# QNAP without Mono
**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/qnap-without-mono/2434
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 10, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/qnap-without-mono/2434 "2018-02-10T11:04:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Clark](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Robert_Clark)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/qnap-without-mono/2434/1 "2018-02-10T11:04:57Z")
Hi, I’ve just started trying Duplicati instead of Crashplan. All is going well with most backups. However I have one client with a QNAP TS-420, which does not allow the install of Mono. Does anyone know of a way to run Duplicati on this type of NAS? I see from other threads that Duplicati can be complied into a package, but unfortunately, I have nowhere near enough experience to do something like that. If anyone could help with specific instructions they would be gratefully received. Regards, Robert
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### Author:  [@kees-z](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kees-z)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/qnap-without-mono/2434/2 "2018-02-10T13:27:18Z")
There are packages for QNAP and Synology, but I guess a Mono installation is still a requirement before these packages can be installed.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Clark](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Robert_Clark)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/qnap-without-mono/2434/3 "2018-02-13T15:29:10Z")
Yes, it’s the Mono bit that I’m struggling with. I have already used Duplicati successfully on other QNAP NAS, that do allow Mono. This model (bought by the client, not me), is just very restricted.
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### Author:  [@Pectojin](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Pectojin)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/qnap-without-mono/2434/4 "2018-02-13T16:50:40Z")
I think you can do it with Qmono. There is a reddit thread about running Sonarr and Radarr on QNAP TS-420. Both Sonarr and Radarr are C# applications that have basically the same requirements as Duplicati, so I think it should work.
> **[r/qnap - TS-420 Install Qmono, Sonarr, and Radarr](https://www.reddit.com/r/qnap/comments/7si8ic/ts420_install_qmono_sonarr_and_radarr/)**
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> 1 vote and 6 comments so far on Reddit
If that doesn’t work, I would opt for trying a docker container as it will ship with mono installed inside the container and thus not need mono installed on the QNAP.
There’s the [Linuxserver.io image](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/duplicati/) and fkrull just submitted a pull request to the Duplicati github about a docker file so that Duplicati can supply an official image [3029](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/pull/3029)
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Clark](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Robert_Clark)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/qnap-without-mono/2434/5 "2018-02-17T12:44:00Z")
Many thanks Pectojin for the comments. I had come across the Reddit thread, but unfortunately, as mentioned in the thread, the TS-420 doesn’t seem to have _any_ option for any implementation of Mono, and also doesn’t support containers. Looks like I’ll either have to get the client to switch to a new NAS, or perhaps run Duplicati on a client machine and leave it on 24/7.
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### Author:  [@Pectojin](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Pectojin)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/qnap-without-mono/2434/6 "2018-02-17T13:30:29Z")
Ah, that’s unfortunate. A client PC should still be able to do the trick, but it won’t perform great over a network share ☹