SeeDrs: Here is what I got so far for the merger between our plugins. Everything is working however, I would like your help with setting up the backup for crashplan like you originally had in your plugin. Also I removed the installation directory and enable/disable plugin at the moment, I would like to be able to incorporate these features as well into my web interface.

 

Let me know what you think so far:

 

Also a few side notes: The way you were determining whether crashplan was running or not seemed to not be accurate. Your version would tell me it was running but I could do a ps -ef | grep crashplan and return nothing. My Plugin did completed a PS -EF query to see if it was truly running.

 

Also the installation directory part of your interface, I'm not 100% sure how that works as I have mine installing the backup tar file via the go script on boot, I don't have it installed permanently on a cache drive or spare drive.

 

Cleight,  can we keep links of the beta versions in PM's. This should stop people from installing an uncompleted/test version.

SeeDrs: No problem we will keep test versions to PM's only. As for the Backup part some people don't have a cache drive installed and only run the application in RAM. What are your suggestions about this issue?

... some people don't have a cache drive installed and only run the application in RAM...

 

Until last month this was my situation.  Crashplan does load and run nicely in RAM.  Could you make the detection script determine on its own which method to employ, based on the installation location that it already searches for?

SeeDrs: No problem we will keep test versions to PM's only. As for the Backup part some people don't have a cache drive installed and only run the application in RAM. What are your suggestions about this issue?

 

You can install it on a diskX, or usb.

SeeDrs: From my experience it would not be a good idea to install Crashplan on a Thumb Drive as it will kill it prematurely. Crashplan writes a ton of log files to its installation directory and that would not be good for a usb flash device.

You can install it on a diskX, or usb.

 

Writing all that logging data to an array disk would not be a great option, especially if it is already well-established that running in memory is a viable alternative to a cache drive.

SeeDrs: From my experience it would not be a good idea to install Crashplan on a Thumb Drive as it will kill it prematurely. Crashplan writes a ton of log files to its installation directory and that would not be good for a usb flash device.

 

Ok, well then everyone has at least one disk that it can be stored too. 

Ok, well then everyone has at least one disk that it can be stored too. 

 

Why not make this an optional situation, so that users have the choice of installing to memory or to disk?  I know if I didn't have a cache drive, I would much prefer Crashplan in memory than running in my array, keeping a data and my parity drive spinning.

Ok, well then everyone has at least one disk that it can be stored too. 

 

Why not make this an optional situation, so that users have the choice of installing to memory or to disk?  I know if I didn't have a cache drive, I would much prefer Crashplan in memory than running in my array, keeping a data and my parity drive spinning.

 

I think its a either/or situation.  Doing both will make it more work to maintain.  You make a good point about running it on a disk keeping the parity and that disk running.  I still have the version that does the schedule backup to a tar and restore from tar on reboot.  I'll take the work that has been done be cleight and switch it to the tar.

Cleight, you can get the version that backups to a tar and restores form a tar here http://lime-technology.com/wiki/images/4/4d/Crashplan-0.1-i468-1atv.plg and add the GUI to that.

 

This version also allows the users to select the backup interval from daily, weekly or monthly.

 

SeeDrs

Cleight, you can get the version that backups to a tar and restores form a tar here http://lime-technology.com/wiki/images/4/4d/Crashplan-0.1-i468-1atv.plg and add the GUI to that.

 

This version also allows the users to select the backup interval from daily, weekly or monthly.

 

SeeDrs

 

I have merged the two packages again into a single package and added a few simple GUI enhancements. Like one that shows the remaining free space for the disk crashplan archives are stored. If anyone would like to test this plugin please PM me for the installation file.

Cleight, you can get the version that backups to a tar and restores form a tar here http://lime-technology.com/wiki/images/4/4d/Crashplan-0.1-i468-1atv.plg and add the GUI to that.

 

This version also allows the users to select the backup interval from daily, weekly or monthly.

