlan\conf\
On the PC you are using the crashplan GUI Edit the ui.properties file: Change serviceHost=NAS.IP.ADDRESS and rem out everything else
Step 2:
Stop crashplan by SSH into your NAS and type in
Step 3:
I recommend that you make a copy of the file my.service.xml. SSH into your nas and change to the directory
On the Nas unit you can either use Win CP (it has a built in editor and a windows gui) or Putty to ssh into your machine and use vi.
Edit my.service.xml located in /usr/local/crashplan/conf. Change <serviceHost>127.0.0.1</serviceHost> to <serviceHost>Your.NAS.IP.ADDRESS</serviceHost>.
Step 4:
Start crashplan by either rebooting or by SSH into your NAS and type in
There now if everything was done right when you click on Crashplan on your PC you will no longer need to open putty and establish a tunnel.
I make no guarantee that this will work but it has worked for me on my NAS PRO 6 and if you don't know what you are doing don't do it.
Step 1:
I recommend you make a copy ui.properties of the file before editing them. It should be in C:\Program Files\CrashPlan\conf\
On the PC you are using the crashplan GUI Edit the ui.properties file: Change serviceHost=NAS.IP.ADDRESS and rem out everything else
Step 2:
Stop crashplan by SSH into your NAS and type in
cd /usr/local/crashplan/binthen type in
./CrashPlanEngine stop
Step 3:
I recommend that you make a copy of the file my.service.xml. SSH into your nas and change to the directory
cd /usr/local/crashplan/confand type
cp my.service.xml my.service.xml.bak
On the Nas unit you can either use Win CP (it has a built in editor and a windows gui) or Putty to ssh into your machine and use vi.
Edit my.service.xml located in /usr/local/crashplan/conf. Change <serviceHost>127.0.0.1</serviceHost> to <serviceHost>Your.NAS.IP.ADDRESS</serviceHost>.
Step 4:
Start crashplan by either rebooting or by SSH into your NAS and type in
cd /usr/local/crashplan/binthen type in
./CrashPlanEngine start
There now if everything was done right when you click on Crashplan on your PC you will no longer need to open putty and establish a tunnel.
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