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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 debian to me, kernel 2.6.37) I'm a *nix guy so I thought I would try to make an all inclusive step-by-step to help anyone that might want to try and install crashplan. So here goes, the normal warning goes here - There are no warranties implied or otherwise, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! If you find any thing that needs to be updated or doesn't make sense please post and let me know...
I am not the only one to post how to do this see here - http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=18139&start=15#p297737
and here http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/how_to/configure_a_headless_client
Steps for x86 ReadyNas Only:
Old way,still works but uses java 6, which is out of date:
Updated JAVA install, credit goes to InterClaw :)
The full instructions can be found here - http://minimserver.com/ejre-installer.html I will try to list just the steps for x86 ReadyNas:
1. Go to Oracle and down load the latest embeeded java version l@@k for this version - x86 Linux Small Footprint – Headless - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/embedded/downloads/javase/index.html
*Note you will have to accept Oracles Terms and Conditions and create an account to download the file
2. Download file and copy the java file to /c/backup/ on your ReadyNas
3. Download the EJRE Readynas Addon see the link above for the full instructions, the addon can be found here - http://minimserver.com/downloads/EJREInstaller-0.10-readynas-x86.bin
4. Install EJRE Addon and this will install the java version that you placed in /c/backup/
5. Verify that java is working, time to jump to the command line to finish the installation. Install the Enable Root SSH addon - http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/EnableRootSSH_1.0-x86.bin Complete installation by rebooting your readynas.
6. You will need to get a ssh client for your desktop/laptop, here is one for winblows (putty) - http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe, nothing to install, just download and place on your desktop or somewhere you can find it.
7. Open putty and SSH into your readynas, enter the IP address and when it prompts for username enter "root" and then your normal raidar/frontpage "password". Once logged in verify java operation by entering the following :
8. Now we can install Crashplan.
- Download the latest linux crashplan version
enter "wget the latest version that is listed on crashplan for linux, see below"
Here is the main download page, just make sure you get the latest version -
http://www.crashplan.com/consumer/download.html?os=Linux, this will download andplace this in your
root directory.
9. Once the diownload has completed lets extract the files which are tarred and zipped.
enter "tar -xvf CrashPlan_3.0.3_Linux.tgz" or whichever version you downloaded, this will extract all of the files
and place them in a folder called "CrashPlan-install".
enter "cd "CrashPlan-install" and then run the installer, enter "./install.sh", this will start the installer
ask for you to accept the terms and conditions and ask questions where to install etc..You can accept the defaults
for most, however when it prompts you for the default crashplan backup directory, you can go with the default or
provide a directory that you have already established for that purpose, e.g., "/crash-backup" whatever your share
that you created without any slashes, this actual is a pointer to "crash-backup -> /c/crashplan-backup"
Here are the questions, most you accept the defaults, in this case I chose to specify a different Directory -
Do you accept and agree to be bound by the EULA? (yes/no) yes
What directory do you wish to install CrashPlan to? [/usr/local/crashplan]
What directory do you wish to link the CrashPlan executable to? [/usr/local/bin]
What directory do you wish to store backups in? [/usr/local/var/crashplan] /crash-backup
What directory contains your SYSV init scripts? [/etc/init.d]
What directory contains your runlevel init links? [/etc/rc2.d]
Your selections:
CrashPlan will install to: /usr/local/crashplan
And put links to binaries in: /usr/local/bin
And store datas in: /crash-backup
Your init.d dir is: /etc/init.d
Your current runlevel directory is: /etc/rc2.d
Is this correct? (y/n) [y] y
10. Configure crashplan on the readynas, in order to do this you need to download and install crashplan on a local PC,
using linux, winblows or Mac - http://www.crashplan.com/consumer/download.html once that has been
done we need to tunnel from the PC to the readynas, the already have this detailed on the crashplan site
called a headless install - http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/how_to/configure_a_headless_client
*Note while configuring the Crashplan client -the client will show your shares twice - as links (with an arrow as part of the icon)
and under the "C" folder. It won't back up the links, you need to select the folders under the "C" folder. If you try the other way, the
backup "succeeds", but doesn't back anything up. Thanks to StephenB for this update!