 

SeeDrs

 

I have merged the two packages again into a single package and added a few simple GUI enhancements. Like one that shows the remaining free space for the disk crashplan archives are stored. If anyone would like to test this plugin please PM me for the installation file.

 

 

Cleight,

 

I found a few bugs in the plugin from my testing, I was planning on fixing them up tonight and sending you to update

Cleight, you can get the version that backups to a tar and restores form a tar here http://lime-technology.com/wiki/images/4/4d/Crashplan-0.1-i468-1atv.plg and add the GUI to that.

 

This version also allows the users to select the backup interval from daily, weekly or monthly.

 

SeeDrs

 

I have merged the two packages again into a single package and added a few simple GUI enhancements. Like one that shows the remaining free space for the disk crashplan archives are stored. If anyone would like to test this plugin please PM me for the installation file.

 

 

Cleight,

 

I found a few bugs in the plugin from my testing, I was planning on fixing them up tonight and sending you to update

 

SeeDrs: Sounds Great! I would like to see if this plugin finalized and people able to use it!

Hi guys.

 

Still very raw with UnRaid and linux so I have a few questions.

 

This Crashplan install, soes it allow for me to back up my PC's in the house to the Unraid server, or is it for Unraid to backup to Crashplan in the cloud (or both)

 

Looking at the plug in, it appears to be like a macro.  Some of the first steps are to download files from the internet.

 

my internet is heavily capped (6Gb/month) and i try to avoid downloads where possible and do them at work.  Can I download the files at work, transfer them to a local web server/local unraid drive and change the url in the plg file to match the current location?

 

The instructions I have read indicate that openSSH etc is needed and it kind of indicates that you need to isntall them first, but the plug in appears to be doing that for us.  Is that the case, can I take a virgin unraid and run this plugin and it will download everything required?

 

I use unraid in a VM, and it boots from the virtual disk I created for it, rather than the USB stick. Do you have any thought on running crashplant from the boot drive (not USB)?  What changes should be made to the plugin to allow for the new isntall drive /mnt/vmdk/.

 

Looking at the login, there is a line, INSTALLDIR="/mnt/disk1/.crashplan".  Does this mean that it is installing crahsplan onto disk1 of the system? (hidden directory i believe).

 

Sorry for all the questions, just want to make sure of it all before I committ.

 

Thanks

 

Mick

 

exuse my ignorance...but i installed this plugin, set up ssh to unraid, changed the service port to 4200 on putty, ensured that crashplan is running on my server..when I start crashplan on one of my windows 7 pcs, it doesn't tell me that I am on the unraid server..it still thinks that it is on the windows pc. i had previous tried the manual install method in the wiki http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=CrashPlan and when i got to the ssh tunnel section i kept getting network errors on putty...so I then did the ssh install via unmenu and it then worked...now I am not sure if the plugin alone should allow the unraid server to be the host computer to back up to the cloud...everytime i delete the win 7 pc it give me the screen to login as existing accoutn or setup new accout. when i log in, it just make the current computer the client and not the unraid server.

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This Crashplan install, soes it allow for me to back up my PC's in the house to the Unraid server, or is it for Unraid to backup to Crashplan in the cloud (or both)

 

 

i have the same question....which of the two is it?

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This Crashplan install, soes it allow for me to back up my PC's in the house to the Unraid server, or is it for Unraid to backup to Crashplan in the cloud (or both)

 

 

i have the same question....which of the two is it?

 

Both

I have tried several times to get this working, and occasionally after using the plugin installer and the manual method with unmenu for the preinstall ssl,ssh,cpio, it works occasionally but not predictably. So i tried to install it on another test machine, 2 drives, 5b14. I get the package/plugin installed, it shows up in my settings tab, i install it to /mnt/disk1/crashplan and then turn it on. the settings tab says running, then i go and install crashplan, alter the config file for serviceport 4200, and then go to putty to setup an SSH login with a tunnel from 4200 to tower:4243...

when i try to log into the ssh tunnel, it tells me network error:connection refused. Not sure what is going on..in the past i have then gone with the manual method to install ssh/ssl/cpio and then linux version of crashplan...then i have been able to log in via ssh...however it isn't a predicatable install for some reason it was erratic.

