Syncthing + FileBrowser Quantum

Setting up Synching in Proxmox is really easy. You can do it by yourself, or just use the pre-made Community Script for it.

I used the script which created an LXC with maximum 2 GB RAM, and gave it 2 cores. Mainly for larger file transfers, but it should use way less that that maximum under normal circumstances. Just to be on the safe side.

If you want to set it up on your own, create a LXC with the settings below.

After the LXC is created, open a console and install Syncthing via the Debian Package Repository.

Creating a user and moving the configuration files

The Community Script does not create a separate user for syncthing, as such, we will do it now.

1. First we need to disable the syncthing service which is run under root

systemctl stop syncthing@root
systemctl disable syncthing@root

mkdir /data
chown -R syncthing:syncthing /data
chmod -R 750 /data

And check if this is not running anymore

systemctl list-unit-files | grep syncthing

2. Create Syncthing System user

adduser \
  --system \
  --group \
  --home /var/lib/syncthing \
  --shell /usr/sbin/nologin \
  syncthing

3. Copy current config

The current config is here: /root/.config/syncthing

mkdir -p /var/lib/syncthing/.config 
cp -a /root/.config/syncthing /var/lib/syncthing/.config/
chown -R syncthing:syncthing /var/lib/syncthing

4. Create and assign data folder

mkdir /data
chown -R syncthing:syncthing /data
chmod -R 750 /data

5. Start Syncthing as syncthing-User 

systemctl enable syncthing@syncthing
systemctl start syncthing@syncthing

Check status

systemctl status syncthing@syncthing