Once the configuration is complete you should be good to go.. :)
I'm sure I have left something out or not fully explained something, if so let me knoiw and I will update the posting..
Good Luck :)
I am not the only one to post how to do this see here - http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=18139&start=15#p297737
and here http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/how_to/configure_a_headless_client
Steps for x86 ReadyNas Only:
Old way,still works but uses java 6, which is out of date:
1. See Step one below
2. See Step two below
3. See Step three below
4. Once logged onto your readynas as "root" your ready to get the the software setup. Keep in mind that when you are running as root, you have elevated priviliges and you can do anything you want, including messing things up, so go slow and take your time :)
- First thing we need to do is edit the sources.list, we are going to use vi which is not a friendly editor
but is installed on any base *nix system and in this case will get the job done. Lets edit the file, at
the prompt - vi /etc/apt/sources.list, arrow down to the last line and then arrow over to the
last letter and hit the "a" button for append and then hit "enter" to get a new line and then paste
"deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports etch-backports main non-free" .
- To get out of vi and save the file "shift:" will get you the colon prompt at the bottom, then to save
and exit enter "x", if you made a mistake and you do not want to save your work at the colon enter "q!"
and that will quit without saving any changes. Once you exit and save your sources list should look
like this, "more /etc/apt/sources.list" -
deb http://www.readynas.com/packages 4.2.19/
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch main
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports etch-backports main non-free
5. Now we need to update our package list and install Java.
- enter "apt-get update"
- Now we need to modify configuration dialog selection so we can accept the java Terms and conditions.
- enter "dpkg-reconfigure debconf"
This will ask you to select a dialong frontend, select option 1 - Dialog, then it will ask you for
the level, select option 3 - Medium.
- Now lets install java, enter "apt-get install sun-java6-jre", it will download the package and start to
install it where it will ask for you to accept the terms and conditions, select yes and complete the
installation.
- Modify the deb configuration and change it back, enter "dpkg-reconfigure debconf"
This will ask you to select a dialong frontend, select option 6 - Noninteractive, then it will
ask you for the level, select option 3 - Medium (not sure if this was the default).
Updated JAVA install, credit goes to InterClaw :)
The full instructions can be found here - http://minimserver.com/ejre-installer.html I will try to list just the steps for x86 ReadyNas:
1. Go to Oracle and down load the latest embeeded java version l@@k for this version - x86 Linux Small Footprint – Headless - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/embedded/downloads/javase/index.html
*Note you will have to accept Oracles Terms and Conditions and create an account to download the file
2. Download file and copy the java file to /c/backup/ on your ReadyNas
3. Download the EJRE Readynas Addon see the link above for the full instructions, the addon can be found here - http://minimserver.com/downloads/EJREInstaller-0.10-readynas-x86.bin
4. Install EJRE Addon and this will install the java version that you placed in /c/backup/
5. Verify that java is working, time to jump to the command line to finish the installation. Install the Enable Root SSH addon - http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/EnableRootSSH_1.0-x86.bin Complete installation by rebooting your readynas.
6. You will need to get a ssh client for your desktop/laptop, here is one for winblows (putty) - http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe, nothing to install, just download and place on your desktop or somewhere you can find it.
7. Open putty and SSH into your readynas, enter the IP address and when it prompts for username enter "root" and then your normal raidar/frontpage "password". Once logged in verify java operation by entering the following :
java -version
8. Now we can install Crashplan.
- Download the latest linux crashplan version
enter "wget the latest version that is listed on crashplan for linux, see below"
Here is the main download page, just make sure you get the latest version -
http://www.crashplan.com/consumer/download.html?os=Linux, this will download andplace this in your
root directory.