That is why I wanted to go back to the plugin installer...i have confirmed on the initial install of the crashplan plugin that ssl was installed as well based on the verbose out put of the installer...

is there a way to check if ssh in installed? what other suggestions of something i'm sure to have overlooked that I can do to get the ssh opened?

I have tried several times to get this working, and occasionally after using the plugin installer and the manual method with unmenu for the preinstall ssl,ssh,cpio, it works occasionally but not predictably. So i tried to install it on another test machine, 2 drives, 5b14. I get the package/plugin installed, it shows up in my settings tab, i install it to /mnt/disk1/crashplan and then turn it on. the settings tab says running, then i go and install crashplan, alter the config file for serviceport 4200, and then go to putty to setup an SSH login with a tunnel from 4200 to tower:4243...

when i try to log into the ssh tunnel, it tells me network error:connection refused. Not sure what is going on..in the past i have then gone with the manual method to install ssh/ssl/cpio and then linux version of crashplan...then i have been able to log in via ssh...however it isn't a predicatable install for some reason it was erratic.

That is why I wanted to go back to the plugin installer...i have confirmed on the initial install of the crashplan plugin that ssl was installed as well based on the verbose out put of the installer...

is there a way to check if ssh in installed? what other suggestions of something i'm sure to have overlooked that I can do to get the ssh opened?

Hi Ericft,

 

This is new to me as well, but I just installed it with the plug-in no problems (UnRaid 5 beta 12). I think you get the refused error if you have setup the port forwarding but have NOT started crashplan on the unraid box.

 

try telnet/ssh into the box and type:

ps aux | grep java

 

You should see some output with the crashplan dir etc..

 

Make sure you have gone into setting -> crashplan on the unraid web interface and start the plugin... maybe disable and enable to be sure.

 

Good luck

When I launch the installer I have this error:

"Warning: simplexml_load_file<>: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/boot/config/plugins/Crashplan-0.2-i486-1atv.plg" in /usr/local/sbin/installplg on line 13. xml parse error.

 

Any help? Thank's

installing openssh from this link http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=14998.msg159483#msg159483 solves the network error issue.

 

since login to ssh requires password, i try setting password for root. after that, i can use ssh fine.

 

how can i create new user with password with root access for ssh use? tried googling but most guide recommend not to provide root access for other user. for the one that does, i dont understand.

 

by the way, from the guide

 

Login to your unRAID server via ssh using this newly updated connection 
Your tunnel is now open! 
Run the CrashPlan client again on your Windows machine. This should now pop up the box to allow you to create a new account or login with an existing one! 

 

does this means that, every time i want to run crashplan, i have to ssh to my unraid?

 

thanks.

no, crashplan will run without that.  If you want to change any settings for the CrashPlan instance running on the server you will need to do the SSH thing.

what i meant was, do i need to run ssh from my windows in order for my windows to run crashplan? i can run crashplan from my windows only if ssh is running. if i close ssh, windows crashplan "crashplan has been disconnected from backup engine"

 

crashplan on unraid runs just fine. but i cant run crashplan on my windows.

I installed the Crashplan engine and GUI now I can't login using Putty with SSH. It just says connection denied and according to my logs, SSH is installed.

 

Update: I had to run the SSH manually. Ok, I did get the Crashplan connection screen. Soon as I tried to login with my account it disconnected and won't let me re-connect. I'm going to reboot and try again.

I rebooted. Manually started SSHD again. Came up with the Crahplan login. I input my username and password and the crashplan client says unable to connect, check your network. Is that coming from my client computer or the unraid? I'm using the computer right now that I am writing this post with, so I am online. Ran out of guessing on what to do next. If it doesn't connect and recognize my username then I won't be able to set anything up.

 

Also I have noticed that my Crashplan client version is 3.2.1. and the unraid engine is 3.0.3 or something. Who knows, I've been just trying anything right now to get it working to connect to my account.