OBSOLETE

This guide is now out-of-date and obsolete due to multiple reasons:

1. Issues with Crashplan engine prevent it from running correctly
2. Crashplan has discontinued it's Home plan
3. A smoother experience can be had by running CP in docker, I reccomend: jlesage/docker-crashplan-pro

freenas-crashplan_update

Simple guide on updating CrashPlan plugin on FreeNAS. Made as a do-not-forget note for future reference.

Thanks to mastax @freeNas forums for providing the most important aspects (here) of the update guide!

Update CP on FreeNAS to 4.7

Instructions are here

Configure GUI to connect to headless CP@FreeNAS

Instructions are here

References

1. Guide to backup home computers to CrashPlan on FreeNAS by stryk9 @ freeNAS forums
2. mastax's post in Crashplan NOT updating? @ freeNAS forums
3. FreeNAS Crashplan installation @ nguvu.org
4. Using CrashPlan On A Headless Computer @ support.code42.com (instructions for version 4.x)
5. How-to : Crashplan & Freenas @ github - a very comprehensive guide!