Syncthing

Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Syncthing is one of the best tools for keeping folders synchronized across the internet. However, for one or the other reason, it occasionally stops to work on my Ubuntu 16.04 and because I use it in a “set it and forget it” fashion, I also forget how to check that it is operational.Make it start automatically at boot time (as a system service): systemctl enable syncthing@username.serviceStart the service: systemctl start syncthing@username.serviceCheck the status: systemctl status syncthing@username.serviceThe URL of the GUI: https://127.0.0.1:8384 However, the above solution does not work well if e.g. the files to syncronize reside on an encrypted folder which is mounted only after the user has logged in (e.g. in Ubuntu 16.04, there was the possibility to encrypt the user folder, which was only unlocked during user login). Alternatively, one can run the service as a “user service” like this:cp /usr/lib/systemd/user/syncthing.service ~/.config/systemd/user/systemctl --user enable syncthing.servicesystemctl --user start syncthing.serviceSyncthing seems to regularly loose a file called “.stfolder”, which is supposed to be in the root of any shared folder (or it gets converted into a folder). For me the problem gets usually fixed by simply recreating that (empty) file (and deleting the folder with the same name if it exists).

How to start openvpn or ssh server under Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

OpenVPNsudo systemctl start openvpn@clientThe “client” is derived from the configuration file name (/etc/openvpn/client.conf). If your configuration file is server.conf, the command needs to besudo systemctl start openvpn@serverWhen you want the service to start up automatically during system boot, you issue:sudo systemctl enable openvpn@serverTemplated versus non-templated servicesOpenVPN is a so-called “templated” service (it needs a configuration file when being invoked). In contrast to this, the ssh server is a non-templated service. Hence the command is simpler:sudo systemctl start sshd

Systemctl on Michael’s Domain

Syncthing

How to start openvpn or ssh server under Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04