# Can Duplicati, be my Crash Plan / Genie Timeline..'clone'? **URL:** \ **Category:** How-To\ **Created:** [October 7, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/can-duplicati-be-my-crash-plan-genie-timeline-clone/935 "2017-10-07T23:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JonMikelV)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/can-duplicati-be-my-crash-plan-genie-timeline-clone/935/20 "2017-10-15T03:48:54Z")
> [@Bilateral](#): > > My brother-in-law and I were planning to backup essential files to each others’ houses. Yep, that’s exactly the CrashPlan feature I miss! It would be great if Duplicati could include something like a built in sftp sever, but unfortunately you are correct - with how Duplicati works fort now you have to manually set up the “destination” server at each end. The process varies depending on the destination OS, but here are two #How-To topics that might help get you started using the S3 compatible tool Mino. > [@Setting up self-hosted Minio on Windows 10 with automatically renewing SSL certificate](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/setting-up-self-hosted-minio-on-windows-10-with-automatically-renewing-ssl-certificate/645): > > How to install minio on Windows 10 with valid SSL certificate In this guide we’ll walk through the steps of installing an Amazon S3 compatible service on Windows 10 using [minio](https://www.minio.io/), a cross-platform implementation of the S3 API. While minio has a client and an SDK library as well, we’ll only focus on the server side component for now. Our goals install a fully S3 compatible service start automatically on system startup transport should be protected by a valid SSL certificate (for free) Using min… > [@Setting up Minio on Linux and Duplicati on Windows as a service using tls](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/setting-up-minio-on-linux-and-duplicati-on-windows-as-a-service-using-tls/632): > > Note: Most of this comes from [DIY cloud backup: Installing and configuring the server - Intermittent Technology](http://blog.quindorian.org/2017/08/diy-cloud-backup-installing-configuring-server.html/), so credit goes to Quindor. This how-to is for installation of Duplicati on Windows, setting it as a service, and connecting to Minio S3 using valid ssl certificate Start by installing Duplicati on Windows. Stop the Duplicati system tray, so the service shuts down. Convert it to a service (following [Duplicati Tutorial 02 Install Duplicati as a Service](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ_ukxbEyG0)) by: Open an Administrative C… I think part of the reason it’s but as simple as CrashPlan is because working through firewalls in a simple way generally requires a sever (that both clients can talk to) that gets all the right ports open so the two clients can then talk directly to each other. Since Duplicati is client only, that intermediary is missing. For now. 🙂 Oh, and also keep in mind that Duplicati currently only initiates backups at their scheduled time. If your Duplicati says “time to back up” but you brother is offline then the backup is skipped until the next scheduled time. With CrashPlan I believe it would repeatedly check if the destination is online then start / continue a backup. Oh, and as far a new post goes, if this discussion gets too long or too off OP topic we can shift the new posts over after the fact for you. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/can-duplicati-be-my-crash-plan-genie-timeline-clone/935)._