9. Once the diownload has completed lets extract the files which are tarred and zipped.
enter "tar -xvf CrashPlan_3.0.3_Linux.tgz" or whichever version you downloaded, this will extract all of the files
and place them in a folder called "CrashPlan-install".
enter "cd "CrashPlan-install" and then run the installer, enter "./install.sh", this will start the installer
ask for you to accept the terms and conditions and ask questions where to install etc..You can accept the defaults
for most, however when it prompts you for the default crashplan backup directory, you can go with the default or
provide a directory that you have already established for that purpose, e.g., "/crash-backup" whatever your share
that you created without any slashes, this actual is a pointer to "crash-backup -> /c/crashplan-backup"
Here are the questions, most you accept the defaults, in this case I chose to specify a different Directory -
Do you accept and agree to be bound by the EULA? (yes/no) yes
What directory do you wish to install CrashPlan to? [/usr/local/crashplan]
What directory do you wish to link the CrashPlan executable to? [/usr/local/bin]
What directory do you wish to store backups in? [/usr/local/var/crashplan] /crash-backup
What directory contains your SYSV init scripts? [/etc/init.d]
What directory contains your runlevel init links? [/etc/rc2.d]
Your selections:
CrashPlan will install to: /usr/local/crashplan
And put links to binaries in: /usr/local/bin
And store datas in: /crash-backup
Your init.d dir is: /etc/init.d
Your current runlevel directory is: /etc/rc2.d
Is this correct? (y/n) [y] y
10. Configure crashplan on the readynas, in order to do this you need to download and install crashplan on a local PC,
using linux, winblows or Mac - http://www.crashplan.com/consumer/download.html once that has been
done we need to tunnel from the PC to the readynas, the already have this detailed on the crashplan site
called a headless install - http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/how_to/configure_a_headless_client
*Note while configuring the Crashplan client -the client will show your shares twice - as links (with an arrow as part of the icon)
and under the "C" folder. It won't back up the links, you need to select the folders under the "C" folder. If you try the other way, the
backup "succeeds", but doesn't back anything up. Thanks to StephenB for this update!
Once the configuration is complete you should be good to go.. :)
I'm sure I have left something out or not fully explained something, if so let me knoiw and I will update the posting..
Good Luck :)
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mdgm wrote: Is bitrot protection enabled or disabled on your shares?
What about snapshots?
Can you send me your logs (see the Sending Logs link in my signature)?
Were the logs received? Any input yet?ghostlobster wrote: mdgm wrote: Is bitrot protection enabled or disabled on your shares?
What about snapshots?
Can you send me your logs (see the Sending Logs link in my signature)?
Bitrot protection and snapshots were both enabled. As a test, I disabled them for tonight's backup. If the process fails tonight, I will clean things up and provide logs.
Good plan?
It failed as soon as the backup schedule started. Logs on the way.mdgm wrote: Is bitrot protection enabled or disabled on your shares?
What about snapshots?
Can you send me your logs (see the Sending Logs link in my signature)?
Bitrot protection and snapshots were both enabled. As a test, I disabled them for tonight's backup. If the process fails tonight, I will clean things up and provide logs.
Good plan?- Is bitrot protection enabled or disabled on your shares?
What about snapshots?
Can you send me your logs (see the Sending Logs link in my signature)? - Does anyone have any ideas on this issue, or at least where to look to find out why this is dying on me?
ghostlobster wrote: I've been working OK for a while. Now, I believe it coincides with the 6.2 system upgrade, VCrashplan..well...crashes. It runs for a few moments, then dies. My crashplan/bin directory is littered with restart log files every about 4 minutes and I cannot figure out why. There is no smoking gun for me to point to. In looking at the crashplan/log directory, I have a few logs in there, but again, no data about the crash. In the engineoutput.log, I'm seeing this: ] CPVERSION = 3.6.4 - 1388642400364 (2014-01-02T06:00:00:364+0000)
[12.04.14 22:00:35.380 INFO main root ] LOCALE = English
[12.04.14 22:00:35.381 INFO main root ] ARGS = [ ]
[12.04.14 22:00:35.381 INFO main root ] *************************************************************
[12.04.14 22:00:35.445 INFO main root ] Adding shutdown hook.
