syncthing setup exclusively with CLI
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After long searching I did not find a good description of how to set up Syncthing that works exclusively via CLI without using a Web browser on the devices.
This is useful for example on a headless Raspberry Pi without proxying web-traffic through SSH or with port-forwarding limitations. In this example we will want to share the default folder from Machine A with Machine B
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Install Syncthing On debian: On fedora: Generate device ID and config files and default folder
Start Syncthing
Get the device id
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Install Syncthing On debian: On fedora: Generate device ID and config files and default folder
Start Syncthing
Get the device id
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Add Machine B
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Add Machine A
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Share default folder with Machine B
Insert the id from the folder you want to share into $FOLDER_ID |
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Accept default folder from Machine A
If you don't want Machine B automatically accepting all of Machine A's folder requests, just run this command again with |
Additional useful info can be found at: https://superuser.com/questions/1397683/how-can-i-configure-syncthing-from-command-line-to-share-a-folder-with-another-c/1731999#1731999?s=0744928a5f9d4717b7445d039785ba53.
Don't waste your time with this repo, as it hasn't been updated since 2014, it is not working: https://github.com/classicsc/syncthingmanager
This repo https://github.com/tenox7/stc is useful but it doesn't not offer adding devices/folders.
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