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Resilio Sync is a proprietary peer-to-peer synchronization tool.

A random port number between 10000 and 32767 is needed and will be used to access your Resilio Sync WebUI once setup is complete. The port number 20306 has automatically been generated and will be used throughout this article, but can be changed if needed.

Installation

Connect to your slot through SSH

Download Resilio Sync

wget https://download-cdn.resilio.com/stable/linux/x64/0/resilio-sync_x64.tar.gz

Extract Resilio Sync

mkdir -p ~/rslsync; tar -xf resilio-sync_x64.tar.gz -C ~/rslsync/

Create a sample configuration file

mkdir -p ~/.rslsync; ~/rslsync/rslsync --dump-sample-config > ~/.rslsync/rslsync.conf

Open the configuration file for editing
```
nano ~/.rslsync/rslsync.conf
```

Move down the file to the line starting with /* storage_path and change the storage_path dir to /home/user/.rslsync. You will need to remove the // from the beginning of the line. Your configuration should look like the following example:

 /* storage_path dir contains axillary app files
   if no storage _path field: .sync dir created in the directory
   where binary is located.
   otherwise user-defined directory will be used
 */
  "storage_path": "/home/user/.rslsync",

Move down the file to the line starting with /* use_upnp and change the use_upnp setting to false. Your configuration should look like the following example:
```
 /* use UPnP for port mapping */
 "use_upnp" : false,
```
Move down the file to the line starting with /* directory_root and change the directory root path to /home/user/. This change is required to allow Resilio Sync's web interface to operate properly. You will need to remove the // from the beginning of the line. Your configuration should look like the following example:
```
 /* directory_root path defines where the WebUI Folder browser starts (linux only). Default value is / */
   "directory_root" : "/home/user/",
```
Move down the file to the line starting with "webui" and change the WebUI port. Your configuration should look like the following example:
```
   "webui" :
   {
     "listen" : "0.0.0.0:20306" // remove field to disable WebUI
```
Once you have made these edits, quit nano by pressing Ctrl+S followed by Ctrl+X.
(Optional) Create an alias for rslsync for easy startup. This will allow you to use rslsync rather than ~/rslsync/rslsync --config ~/.rslsync/rslsync.conf
```
echo "alias rslsync='~/rslsync/rslsync --config ~/.rslsync/rslsync.conf'" >> ~/.bashrc; source ~/.bashrc
```
Start Resilio Sync with ~/rslsync/rslsync --config ~/.rslsync/rslsync.conf or rslsync if you completed step 9.
Enter http://server.whatbox.ca:20306 into your browser. You will need to set up a username and password for accessing Resilio Sync on your slot, as well as name for the Resilio Sync server running on your slot.
(Optional) Clean up by removing the Resilio Sync install archive
```
rm -r ~/resilio-sync-*
```

HTTPS

Add your ResilioSync port on your Domain Page.

Usage

The user guides for Resilio Sync operation can be found here.

WebUI

You can access the Resilio Sync WebUI by entering http://server.whatbox.ca:20306 into your browser.

Manual Update

Connect to your slot through SSH
Shut down Resilio Sync
```
killall rslsync
```

Download Resilio Sync

rm ~/resilio-sync-*; wget https://download-cdn.resilio.com/stable/linux/x64/0/resilio-sync_x64.tar.gz

Extract Resilio Sync

mkdir -p ~/rslsync; rpmunpack resilio-sync-3.0.1.1414-1.x86_64.rpm; mv resilio-sync-3.0.1.1414-1.x86_64/usr/bin/rslsync ~/rslsync/

Restart Resilio Sync with ~/rslsync/rslsync --config ~/.rslsync/rslsync.conf or rslsync if you completed the optional step 9 from the Installation section.
(Optional) Clean up by removing the Resilio Sync install archive
```
 rm -r ~/resilio-sync-*
```

Automatically Restart

Software is software and sometimes it can crash. This will automatically restart your rslsync instance should it go offline for any reason.

Make a file to be used for the script. touch ~/rslsync_restart.cron

Edit the file and enter the text below. nano -w ~/rslsync_restart.cron

 #!/bin/bash
 if pgrep -fx "/home/user/rslsync/rslsync --config /home/user/.rslsync/rslsync.conf" > /dev/null
 then
     echo "Resilio Sync is running."
 else 
     echo "Resilio Sync is not running, starting Resilio Sync"
     /home/user/rslsync/rslsync --config /home/user/.rslsync/rslsync.conf
 fi
 exit

Save the file with Ctrl+x and the "y" and Enter to accept overwriting.
Make the script executable. chmod +x ~/rslsync_restart.cron
Open your crontab. EDITOR=nano crontab -e

Enter the following text

 @reboot /home/user/rslsync_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1
 */5 * * * * /home/user/rslsync_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1

Save the crontab with Ctrl+x and the "y" and Enter to accept overwriting.