[12.04.14 22:00:35.452 INFO main root ] BEGIN Loading Configuration
[12.04.14 22:00:35.480 INFO main root ] BEGIN Copy Custom
[12.04.14 22:00:35.480 INFO main root ] Directories: [.Custom, custom, /usr/local/crashplan/conf/.Custom, /usr/local/crashplan/conf/custom]
[12.04.14 22:00:35.480 INFO main root ] NOT waiting for custom skin to appear
[12.04.14 22:00:35.481 INFO main root ] NO customizations found.
[12.04.14 22:00:35.481 INFO main root ] END Copy Custom
[12.04.14 22:00:35.484 INFO main root ] Loading from default: /usr/local/crashplan/conf/default.service.xml
[12.04.14 22:00:35.539 INFO main root ] Loading from my xml file=conf/my.service.xml
[12.04.14 22:00:35.601 INFO main root ] Loading ServiceConfig, newInstall=false, version=6, configDateMs=1417694671137, installVersion=1388642400364
[12.04.14 22:00:35.601 INFO main root ] OS = Linux
[12.04.14 22:00:35.734 INFO main root ] AuthorityLocation@441502220[ location=central.crashplanpro.com:443, hideAddress=false ]
[12.04.14 22:00:35.736 INFO main root ] Checking Java memory heap max.
[12.04.14 22:00:35.738 INFO main root ] Previous Java memory max heap size was 1024
[12.04.14 22:00:35.740 INFO main root ] END Loading Configuration
jtux64 Loaded.
I don't see anything about a crash there though. What the heck did I miss? I did a remove/reinstall last night, and no luck.
Edit...
I've changed my run.conf to:SRV_JAVA_OPTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dapp=CrashPlanService -DappBaseName=CrashPlan -Xms20m -Xmx1024m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=300 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=300 -Dsun.net.inetaddr.negative.ttl=0 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=0 -Dc42.native.md5.enabled=false"
GUI_JAVA_OPTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dapp=CrashPlanDesktop -DappBaseName=CrashPlan -Xms20m -Xmx1024m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=300 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=300 -Dsun.net.inetaddr.negative.ttl=0 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=0 -Dc42.native.md5.enabled=false"
And bumped my ulimit number per other posts in this thread. Still crashing and restarting constantly.
Thanks - If you haven't, I would download the latest CrashPlan Linux package. Extract it and run ./uninstall.sh. Then re-run the installer. It doesn't look like it's installed properly under /usr/local/crashplan
oshae wrote: So when you navigated to /usr/local/crashplan and use "ls" are there any files in it?
Make sure you're not doing cd /etc/init.d/crashplan status. "cd" moves between directories. Just /etc/init.d/crashplan status
You would be helping your self an incredible amount if you knew a couple basic Linux commands like cd, ls etc.
I wasn't doing the /etc/.. with cd.
ls for usr/local/crashplan shows:
NAS-FAIYAZZ:~# cd /usr/local/crashplan
NAS-FAIYAZZ:/usr/local/crashplan# ls
backupArchives bin install.vars
ls for /usr/local shows:
bin CrashPlanEngine.pid games lib sbin src
crashplan etc include man share var
ls for /usr shows:
bin games include lib local sbin share src
I know some basis linux commands but my main problem is all of a sudden it has stopped working for no apparent reason and can't seem to get back for it to work. I've tried re-installing but still not working and am really stuck.
i tried command : ps aux | grep BaseName BUT all i get is > root 8424 0.0 0.0 3840 504 pts/0 S+ 21:31 0:00 grep BaseName ???
and for commaned: netstat -an | grep ':424.' I get nothing ???
