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| -rw-r--r-- | Gemfile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Gemfile.lock | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | _posts/2023-04-12-Syncthing-Addiction.md | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | assets/syncthing_admin.png | bin | 0 -> 104845 bytes |
4 files changed, 59 insertions, 18 deletions
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ end gem "wdm", "~> 0.1.1", :install_if => Gem.win_platform? gem "kramdown-parser-gfm", "~> 1.1" + +gem "webrick", "~> 1.8" diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock index 0c8712d..21746a6 100644 --- a/Gemfile.lock +++ b/Gemfile.lock @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ GEM remote: https://rubygems.org/ specs: - addressable (2.8.0) - public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0) + addressable (2.8.4) + public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0) colorator (1.1.0) - concurrent-ruby (1.1.9) + concurrent-ruby (1.2.2) em-websocket (0.5.3) eventmachine (>= 0.12.9) http_parser.rb (~> 0) eventmachine (1.2.7) - ffi (1.15.4) + ffi (1.15.5) forwardable-extended (2.6.0) http_parser.rb (0.8.0) - i18n (0.9.5) + i18n (1.12.0) concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0) - jekyll (3.9.1) + jekyll (3.9.3) addressable (~> 2.4) colorator (~> 1.0) em-websocket (~> 0.5) - i18n (~> 0.7) + i18n (>= 0.7, < 2) jekyll-sass-converter (~> 1.0) jekyll-watch (~> 2.0) kramdown (>= 1.17, < 3) @@ -27,31 +27,31 @@ GEM pathutil (~> 0.9) rouge (>= 1.7, < 4) safe_yaml (~> 1.0) - jekyll-feed (0.15.1) + jekyll-feed (0.17.0) jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0) jekyll-sass-converter (1.5.2) sass (~> 3.4) - jekyll-seo-tag (2.7.1) + jekyll-seo-tag (2.8.0) jekyll (>= 3.8, < 5.0) jekyll-watch (2.2.1) listen (~> 3.0) - kramdown (2.3.1) + kramdown (2.4.0) rexml kramdown-parser-gfm (1.1.0) kramdown (~> 2.0) - liquid (4.0.3) - listen (3.7.0) + liquid (4.0.4) + listen (3.8.0) rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3) rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10) mercenary (0.3.6) pathutil (0.16.2) forwardable-extended (~> 2.6) - public_suffix (4.0.6) - rb-fsevent (0.11.0) + public_suffix (5.0.1) + rb-fsevent (0.11.2) rb-inotify (0.10.1) ffi (~> 1.0) rexml (3.2.5) - rouge (3.26.1) + rouge (3.30.0) safe_yaml (1.0.5) sass (3.7.4) sass-listen (~> 4.0.0) @@ -62,11 +62,12 @@ GEM jekyll (>= 3.7) jekyll-seo-tag (>= 2.1) thread_safe (0.3.6) - tzinfo (1.2.9) + tzinfo (1.2.11) thread_safe (~> 0.1) - tzinfo-data (1.2021.5) + tzinfo-data (1.2023.3) tzinfo (>= 1.0.0) wdm (0.1.1) + webrick (1.8.1) PLATFORMS ruby @@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES tzinfo (~> 1.2) tzinfo-data wdm (~> 0.1.1) + webrick (~> 1.8) BUNDLED WITH - 2.1.4 + 2.4.6 diff --git a/_posts/2023-04-12-Syncthing-Addiction.md b/_posts/2023-04-12-Syncthing-Addiction.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa48582 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2023-04-12-Syncthing-Addiction.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: Syncthing Addiction +--- + +I must admit something: I have become hopelessly addicted to +[Syncthing](https://syncthing.net). This tool has saved my bacon the last few +weeks with both regular work as well as personal projects, and it has become my +go-to tool for backing up large collections of files. + +### How it works + +Syncthing works very well out of the box, but it has endless ways of tailoring +it for a particular scenario. In the default configuration, there is a main +directory that it adds to its tracking information called `~/Sync`. In the main +configuration page, which can be found at http://localhost:8384/, all it needs +is a machine ID which can be found in the admin page of the other system. Like +magic, it will start syncing across the internet with the other machine, even +across firewalled networks. In the default configuration it uses public relay +servers for this task and, while reliable, it is a tad bit slow for me. So, +I've added my own server as a direct connection. This way, I also get the added +bonus of having everything I need in a central point and all I need to access +it is to point a syncthing instance at its public IP address. + + + +### Why not Nextcloud? + +In my testing, I have found Nextcloud and other such solutions a bit +heavy-handed for my particular use case, or in some areas, lacking basic +features. For instance, the Nextcloud app on Android tried to be everything and +the kitchen sink: image viewer, music player, encryption manager and all kinds +of functionality I would never make use of and cannot remove. These features, +while I'm sure some found useful, I did not and they took precious space on my +rather meager 16 gigabyte Samsung at the time. On my new devices, this is much +less of a concern but I do still enjoy an app to follow the Unix principle. +Syncthing is *just* a file synchronization tool, and that's all I need it to do. diff --git a/assets/syncthing_admin.png b/assets/syncthing_admin.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..755c689 --- /dev/null +++ b/assets/syncthing_admin.png |
