Linux Service for BitTorrent Sync on a server

README.md

####Go to temp dir $ cd /tmp ####Download your version of btsync i386 or x64 $ curl http://btsync.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/btsync_i386.tar.gz -o btsync.tar.gz # i386 $ curl http://btsync.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/btsync_x64.tar.gz -o btsync.tar.gz # x64 ####Then unpack this shit $ tar -xf btsync.tar.gz ####And move to your local bin $ sudo mv btsync /usr/local/bin/ ####Create a user and a group named btsync and give it a home folder ####Generate sample config $ btsync --dump-sample-config > /home/btsync ####Change "storage_path" to correct path $ nano /home/btsync ####Create service init script $ sudo touch /etc/init.d/btsync ####Set an executable $ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/btsync ####And put all shit from the bottom script to /etc/init.d/btsync $ sudo nano /etc/init.d/btsync ####Then test it $ sudo service btsync start

btsync

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:   btsync
# Required-Start: $syslog $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:  $syslog $remote_fs
# Should-Start:   $local_fs
# Should-Stop:    $local_fs
# Default-Start:  2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:   0 1 6
# Short-Description:  btsync - Bittorent SyncApp
# Description:    btsync - Bittorent SyncApp
### END INIT INFO

user="btsync"
group=`id -ng "$user"`

# the full path to the filename where you store your rtorrent configuration
config="/etc/btsync.conf"

# set of options to run with
options=""

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/btsync
DAEMON_ARGS="--config $config"
NAME=btsync
DESC="BitTorrent Sync"

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

if [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ]
then
  . /etc/default/$NAME
fi

set -e
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "$1" in
  start)
    log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"

    if [ -n "$ULIMIT" ]
    then
      ulimit -n $ULIMIT
    fi

    if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --chuid $user:$group --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS
    then
      log_end_msg 0
    else
      log_end_msg 1
    fi
    ;;
  stop)
    log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
    if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON
    then
      log_end_msg 0
    else
      log_end_msg 1
    fi
    sleep 1
    ;;

  restart|force-reload)
    log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
    ${0} stop
    ${0} start
    ;;

  status)
    status_of_proc $DAEMON $NAME && exit 0 || exit $?
    ;;

  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0