Syncing all the things

Posted Jul 12, 2021 11:49 UTC (Mon) by jezuch (subscriber, #52988)
Parent article: Syncing all the things

> If one system is, for example, a cloud server that is used primarily for backup or distribution purposes

Is there an easy way to set up such a server?

Syncing all the things

Posted Jul 12, 2021 18:13 UTC (Mon) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link] (2 responses)

> Is there an easy way to set up such a server?

You ssh to the server (tunneling port 8384), install syncthing, start it, open its web interface, and copy the server key-

On the local device you add a new device (the cloud system). Then you create a shared folder andshare the folder with the cloud system (this step allows you to set a password).

On the cloud system you accept the shared folder.

Done.

Frankly IMHO this is all as intuitive as it gets.

Syncing all the things

Posted Jul 13, 2021 10:24 UTC (Tue) by jezuch (subscriber, #52988) [Link] (1 responses)

I guess what I meant was: is there someone who provides a service like this so that I don't have to deal with the cloud providers myself? ;) I know I can set up an EC2 instance attached to some S3 storage, but... I really don't feel like it :)

Syncing all the things

Posted Jul 24, 2021 14:08 UTC (Sat) by vincent163 (guest, #153414) [Link]

"seedbox" is the term to search for. It's usually a cloud server with cheap storage and high bandwidth, and most managed seedboxes offer one-click installs for applications like Syncthing.