axemann/crashplan repository overview

⁠docker-crashplan

Lightweight (169MB) Crashplan⁠ docker container.

⁠Features:

• Automatic version upgrade
• Access to all configuration files
• Access to log files

⁠Quick Start

• Launch the crashplan container

docker run -d \
  --name crashplan \
  -h $HOSTNAME \
  -e TZ="${TZ:-$(cat /etc/timezone 2>/dev/null)}" \
  --publish 4242:4242 --publish 4243:4243 \
  --volume /srv/crashplan/data:/var/crashplan \
  --volume /srv/crashplan/storage:/storage \
  jrcs/crashplan:latest

⁠Access the GUI from your desktop crashplan application

• Make a backup of the current .ui_info file of your desktop machine locate:
  • On Linux: /var/crashplan/data/id/.ui_info
  • On OSX: /Library/Application Support/CrashPlan/.ui_info
  • On Windows: C:\ProgramData\CrashPlan\.ui_info
• Replace your .ui_info file of your desktop machine with the one of the crashplan container: /srv/crashplan/data/id/.ui_info.
• In the .ui_info file of your desktop machine, replace the IP (should be 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1) with the IP of your docker host.
• Make sure you can connect to ports 4242 and 4243 on your docker host.
• Start your local CrashPlan GUI.

⁠Configuration

⁠Volumes:

• /var/crashplan: where the configuration files and logs are store
• /storage: where backup files are store

⁠Optional environment variables:

• PUBLIC_IPand PUBLIC_PORT: force the public ip address and port to use.
• TZ: time zone to use in the crashplan logs. Use /etc/timezone string values, e.g. "Europe/Paris"