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diff --git a/posts/2014-01-11-ansible-role-for-bittorrent-sync.org b/posts/2014-01-11-ansible-role-for-bittorrent-sync.org deleted file mode 100644 index 8313c80..0000000 --- a/posts/2014-01-11-ansible-role-for-bittorrent-sync.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,159 +0,0 @@ -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 -[[https://www.dropbox.com/][Dropbox]]. 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 -[[https://github.com/tuxpoldo][Leo Moll]] (who created the package for -Debian) on -[[http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/18974-debian-and-ubuntu-server-packages-for-bittorrent-sync-121-1/][this -forum]]. - -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: - -#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE - - name: restart btsync - service: name=btsync state=restarted -#+END_EXAMPLE - -The tasks are pretty straightforward. First we need to fetch Leo's PGP -key so we can install the package using =apt=. - -#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE - - name: Install GPG key for btsync - apt_key: - id=6BF18B15 - state=present - url=http://stinkfoot.org:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x40FC0CD26BF18B15 -#+END_EXAMPLE - -Now that we have the PGP key, we can add the repository to our sources -and install the package: - -#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE - - 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 -#+END_EXAMPLE - -For the remaining tasks, we need some configuration. - -#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE - 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 -#+END_EXAMPLE - -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: - -#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE - - 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 -#+END_EXAMPLE - -We need a specific configuration file for our user: - -#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE - - 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 -#+END_EXAMPLE - -and the template that goes with it: - -#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE - { - "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 }} - } -#+END_EXAMPLE - -To complete the setup, we need to tell the daemon to start with our -newly created configuration: - -#+BEGIN_SRC 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="" -#+END_SRC - -Finally, the task to setup the default configuration for the daemon: - -#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE - - name: Configure btsync server - template: - src=etc_default_btsync.j2 - dest=/etc/default/btsync - group=root - owner=root - notify: restart btsync -#+END_EXAMPLE - -That's it! - -I'll try to find some time this weekend to upload this to -[[https://galaxy.ansibleworks.com/][Galaxy]]. |