Click on sharing tab to determine the files to share Click on ‘ Add remote device’Įnter the remote device ID, give a name and click save. On one device, add the other device through adding the device ID. In order to be able to sync files between two computers, both computers must have syncthing installed. Once you login with your set credentials, you should see a page as below: Syncthing Add Remote Devices. Once installation is complete, access Syncthing from the browser with localhost: If you had provided a gui IP in the systemd unit file, user the url: You will get a page asking you to set a Gui authentication username and password.Ĭlick on Settings-> Gui to set authentication settings and click save The output should be as below if running: Access Syncthing UI $ sudo systemctl daemon-reloadĬonfirm syncthing service status $ sudo systemctl status syncthing If you use root, you will get a warning from Syncthing UI that Syncthing should not run as a privileged or system user. Note that you can specify your server IP address in ‘ gui-address=”your-ip:8384”Īlso note that I have used ‘ User=lorna‘. Save the file and reload daemon and start Syncthing service with the below commands. $ sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/rviceĮxecStart=/usr/bin/syncthing -no-browser -gui-address="0.0.0.0:8384" -no-restart -logflags=0
Systemd files are found in /etc/systemd path. Let us go ahead to create a systemd unit file for easier management of Syncthing. Syncthing v1.18.0-ds1 "Fermium Flea" (go1.17.3 linux-amd64) 21:41:56 UTC Configure Syncthing on Linux Mint 21 Verify the installation by checking the installed version $ syncthing -version
#SYNCTHING GUIDE INSTALL#
Having added the key, update apt packages and install syncthing $ sudo apt update Next, create repo content $ echo "deb syncthing release" > sudo /etc/apt//syncthing.list Now import Syncthing GPG key with the below command: curl -s | sudo apt-key add. $ sudo apt install curl apt-transport-https
Update your system and install required dependencies by running the below commands.
It is universally available – Runs on both Windows and Linux Installing Syncthing on Linux Mint 21.Synthing strives to be safe from data loss – Ensures no corruption on user’s files.Its data syncing fully automatic – Low interaction.It is easy to use through a cli and GUI through Synchthing-GTK.Features of Syncthing file synchronization Other similar applications include Nextcloud, Pydo Cells and Seafile. Syncthing is an open source application used for synching files between computers in a network.
#SYNCTHING GUIDE HOW TO#
In this guide, we are going to look at how to install and use Syncthing File Synchronization on Linux Mint 21.
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