Syncthing: Difference between revisions

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Syncthing is a decentralized file ~~sync~~ service. You can use it to safely sync all files in a folder between different desktops/servers. In other Linux ~~distribution~~ you configure it via ~~Web~~-GUI. In NixOS you can fully configure it using Nix.

Syncthing is a decentralized file synchronization service. You can use it to safely sync all files in a folder between different desktops/servers. In other Linux distributions you configure it via its own web-GUI. In NixOS you can partly or fully configure it using Nix.

== Install ==

Syncthing is available as a standalone package: <code>nix-env -iA nixos.syncthing</code>

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It is also a good idea to protect the web GUI with a username and password ~~combination~~:

It is also a good idea to protect the web GUI with a username and password:

services.syncthing.settings.gui = {

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== Disable default sync folder ==

Syncthing creates a ~~‘Sync’~~ folder in your home directory every time it regenerates a configuration (even if your declarative configuration does not have this folder). You can disable that by setting the STNODEFAULTFOLDER environment variable:

Syncthing creates a 'Sync' folder in your home directory every time it regenerates a configuration, even if your declarative configuration does not have this folder. You can disable that by setting the STNODEFAULTFOLDER environment variable:

<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">systemd.services.syncthing.environment.STNODEFAULTFOLDER = "true"; # Don't create default ~/Sync folder</syntaxhighlight>

== Home-manager service ==

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-Syncthing is a decentralized file sync service. You can use it to safely sync all files in a folder between different desktops/servers. In other Linux distribution you configure it via Web-GUI. In NixOS you can fully configure it using Nix.
+Syncthing is a decentralized file synchronization service. You can use it to safely sync all files in a folder between different desktops/servers. In other Linux distributions you configure it via its own web-GUI. In NixOS you can partly or fully configure it using Nix.
 == Install ==
 Syncthing is available as a standalone package: <code>nix-env -iA nixos.syncthing</code>
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-It is also a good idea to protect the web GUI with a username and password combination:
+It is also a good idea to protect the web GUI with a username and password:
 <syntaxHighlight lang="nix">
 services.syncthing.settings.gui = {
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 == Disable default sync folder ==
-Syncthing creates a ‘Sync’ folder in your home directory every time it regenerates a configuration (even if your declarative configuration does not have this folder). You can disable that by setting the STNODEFAULTFOLDER environment variable:
+Syncthing creates a 'Sync' folder in your home directory every time it regenerates a configuration, even if your declarative configuration does not have this folder. You can disable that by setting the STNODEFAULTFOLDER environment variable:
- <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">systemd.services.syncthing.environment.STNODEFAULTFOLDER = "true"; # Don't create default ~/Sync folder</syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">systemd.services.syncthing.environment.STNODEFAULTFOLDER = "true"; # Don't create default ~/Sync folder</syntaxhighlight>
 == Home-manager service ==