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init.d script for btsync (based on another script built to run dropbox)
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: btsync
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Should-Start: $network
# Should-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Multi-user daemonized version of btsync.
# Description: Starts the btsync daemon for all registered users.
### END INIT INFO
# Replace with linux users you want to run BTSync clients for
BTSYNC_USERS="mendel"
DAEMON=/usr/bin/btsync
start() {
for btsuser in $BTSYNC_USERS; do
HOMEDIR=`getent passwd $btsuser | cut -d: -f6`
config=$HOMEDIR/.sync/config.json
if [ -f $config ]; then
echo "Starting BTSync for $btsuser"
start-stop-daemon -b -o -c $btsuser -S -u $btsuser -x $DAEMON -- --config $config
else
echo "Couldn't start BTSync for $btsuser (no $config found)"
fi
done
}
stop() {
for btsuser in $BTSYNC_USERS; do
dbpid=`pgrep -fu $btsuser $DAEMON`
if [ ! -z "$dbpid" ]; then
echo "Stopping btsync for $btsuser"
start-stop-daemon -o -c $btsuser -K -u $btsuser -x $DAEMON
fi
done
}
status() {
for btsuser in $BTSYNC_USERS; do
dbpid=`pgrep -fu $btsuser $DAEMON`
if [ -z "$dbpid" ]; then
echo "btsync for USER $btsuser: not running."
else
echo "btsync for USER $btsuser: running (pid $dbpid)"
fi
done
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
stop
start
;;
status)
status
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/btsync {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
- Create a directory named .sync in your home directory
- Create a file inside .sync named config.json with the dumped and modified configuration
- Replace the configuration entry "storage_path" with the path to the .sync directory
- Move btsync to /usr/bin or replace DAEMON with the absolute path to btsync
- Copy the script to /etc/init.d and chmod +x it
- Replace BTSYNC_USERS with a list of usernames that you want btsync to work with, space delimited
- Use rcconf or another tool to make the service btsync start at system initialization
- Execute service btsync start
WHEN SETTING UP BTSYNC FOR MULTIPLE USERS, REMEMBER TO USE DIFFERENT PORT NUMBERS FOR webui.listen
- MULTIPLE PROCESSES CAN'T LISTEN TO THE SAME PORT!
Example:
{
"device_name": "<DEVICE NAME>",
"listening_port": 0,
"storage_path": "/home/mendel/.sync",
"check_for_updates": true,
"use_upnp": true,
"download_limit": 0,
"upload_limit": 0,
"webui": {
"listen": "0.0.0.0:8888",
"login" : "admin",
"password" : "password"
},
"shared_folders": []
}
@dafyk
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dafyk commented May 17, 2013

If you name this script btsync, function status() will always reports btsync as running. Problem is on line 32
change from:
dbpid=pgrep -u $btsuser btsync
to:
dbpid=pgrep -fu $btsuser $DAEMON

@mendelgusmao
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Thank you, @dafyk

@mendelgusmao
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Thank you, @letiemble

@bbattista
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Very nice! These instructions have worked on all of the Debian-based distros I've applied them to- Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, OpenMediaVault. I opted to run update-rc.d btsync defaults to make it start on boot. Piece of cake with extra icing, thank you.

@vvtommy
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vvtommy commented Aug 1, 2013

Thank you, :>

@thoemy
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thoemy commented Aug 26, 2013

For reference a systemd service file. Copy it to /etc/systemd/system/btsync@.service.

[Unit]
Description=BitTorrent Sync Service for %i

[Service]
User=%i
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/btsync --nodaemon --config %h/.sync/config.json

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

%i will be replaced by the part after the @ and %h by the home directory of the configured user.

Enable with systemctl enable btsync@MYUSER.service for user MYUSER.

@jaycuse
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jaycuse commented Sep 24, 2013

Thank you :)
Just a note for Debian based distros. if you use update-rc.d btsync defaults and get a message about dependency based boot sequence. The command you want to use is insserv btsync.

https://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot

@oxoo2a
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oxoo2a commented Nov 19, 2013

Thank you for the script. Makes running BitTorrent Sync on my Raspberry Pis a lot easier :-)

@Kirbo
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Kirbo commented May 8, 2014

I'm using:
BTSYNC_USERS=$(stat -c "%U" /home/*/.sync/config.json)
..instead of:
BTSYNC_USERS="user1 user2 user3",
..so I don't have to update init.d script everytime a new user wants to use BitTorrent Sync.

If I were even lazier, I'd be modifying "user skeleton" http://linuxg.net/the-unix-and-linux-skeleton-directory-etcskel/ so that it would include .sync/config.json.example and .sync/README.md files to help new users to enable and config their BitTorrent Sync.

@FDMaguire
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any chance to get this updated to the latest approach for BTSync on servers? Specifically, that it is now using btsync.conf at the main folder for BTSync.

Thanks!

@johannesegger
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When omitting the -b switch in line 24 (where btsync is started) the errors aren't swallowed and it still works because btsync forks itself to background.

@fernandoneto
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👍

@rodvlopes
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I agree with @eggapauli and I would also add --log /var/log/btsync.log at the end of the start command.

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