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The last thing that I did-configuration-wise-was designate the headless server as an “Introducer ” this means that any additional devices added via the web interface on the headless server will be auto-configured on any additional devices. Once this is done, you should see a prompt on the other web console to add another remote device which configures everything once you accept it. To add other devices, you can click “Show ID” under the Actions drop down menu, copy the ID, click “+Add Remote Device” in the other machine’s web console, and paste the ID. I didn’t want to wrestle with it, so I turned off auto-update in settings, moved the application to the trash, reinstalled it and everything worked. After restarting, the web interface was not reachable. When I set everything up, Syncthing was configured to auto-update, which it did. Go ahead and double-click the application Syncthing should open its web interface at.
Syncthing introducer install#
Use the DMG to install Syncthing a window should prompt you to move the Syncthing icon into the ~/Applications directory, which you should do. Not only that but it provides a DMG for installation which you can find at the hyperlink included in the last sentence. I found that this GitHub project seems to be the best maintained of the Community Contributions.
Syncthing introducer update#
I’m running Syncthing on OS X, so that’s the only platform I’ll cover (unless I decide to start using it on Windows, in which case I’ll update this at that point). Next we’ll need to configure Syncthing on other devices that expect to participate in synchronizing directories and files. You should receive a warning about the interface being open to the internet click on the settings button and set up a username/password and check the box to enable HTTPS. Once this is done, restart the service and connect to the address that we entered above. I had to install rpmdevtools before following the instructions above, though you may have to install all of the additional packages suggested in the documentation: You can find the unofficial Syncthing RPM and accompanying directions here. Syncthing has different flavors for different operating systems and in this case I’m running CentOS 7. Not only that, but I don’t need any of the bells and whistles that Dropbox offers and it’s another excuse to fiddle around with technoligically interesting things. Dropbox is great and Just Works™, but I’d like a self-hosted solution. The de facto standard solution for the problem stated above is Dropbox. I’ve been using rsync, and while I’m sure it’s possible to wrangle it into doing what I’d like, I’m interested in a more elegant solution. The problem is not unique and many solutions exist for it: I have a bunch of directories that I’d like to sync between multiple machines.
Syncthing introducer series#
I’m breaking from the series of web security posts in a diversion that I hope will end in an acceptable solution to a problem I’ve been experiencing.