servercontainers/rsync repository overview

⁠rsync

rsync - freshly complied from official stable releases on alpine

⁠Source Code

Check the following link for a new version: https://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/⁠

⁠Changelogs

• 2021-05-28
  • fixed build by switched to alpine
• 2020-11-05
  • multiarch build
  • rsync version update to 3.2.3

⁠Environment variables and defaults

⁠default /etc/rsyncd.conf

log file = /dev/stdout
use chroot = yes
list = yes
uid = nobody
gid = nogroup
transfer logging = no
timeout = 600
ignore errors = no
refuse options = checksum dry-run
dont compress = *.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.rpm *.deb *.iso *.bz2 *.tbz

⁠rsync

• RSYNC_SECRET_mysecretname
  • adds a new secret to /etc/rsyncd.secrets
  • multiple secrets possible by adding unique name to RSYNC_SECRET_
  • examples
    • "rsyncclient:passWord"
    • "alice:PassWord"

to enable authentication add the following to your volume config (inside or outside the location tag):

auth users = alice;

• RSYNC_VOLUME_CONFIG_myconfigname

  • adds a new rsyncd volume configuration
  • multiple variables/confgurations possible by adding unique configname to RSYNC_VOLUME_CONFIG_
  • examples
    • "[alice]; path = /shares/alice; comment = alices public files; read only = yes"
    • "[timemachine]; path = /shares/timemachine; comment = timemachine files; ignore errors = yes"

• RSYNC_GLOBAL_CONFIG_optionname

  • adds a new rsyncd option to configuration file
  • multiple options possible by adding unique optionname to RSYNC_GLOBAL_CONFIG_
  • examples
    • "max connections = 0"
    • "read only = no"

⁠Usage

rsync servername::volume # lists files in volume

rsync alice@servername::volume # lists files in volume with user alice

⁠Links

• https://linux.die.net/man/5/rsyncd.conf⁠
• http://www.jveweb.net/en/archives/2011/01/running-rsync-as-a-daemon.html⁠