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diff --git a/_drafts/ansible-role-for-bittorrent-sync.md b/_drafts/ansible-role-for-bittorrent-sync.md deleted file mode 100644 index cb15a98..0000000 --- a/_drafts/ansible-role-for-bittorrent-sync.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,138 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: post -title: Setting up bittorrent sync with Ansible -summary: In which I share how I install bittorrent sync with Ansible. -type: codex ---- - -Recently, I've started to look at the services I'm using and I'm trying to find alternatives for some of them. One of them was [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/). I've been using this service for 4 or 5 years at this point, and I was a paid customer for at least 3 years. My plan was about to renew in a few days, and I decided to look for a free (either as "doesn't cost a buck" or OSS) alternative. To make it quick, since it's not the purpose of this post, I've decided to go with Bittorrent Sync. Still, this solution is not perfect, so here's a short list of pros and cons: - -* Pros: - * Free - * The only limit on storage is based on the free space you have - * Decentralized -* Cons - * Harder to set up - * Slower than Dropbox for syncing files - * Decentralized (yes I know): you need to always have at least one node up if you want to get a copy of a file - -I decided to set btsync on one of my server that is always up, that I way I can access my copies whenever I want from any devices (this is similar to Dropbox). To do that I've create a set of tasks for Ansible, following the instructions provided by [Leo Moll](https://github.com/tuxpoldo) (who created the package for Debian) on [this forum](http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/18974-debian-and-ubuntu-server-packages-for-bittorrent-sync-121-1/). - -I've created a role named 'btsync' that contains a handler, some templates and a bunch of tasks. Let's start with the handler, since this one is really simple. For this role, the only y service we care about is the bittorrent sync daemon: - -```yaml -- name: restart btsync - service: name=btsync state=restarted -``` - -The tasks are pretty straightforward. First we need to fetch Leo's PGP key so we can install the package using `apt`. - -```yaml -- name: Install GPG key for btsync - apt_key: - id=6BF18B15 - state=present - url=http://stinkfoot.org:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x40FC0CD26BF18B15 -``` - -Now that we have the PGP key, we can add the repository to our sources and install the package: - -```yaml -- name: Add the deb repo for btsync - apt_repository: - repo='deb http://debian.yeasoft.net/btsync wheezy main' - state=present - -- name: Install btsync - apt: pkg=btsync state=installed -``` - -For the remaining tasks, we need some configuration. - -```yaml -btsync_shared: - - dir: /path/to/shared/photos - secret: a-secret - use_relay_server: true - use_dht: false - search_lan: false - use_sync_trash: true - - dir: /path/to/shared/documents - secret: another-secret - use_relay_server: true - search_lan: false - use_sync_trash: true -``` - -The daemon expect all the directories that it will write to, to exist. So let's create them for him, and also set the right permissions on them: - -```yaml -- name: Create the directories where we need to sync - file: path={{ item.dir }} state=directory owner={{ main_user_name }} group={{ main_user_name }} mode=0700 - with_items: btsync_shared -``` - -We need a specific configuration file for our user: - -```yaml -- name: Configure btsync - template: - src=etc_btsync_user.conf.j2 - dest=/etc/btsync/{{ main_user_name }}.conf - group={{ main_user_name }} - owner={{ main_user_name }} - mode=0600 - notify: restart btsync -``` - -and the template that goes with it: - -```json -{ - "device_name": "{{ domain }}", - "storage_path" : "/home/{{ main_user_name }}/.btsync", - "listening_port" : 12589, - "check_for_updates" : false, - "use_upnp" : false, - "download_limit" : 0, - "upload_limit" : 0, - "disk_low_priority" : true, - "lan_encrypt_data" : true, - "lan_use_tcp" : false, - "rate_limit_local_peers" : false, - "folder_rescan_interval" : 600, - "shared_folders" : {{ btsync_shared | to_json }} -} -``` - -To complete the setup, we need to tell the daemon to start with our newly created configuration: - -```sh -# This is the configuration file for /etc/init.d/btsync -# -# Start only these btsync instances automatically via -# init script. - -AUTOSTART="{{ main_user_name }}" - -# Optional arguments to btsync's command line. Be careful! -# You should only add thngs here if you know EXACTLY what -# you are doing! -DAEMON_ARGS="" -``` - -Finally, the task to setup the default configuration for the daemon: - -```yaml -- name: Configure btsync server - template: - src=etc_default_btsync.j2 - dest=/etc/default/btsync - group=root - owner=root - notify: restart btsync -``` - -That's it! - -I'll try to find some time this weekend to upload this to [Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansibleworks.com/). |