Cloud Servers - Syncthing

Links:

• Web Site
• Documentation
• GitHub

Installing Syncthing

Add the release PGP keys:

• sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
• sudo curl -L -o /etc/apt/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg https://syncthing.net/release-key.gpg

Add the "stable" channel to your APT sources:

• echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list

Update and install syncthing:

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install syncthing
• vi ~/.local/state/syncthing/config.xml
  • Change <address> to 0.0.0.0:8384 (line 55)

Set up as a system service

(Replace “myuser” with the actual Syncthing user after the @:)

• systemctl enable syncthing@myuser.service
• systemctl start syncthing@myuser.service