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1. #Install syncthing ubuntu install#
2. #Install syncthing ubuntu driver#
3. #Install syncthing ubuntu download#
4. #Install syncthing ubuntu free#

Enable syncthing to auto start when Ubuntu is booted up by running the below command. Under /lib/systemd/system/ directory, you will find a file.

The official Syncthing deb package ships with the needed systemd service file. This deb repository also works on Debian or other Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distros such as Linux Mint, Elementary OS.

#Install syncthing ubuntu install#

Update local package index and install Syncthing on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. echo "deb syncthing release" | sudo tee /etc/apt//syncthing.list

Then add official Syncthing deb repository with the following command. If you see OK in the terminal, that means the GPG key is successfully imported.

#Install syncthing ubuntu download#

Use curl to download the Syncthing GPG key then import the key to Ubuntu system with apt-key. Install Syncthing on Ubuntu 16.04 via Official Deb Repository All your data is encrypted when transmitting between your devices. Syncthing does not upload your data to the cloud but exchange your data directly between your devices. The creation, modification or deletion of files on one machine will automatically be replicated to your other devices. It’s an open source alternative to the popular BitTorrent Sync (aka btsync) application.

#Install syncthing ubuntu free#

I was then able to run Syncthing correctly as my user manually and as a service.Syncthing is a free continuous file synchronization tool that lets you synchronize your files across desktops, tablets, servers. Changing the ownership with sudo chown -R : /home//.config/syncthing Turns out, as I mentioned, I had started it as root (via sudo) which setup the syncthing directory under my user but with owner and group set to root:root rather then my user. While setting this up on one of my servers I accidently started Syncthing as root which caused me a few moments of confusion when later I was unable to get the service to start. Now restart Syncthing to apply the changes sudo systemctl restart you should be able to access the web management portal from another computer on your network. nano /home//.config/syncthing/config.xmlįind the line where it says 127.0.0.1:8384Īnd replace 127.0.0.1 with your IP address. To do that we’ll edit Syncthing’s configuration file which under home folder of the user we used when setting up the service. You should now be able to access the web portal via localhost:8384īut what if you installed this on a headless server? We need to set Synthing to listen on it’s LAN address rather than 127.0.0.1 Syncthing uses port 8384 for the web management portal sudo ufw allow 8384Īnd port of 22000 for file transfers sudo ufw allow 22000

I’ll only cover UFW as it’s the only one I am familiar with. Replace with your username sudo systemctl enable start the service sudo systemctl start check that the service is running correctly sudo systemctl status may need to open a port in your Ubuntu firewall to access Syncthing from another computer and to transfer files. If so, please install the apt-transport-https package and try again: sudo apt-get install apt-transport-httpsĪfter installing Syncthing we set it up as a service. N: Is the package apt-transport-https installed?

#Install syncthing ubuntu driver#

# Update and install syncthing:ĭepending on your distribution, you may see an error similar to the following when running apt-get: E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found. Printf "Package: *\nPin: origin \nPin-Priority: 990\n" | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/syncthingĪnd finally. # Increase preference of Syncthing's packages ("pinning") To make sure the system packages do not take preference over those in this repository, you need to adjust the priority/preference. # Add the "candidate" channel to your APT sources:Įcho "deb syncthing candidate" | sudo tee /etc/apt//syncthing.list These predate the corresponding stable builds by about three weeks. The candidate channel is updated with release candidate builds, usually every second Tuesday of the month. # Add the "stable" channel to your APT sources:Įcho "deb syncthing stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt//syncthing.list The stable channel is updated with stable release builds, usually every first Tuesday of the month. Sudo curl -s -o /usr/share/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg To allow the system to check the packages authenticity, you need to provide the release key.