Duplicati Backblaze



I've been looking for new backup software for a few months and I've found Duplicati. I'm absolutely stoked with it, it does everything I want from backup software.

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Duplicati can backup to a number of different locations and there are several cloud options but I've chosen to go with Backblaze. I like them because they are extremely open with the design of their Storage Pods. Not just on how they work but releasing all the information you need to go and actually build one yourself.

It doesn't hurt that Backblaze are cheaper than Amazon S31 and will mail you a hard drive with your data. Something that CrashPlan used to do until a few years ago.

Signing up to Backblaze

Imyfone fixppo crack download mac. So the first part of setting up Duplicati is setting somewhere to send your backups to, head over to the Backblaze B2 sign up page and click Sign up today

Put in a username and password2

I was told I needed a phone number

So I entered my phone number

and enabled 2-factor authentication

Create a bucket

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Next go to Buckets > Create a Bucket

Once the bucket is created click on 'Show Account ID and Application Key' then 'Create Application Key'.

Record this Application Key and keep it safe, we will need it to setup Duplicati

Now we are ready to install Duplicati. Over the next few weeks I'm going to do posts on:

  • Installing Duplicati on Windows 10
  • Installing Duplicati on a headless Debian Linux server
  • Installing Duplicati on an Arch Linux Laptop
  1. and the same price as Amazon Glacier in Sydney ↩

  2. I found that passwords are limited to 50 characters, which isn't great but it's not too restrictive. ↩

For this setup I'm using Duplicati to backup to Backblaze. In a previous post I've written some instructions on setting up Backblaze.

SSH into the server

The first thing we have to do is to SSH into the server, because Duplicati will be running as a web service on port 8200 we need to forward connections to that port. Because I've already got Duplicati running on my desktop port 8200 is already taken so I'm going to be forwarding port 8000 on my desktop to port 8200 on the headless Linux server.

In PuTTY open go to Connections > SSH > Tunnels

Set the source port to 8000 and the destination to localhost:8200 then hit Add

Or if your SSHing in from a Linux desktops then use ssh example.com -L 8000:localhost:8200

Installing

Head over to the Duplicati download page and copy the link to the Debian installer (in Firefox you can right click > copy link location)

Then download the file on the server

Then run the installer using apt (not apt-get)

If you don't already have Mono installed this will bring a lot of dependencies with it.

Finally enable and start the service

I found I needed to wait about 45 seconds for the service to start accepting connections.

Setup Backups

Once Duplicati is installed open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8000

Click on Add Backup > Configure a new backup > Next

Give your backups a name, you don't need to use encryption but I'd highly recommend it, and I'd also recommend using their password generator and saving the password in a password manager.

K mac download. Pick B2 Cloud Storage, put in your Bucket Name, a folder path, your account ID and your application key (from the instructions on setting up Backblaze). It's also a good idea to test your connection before continuing.

Select your source data

Setup a schedule that works for you, the default on of once a day is pretty reasonable for most personal backups.

Unless you have a reason to change them I'd leave the default options.

Duplicati Backblaze B2

And your done, you can hit Run now to start the backups or just wait for the schedule to kick in.

Duplicati And Backblaze

Backblaze

It's that easy.