Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync) by Resilio, Inc. is a proprietary peer-to-peer file synchronization tool available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Amazon Kindle Fire and BSD. It can sync files between devices on a local network, or between remote devices over the Internet via a modified version of the BitTorrent protocol.
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- To access Resilio, visit http://resilio.yourdomain.com
- See [[Adding a Subdomain | Extras: Adding a Subdomain]] on how to add the subdomain
resilio
to your DNS provider.
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Run the following commands:
cd ~/cloudbox/ sudo ansible-playbook cloudbox.yml --tags install-resilio
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Visit https://resilio.yourdomain.com
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First time you log in, you will be presented with a welcome screen.
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Fill in the following:
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User name: fill in your preferred admin username.
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Password: fill in your preferred admin password.
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Confirm password: retype the password.
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Click "Continue".
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Next screen will ask to choose a product. This will be "Sync Home" for most users. Click the product that applies to you.
For this guide, we will select "Sync Home".
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Next screen will ask for a "friendly" name for your Resilio Sync server. Type in a name and check the boxes below. Click "Get Started" to continue.
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You will be asked to login with the username and password you setup earlier.
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Click the
+
at the top left and select the folder type.For this guide, we will select "Standard folder".
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On the next screen, click
mounted_folders
to expand itNote: Do not use the
sync
folder (/mnt/sync/
path) as this folder will only be used to save config files. -
The
home
andmnt
folders undermounted_folders
represent the foldershome
andmnt
on your server's/
path.So..
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Resilio Sync:
/mnt/mounted_folders/home/
= Server:/home/
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Resilio Sync:
/mnt/mounted_folders/mnt/
= Server:/mnt/
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You can either choose an existing folder to share or you can create a new folder. When you are ready to share, click "Open".
For this guide, we will created the following folder on our server:
/home/seed/test/
(/mnt/mounted_folders/home/seed/test/
within Resilio Sync). -
On the next screen, select the sharing options (e.g. "Read Only" or "Read & Write", link expiration, etc). You can share this folder via a Link, Key, and/or QR Code. When you're done, click the
x
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You will now see the folder being shared.