Bi directional Folder Synchronization using Sync thing - LCAS/Cluster_wiki GitHub Wiki

install & start syncthing on your local machine:

• download and install from https://syncthing.net/ (note the native gui options, snyctrayzor works well on windows)
• start syncthing and open browser on local machine: http://localhost:8384

start & setup syncthing on the login node:

• ssh to the login node: ssh lch01 -L 9384:localhost:8384

• note: this forwards the port from localhost(@lch01):8384 to localhost:9384

• execute syncthing: syncthing
• open browser on local machine: http://localhost:9384
• go to settings and change the port to something else (others may want to use syncthing aswell, we can't all use the default port 8384)

note: the port 8384 is already blocked, change it manually using the config file at ~/.config/syncthing/config.xml and restart syncthing

add devices & configure folder sync

• now that you have both syncthing frontends open, add the local device id to the remote syncthing instance
• accept the new device on the local syncthing instance
• add a local folder to the sync options at your local syncthing and share it with the remote device
• accept the folder at the remote

further options

• enabling file versioning
• adding ignore patterns
• only syncing uni-directional
• target sync folder location
• starting the remote syncthing in tmux so it stays active after logout