btsync Cookbook

Fast, unlimited &amp secure file-syncing. Free from the cloud. Sync never stores your files on servers, so they stay safe from data breaches and prying eyes. A more detailed and in depth FAQ and documentation about bittorrent sync can be found on: http://www.bittorrent.com/sync

The btsync cookbook installs bittorrent sync and provides a simple LWRP for adding shared folders that are to be synced between multiple servers. When using a hosted chef install you will be able to use the search feature to automatically find and add additional nodes to bittorrent sync without making any modifications.

Requirements

Please note btsync on linux requires glibc 2.3 or greater.

Attributes

TODO: Full attributes will be completed soon.

btsync::default

Key	Type	Description	Default
['btsync']['setup']['user']	String	The user that the btsync daemon will run as	webserv
['btsync']['setup']['bin_dir']	String	Where the binary will be installed to (should be in your path)	/usr/local/bin/

Usage

btsync::default

Just include btsync in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[btsync::default]"
  ]
}

Then add a path and options to your server role like so:

{
    "name": "examplerole",
    "chef_type": "role",
    "json_class": "Chef::Role",
    "description": "Example Role for BTSYNC",
    "override_attributes": {
        "btsync":{
            "setup":{
                "user": "httpd",
                "group": "httpd"
            },
            "main_options":{
                "storage_path": "/data/btsync",
                "webui":{
                    "password": "SomeCoolPasswordForTheUI"
                }
            },
            "shared_folders":{
                "DescriptiveNameForPathToSearchON":{
                    "dir":"/path/to/some/directory/",
                    "secret":"S0M3L0NGB7SYNCG3N3R4T3DS3CR37",
                    "SyncIgnore":[".DS_Store",".DS_Store?","._*",".Spotlight-V100",".Trashes","Icon?","ehthumbs.db","desktop.ini","Thumbs.db","somefile.log","logs/*"]
                 },
                "AnotherDirectoryToSync":{
                  "dir":"/path/to/some/other/directory/",
                  "secret":"S0M3L0NGB7SYNCG3N3R4T3DS3CR372",
                  "SyncIgnore":[".DS_Store",".DS_Store?","._*",".Spotlight-V100",".Trashes","Icon?","ehthumbs.db","desktop.ini","Thumbs.db","somefile.log"]
                }
               }
            }
        }
    },
    "run_list": [
        "recipe[btsync::default]"
    ]
}

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: Will Hattingh & contributors https://github.com/Nitecon/btsync/graphs/contributors