BTSync Server

• November 11, 2013

BitTorrent Sync is my favorite tool to sync my folders between my devices. Here is the process to install it on Ubuntu server.

Commands:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxpoldo/btsync
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install btsync

Choose 127.0.0.1 instead of 0.0.0.0.

Nginx:

$ sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/btsync.xx.xxx

#Type this
server {
       listen         80;
       server_name    btsync.xx.xxx;

        access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log;

        location / {
                proxy_pass      http://127.0.0.1:8888;
        }
}
#End of file

If you need to reconfigure and gives you more options:

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure btsync

Tips:

Don’t run btsync as a root

newgrp btsync
chown -R yaser:btsync folder_you_want_to_sync/
chmod -R g+rw folder_you_want_to_sync/

Ref: ubuntu-server-packages-for-bittorrent-sync, how-to-run-bittorrent-sync