Shall I reinstall? Do I have to remove the directories?
Thanks for your support!- I've been working OK for a while. Now, I believe it coincides with the 6.2 system upgrade, VCrashplan..well...crashes. It runs for a few moments, then dies. My crashplan/bin directory is littered with restart log files every about 4 minutes and I cannot figure out why. There is no smoking gun for me to point to. In looking at the crashplan/log directory, I have a few logs in there, but again, no data about the crash. In the engineoutput.log, I'm seeing this:
] CPVERSION = 3.6.4 - 1388642400364 (2014-01-02T06:00:00:364+0000)
[12.04.14 22:00:35.380 INFO main root ] LOCALE = English
[12.04.14 22:00:35.381 INFO main root ] ARGS = [ ]
[12.04.14 22:00:35.381 INFO main root ] *************************************************************
[12.04.14 22:00:35.445 INFO main root ] Adding shutdown hook.
[12.04.14 22:00:35.452 INFO main root ] BEGIN Loading Configuration
[12.04.14 22:00:35.480 INFO main root ] BEGIN Copy Custom
[12.04.14 22:00:35.480 INFO main root ] Directories: [.Custom, custom, /usr/local/crashplan/conf/.Custom, /usr/local/crashplan/conf/custom]
[12.04.14 22:00:35.480 INFO main root ] NOT waiting for custom skin to appear
[12.04.14 22:00:35.481 INFO main root ] NO customizations found.
[12.04.14 22:00:35.481 INFO main root ] END Copy Custom
[12.04.14 22:00:35.484 INFO main root ] Loading from default: /usr/local/crashplan/conf/default.service.xml
[12.04.14 22:00:35.539 INFO main root ] Loading from my xml file=conf/my.service.xml
[12.04.14 22:00:35.601 INFO main root ] Loading ServiceConfig, newInstall=false, version=6, configDateMs=1417694671137, installVersion=1388642400364
[12.04.14 22:00:35.601 INFO main root ] OS = Linux
[12.04.14 22:00:35.734 INFO main root ] AuthorityLocation@441502220[ location=central.crashplanpro.com:443, hideAddress=false ]
[12.04.14 22:00:35.736 INFO main root ] Checking Java memory heap max.
[12.04.14 22:00:35.738 INFO main root ] Previous Java memory max heap size was 1024
[12.04.14 22:00:35.740 INFO main root ] END Loading Configuration
jtux64 Loaded.
I don't see anything about a crash there though. What the heck did I miss? I did a remove/reinstall last night, and no luck.
Edit...
I've changed my run.conf to:SRV_JAVA_OPTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dapp=CrashPlanService -DappBaseName=CrashPlan -Xms20m -Xmx1024m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=300 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=300 -Dsun.net.inetaddr.negative.ttl=0 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=0 -Dc42.native.md5.enabled=false"
GUI_JAVA_OPTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dapp=CrashPlanDesktop -DappBaseName=CrashPlan -Xms20m -Xmx1024m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=300 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=300 -Dsun.net.inetaddr.negative.ttl=0 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=0 -Dc42.native.md5.enabled=false"
And bumped my ulimit number per other posts in this thread. Still crashing and restarting constantly.
Thanks - So when you navigated to /usr/local/crashplan and use "ls" are there any files in it?
Make sure you're not doing cd /etc/init.d/crashplan status. "cd" moves between directories. Just /etc/init.d/crashplan status
You would be helping your self an incredible amount if you knew a couple basic Linux commands like cd, ls etc. - Firmware: RAIDiator 4.2.21
cd /usr/local/crashplan - showing ":/usr/local/crashplan#"
/etc/init.d/crashplan status - showing "/etc/init.d/crashplan: line 36: /usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine: Not a directory"
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