CrashPlan via Docker container

Componenets

• Ubuntu 16.04
• s6-overlay v1.19.1.1
• tigervnc v1.7.1
• novnc 558544364cf0d1f91d18b3a5768db8c8292f7ff6
• jre v1.8.0_72
• CrashPlan v4.8.2

Features

• Usage of novnc is optional
• Xvnc server and CrashPlan GUI launch when connecting (reduces resource consumption)

Setup

Manual

$ docker run -d \
    --name="crashplan-${NAME}" \
    --restart=unless-stopped \
    -e NOVNC=true \
    -p 5900:5900 \
    -p 6080:6080 \
    -v /media:/media \
    -v /:/rootfs \
    trapexit/crashplan:1.3.1

Remove -e NOVNC=true and -p 6080:6080 if you don't wish to use novnc.

Script

#!/bin/bash

NAME="${1}"
COUNT=$(docker ps -qa --filter "label=app=crashplan" | wc -l)
VNC_PORT=$((5900 + COUNT))
NOVNC_PORT=$((6080 + COUNT))

docker run -d \
    --name="crashplan-${NAME}" \
    --restart=unless-stopped \
    --label=app=crashplan \
    --label="backup=${NAME}" \
    -e NOVNC=true \
    -p ${VNC_PORT}:5900 \
    -p ${NOVNC_PORT}:6080 \
    -v /media:/media \
    -v /:/rootfs \
    trapexit/crashplan:1.3.1

Usage

VNC (directly)

• Using whichever VNC client you prefer connect to the VNC_PORT

NOVNC (VNC via web)

• Make sure -e NOVNC=true is included when creating the container.
• goto http://<your-host-ip>:${NOVNC_PORT}/vnc.html?autoconnect=true&resize=scale