Syncthing on Ubuntu Touch

arubislander

@poVoq If you like the app, please consider giving it a rating in the Open Store

kugiigi

This app crashes on the pinephone with some missing file - synthing.syncthing IIRC.
Perhaps a bad click build for arm64?

arubislander

@kugiigi Maybe, I don't an arm64 device to test it on yet.
But it would help if you could provide the exact error message.

kugiigi

@arubislander Here it is http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/BVnwgHKDnQ/

arubislander

@Capsia I was not aware there were already instructions on running Syncthing on Ubuntu Touch.
The Syncthing web application writes its configuration in $HOME/.config/syncthing. So my app should pick up the existing configuration without any issues.

But because the old install is already using port 8384 you will have to stop it first. To do that open the Terminal app on your phone, or aquire a shell to your device from your computer.
Then stop the upstart job:

~$ stop syncthing
syncthing stop/waiting

and rename the upstart job configuration:

~$ mv $HOME/.config/upstart/syncthing.conf $HOME/.config/upstart/syncthing.conf.bak

Now reboot your device. When it is back up, install the Syncthing app from the Open Store.

Check if it starts and picks up your existing data. If it doesn't, please post back on here.

Otherwise clean up the old installation:

~$ rm $HOME/.config/upstart/syncthing.conf.bak
~$ rm -rf $HOME/apps/syncthing

arubislander

@kugiigi Thank you...

Hmmm.. it seems to be missing the syncthing binary... could you post a listing of the contents of the /opt/click.ubuntu.com/.click/users/phablet/syncthing.syncthing/bin folder on your PinePhone?

EDIT: I downloaded the arm64 click and I confirmed that it is indeed missing the syncthing binary. I will prepare new versions to upload shortly.

EDIT2: Preparing a new click will take a bit longer than anticipated (the versioning is based on the upstream Syncthing version, and since this hasn't changed I will have to do some fiddling to get a version bump.)

Capsia

@arubislander thank you, it worked perfectly

arubislander

@Capsia I would be interested in knowing if you notice better battery life using this version than in the previous situation.

arubislander

I have temporarily unpublished the app pending resolution of the issue that @kugiigi found...

arubislander

A new version has been uploaded and the app has been republished.

@kugiigi, could you test this on you PinePhone?

kugiigi

@arubislander It's working now although the first time I opened it, it was stuck in the splash screen.
Also, I've never actually used it so not sure if the functions are working

arubislander

@kugiigi Yeah, the sticking the first time is because of the upstart jobs that are installed on first run. For now it is sufficient to know that it starts up. Thank you for testing.

Capsia

@arubislander Hi,
I've used your app for 2 days now and I can confirm that the battery usage is much better than before .
The previous Syncthing was eating up all the battery in one night, now it is ok.
I've also found that Syncthing stops some time after the app closes. (before was running all the time)

Thanks

Capsia

Hi @arubislander ,
I'd like to contribute an adapted icon that looks more Ubuntuish to make the app follow the icon style.

arubislander

@Capsia Thank You! Expect an updateof the app soon.

EDIT: New version has been uploaded to Open-Store.

arubislander

A new version (1.7.0) of Syncthing has been uploaded to the Open Store. This release follows the upstream release. See here for the release notes.

arubislander

I have updated the first post with info about the Syncthing snap package, available for those who want to sync with/to an amd64 machine.

arubislander

A new version of Syncthing is available in the Open Store. This version follows the release of 1.7.1 of the main Sycthing project.

arubislander

A new version of Syncthing is available in the Open Store. This version follows the release of 1.10.0 of the main Sycthing project.

A Former User

Thanks for bringing this awesome software to UBports!
I did not know about it until I found it in the store but now I try to learn about it and setup a local backup system. I plan to run a SoC as backup peer on my home network.

After the installation and the first successful start of the app on my OnePlus One I decided to set a user and password for the web interface. But then the app failed. Even a fresh install from the store did not change a thing. There may be some configuration files left that store my password protection. Opening localhost from the browser once asked me to enter username and password but then failed. The app either shows endless loading screen or prints "Not Authorized" on a white screen. Any ideas on how I could fix this?

Additionally I am concerned about the additional power usage as the OnePlus One is already struggling with low battery power. I would not mind to run Updates just once a week or manually in worst case. Is this possible? Sry as I can not run the app I was not able to further test this myself.

Greetings,

Jimmy

[Edit]
I had to reset the whole system and now also Syncthing is running again. I would still be interested in the option to setup https, username and password to enter the web UI. Is this somehow possible?

Additionally I am really interested in the best configuration to save energy. What would you advice?
I already disabled global discovery and relaying.

I read that the Syncthing Android app is able to sync only when the device is charged. This seems to be an awesome feature. But I guess its hard to implement for UBtouch right?