Installing on FreeNAS/TrueNAS

Make sure the following prerequisites are met:

• You have access to the FreeNAS/TrueNAS system.

• Your FreeNAS/TrueNAS system meets system requirements for installing NAKIVO Backup & Replication.

• The iocage jail/container manager is installed on your FreeNAS/TrueNAS system. Refer to the iocage README page for a description.

• A storage pool is created on your FreeNAS/TrueNAS system. Make sure the pool has enough storage for all NAKIVO Backup & Replication functionality. Refer to FreeNAS User Guide for more details on creating storage pools.

  • To create local Repository on FreeNAS/TrueNAS local storage outside the jail, make sure you use the following mount points:

    Source: /mnt/share/

    Destination: /mnt/test/iocage/jails/nbr/root/usr/repo

  Notes

  • The repo is an empty folder created by the user.

  • The path for adding a repository on NAKIVO Backup & Replication is /usr/repo.

• Make sure to check limitations for FreeNAS/TrueNAS here.

Follow the steps below to install NAKIVO Backup & Replication on a FreeNAS/TrueNAS system:

1. Log in to the FreeNAS/TrueNAS system via SSH.

2. Go to the tmp folder:  cd /tmp

3. Download the necessary json file:

   • for the full NAKIVO Backup & Replication installation on a TrueNAS v12.2 and v13:
     wget https://github.com/NAKIVO/iocage-plugin-nbr/raw/master/nbr.json

   • for the full NAKIVO Backup & Replication installation on a FreeNAS v11.3:
     wget https://github.com/NAKIVO/iocage-plugin-nbr/raw/11.3-RELEASE/nbr.json

   • for the NAKIVO Backup & Replication Transporter installation on a TrueNAS v12.2 and v13:
     wget https://github.com/NAKIVO/iocage-plugin-nbr-transporter/raw/master/nbr-transporter.json

   • for the NAKIVO Backup & Replication Transporter installation on a FreeNAS v11.3:
     wget https://github.com/NAKIVO/iocage-plugin-nbr-transporter/raw/11.3-RELEASE/nbr-transporter.json
     

     Note
     If a utility for downloading files like wget or curl is missing on your FreeNAS/TrueNAS system, you can first download the necessary file to your local machine and then upload it to FreeNAS with a third-party tool like WinSCP or FileZilla.

4. Install NAKIVO Backup & Replication with the iocage jail/container manager:

   Note
   Make sure that the jail IP address is not the IP address of your FreeNAS/TrueNAS system.

   • For the full NAKIVO Backup & Replication installation on a FreeNAS/TrueNAS:
     iocage fetch -P nbr.json vnet="off" ip4="inherit" ip4_addr="em0|x.x.x.x/24"

   • For the NAKIVO Backup & Replication Transporter installation on a FreeNAS/TrueNAS:
     iocage fetch -P nbr-transporter.json vnet="off" ip4="inherit" ip4_addr="em0|x.x.x.x/24"