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 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 insta