btsync

#!/bin/sh
# btsync service
# Replace with linux users you want to run BTSync clients for
BTSYNC_USERS="mendel"
DAEMON=/usr/bin/btsync

start() {
  for btsuser in $BTSYNC_USERS; do
    HOMEDIR=`getent passwd $btsuser | cut -d: -f6`
    config=$HOMEDIR/.sync/config.json
    if [ -f $config ]; then
      echo "Starting BTSync for $btsuser"
      start-stop-daemon -b -o -c $btsuser -S -u $btsuser -x $DAEMON -- --config $config
    else
      echo "Couldn't start BTSync for $btsuser (no $config found)"
    fi
  done
}

stop() {
  for btsuser in $BTSYNC_USERS; do
    dbpid=`pgrep -u $btsuser btsync`
    if [ ! -z "$dbpid" ]; then
      echo "Stopping btsync for $btsuser"
      start-stop-daemon -o -c $btsuser -K -u $btsuser -x $DAEMON
    fi
  done
}

status() {
  for btsuser in $BTSYNC_USERS; do
    dbpid=`pgrep -u $btsuser btsync`
    if [ -z "$dbpid" ]; then
      echo "btsync for USER $btsuser: not running."
    else
      echo "btsync for USER $btsuser: running (pid $dbpid)"
    fi
  done
}

case "$1" in
 start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
stop
start
;;
status)
status
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/btsync {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|status}"
exit 1
esac

exit 0

instructions for Debian

- Move btsync to /usr/bin or replace DAEMON with the absolute path to btsync
- Copy the script to /etc/init.d and chmod +x it
- Replace  BTSYNC_USERS with a list of usernames that you want btsync to work with, space delimited
- Use rcconf or another tool to make the service btsync start at system initialization
- Execute service btsync start

- Create a directory named .sync in your home directory
- Create a file inside .sync named config.json with the dumped and modified configuration
- Replace the configuration entry "storage_path" with the path to the .sync directory

WHEN SETTING UP BTSYNC FOR MULTIPLE USERS, REMEMBER TO USE DIFFERENT PORT NUMBERS FOR webui.listen
- MULTIPLE PROCESSES CAN'T LISTEN TO THE SAME PORT!

Example:

{
  "device_name": "<DEVICE NAME>",
  "listening_port": 0,
  "storage_path": "/home/mendel/.sync",
  "check_for_updates": true, 
  "use_upnp": true,
  "download_limit": 0,                       
  "upload_limit": 0, 
  "webui": {
    "listen": "0.0.0.0:8888",
    "login" : "admin",
    "password" : "password"
  },
  "shared_folders": []
}