Sync uses peer-to-peer technology to provide fast, private file sharing for teams and individuals. By skipping the cloud, transfers can be significantly faster because files take the shortest path between devices. Sync does not store your information on servers in the cloud, avoiding cloud privacy concerns.
# path to folder on the host to be mounted to container as Sync storage folder
DATA_FOLDER=/path/to/data/folder/on/the/host
mkdir -p $DATA_FOLDER
# port to access the webui on the host
WEBUI_PORT=8888
# ensure you have the latest image locally
docker pull resilio/sync
# run container from downloaded image
docker run -d --name Sync \
-p 127.0.0.1:$WEBUI_PORT:8888 \
-p 55555/tcp \
-p 55555/udp \
-v $DATA_FOLDER:/mnt/sync \
-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
--restart always \
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Note 1: we need to mount /etc/localtime from host OS to container to ensure container's time is synced with the host's time.
Note 2: you can use our official Docker image resilio/sync hosted on https://hub.docker.com/u/resilio or build image manually:
git clone git@github.com:bt-sync/sync-docker.git
cd sync-docker
docker build -t resilio/sync .
Be sure to always run docker container with --restart parameter to allow Docker daemon to handle Sync container (launch at startup as well as restart it in case of failure).
Go to http://localhost:$WEBUI_PORT in a web browser to access the web UI.
If you need to run Sync under specific user inside your container - use --user parameter or set PUID and PGID env vars for container.
Running Sync in docker container via docker-compose is described here.
-
/mnt/sync- folder inside the container that contains the storage folder, configuration file and default download folder -
/etc/localtime- file (symlink) that configures the system-wide timezone of the local system that is used by applications for presentation to the user
8888- Webui port55555- Listening port (both TCP and UDP) for Sync traffic (you can change it, but in this case change it in Sync settings as well)
Find more info here about ports used by Sync.
If you do not want to limit the access to the webui - do not specify localhost address in -p parameter,
in this case every person in your LAN will be able to access web UI via http://<your_ip_address>:<WEBUI_PORT>:
WEBUI_PORT=8888
docker run -d --name Sync \
-p $WEBUI_PORT:8888 \
-p 55555/tcp \
-p 55555/udp \
-v $DATA_FOLDER:/mnt/sync \
-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
--restart always \
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You can also force web UI to work over https instead of http. To do this you need to add force_https parameter in
config file in webui section with true value. More info about config file parameters is here.
If you need to mount extra directories, mount them in /mnt/mounted_folders:
OTHER_DIR=/path/to/some/dir/on/host
OTHER_DIR2=/path/to/some/another/dir/on/host
docker run -d --name Sync \
-p 127.0.0.1:$WEBUI_PORT:8888 \
-p 55555/tcp \
-p 55555/udp \
-v $DATA_FOLDER:/mnt/sync \
-v $OTHER_DIR:/mnt/mounted_folders/DIR_NAME \
-v $OTHER_DIR2:/mnt/mounted_folders/DIR_NAME2 \
-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
--restart always \
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Note: do not create directories at the root of /mnt/mounted_folders from the Sync web UI since they will not be mounted to the host. You need to mount those first as described above and then add them in Sync via web UI.
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