It did fail for some reason but I managed to get help via their chat to quickly resolve that issue. Prior to this I initiated my migration request from Home to Pro on their website. This guide assumes some basic knowledge of Crashplan and the service. Whenever the base CrashPlan is updated, I expect Jocelyn to release an updated image for me to install. Instead the UI is exposed using VNC and can be used directly from a browser or by connecting a VNC client. This means the installation process is much simpler than when they are split, as in my previous versions. This Dockerized version means running both the server and the client inside the Docker container.

As always, I rely on other peoples work and in this case I’ve chosen the well maintained solution by Jocelyn who also maintains other interesting Docker packages. I opted for staying with CrashPlan since it works pretty darn well and I can still run it directly on my NAS. Since CrashPlan for Home is about to close down, I had to swith to a new solution.

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