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Syncthing saved my ass last month. My Framework laptop got stolen while I was traveling. I was able to pick up a second-hand MacBook Air, connect it to my intro
by eloisius 4y ago
Syncthing saved my ass last month. My Framework laptop got stolen while I was traveling. I was able to pick up a second-hand MacBook Air, connect it to my introducer, and within a few hours I had all my files back.
I have a Pi with software RAID and two HDDs running Syncthing in my apartment. I rent a cheap Storage VPS from time4vps.com which is untrusted and set as an introducer--meaning, the data is encrypted before it reaches the VPS, and as an introducer it will announce devices to one another. My (former) laptop and an iMac where I do all my work are always in sync. If I need to add a new device, I only have to connect it to the VPS and suddenly all the other devices know of it.
- simultsop 4y agonice setup, do you maintain the project too often? Does it go obsolete due to any update? Or is that just ssh and scp?
- eloisius 4y agoIt’s surprisingly easy to maintain. I’m not someone that enjoys tinkering with shit like this to be honest, but I didn’t want to put my entire photo collection and what-have-you on Dropbox. Setting up the software raid was difficult. I ran into a tar pit with that, but it turned out the Pi can’t power two drives at once, and a powered USB hub was all I needed. Otherwise, I’ve only sshed into the VPS a handful of times in the year that it’s been running. I haven’t had to to touch Syncthing on the Pi. I probably need to run apt upgrade somewhere, but it’s all working fine.
- bomewish 4y agowhy not use the syncthing introducer thingy? You concerned they gonna spy on the packets or what?
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y agoThat's not what an introducer is. It's an easier way of configuring which computers can synchronize with each other, not to be mistaken for a relay.