Installing on FreeNAS/TrueNAS

Make sure the following prerequisites are met:

1. You have access to the FreeNAS/TrueNAS system.

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

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

4. 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.

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:
     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:
     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"

       5. For the NAKIVO Backup & Replication Transporter installation, add the Transporter to the Director. Refer to Adding Installed Transporters for details.