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title: Setting Up Kopia
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date: 2026-01-23T22:30:11.393Z
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dateCreated: 2026-01-23T22:14:17.009Z
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# Configure Kopia on ZNAS
Installed docker on ZNAS
set repository to 










## Notes from Joplin
Installed Kopia Docker on NAS

SERVER CERT SHA256: 696a4999f594b5273a174fd7cab677d8dd1628f9b9d27e557daa87103ee064b2

Setup first repository

used wget to get the kopia apt package and install on Docker1

use dpkg to install on docker1

\- Create a user in the docker container by using docker exec to enter it, then run 

```bash
kopia server user add admin@docker1
```

 Connect from docker host :  

```
kopia repo connect server --url=https://192.168.5.12:51515 --override-username=admin --server-cert-fingerprint=696a4999f594b5273a174fd7cab677d8dd1628f9b9d27e557daa87103ee064b2
```

DO the firsts snapshot:  <span style="color: #000000;">sudo kopia snapshot create /DockerVol/</span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">kopia policy set admin@docker2 --compression zstd</span></span>


added cron job

crontab -e
added: 
*/180 * * * * /usr/bin/kopia snapshot create /DockerVol >> /var/log/kopia-cron.log 2>&1


restored one file: kopia snapshot restore  ke1ee8edc7da8be14f29f8dd7d6dfb24c/windows7/data.img /repository/data.img
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