config.xml not taking effect?

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For some reason, the config.xml isn’t applying the gui settings for listening to 0.0.0.0 on my Debian server.

0.0.0.0:8384 f3KiGriEmNpYMnRDyC7WLCRc2GvXdqWS default

But running a netstat, I can see its only listening on 127.0.0.1

tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:8384          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      127/syncthing
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It is only read on startup, and there is a command line flag to override the GUI listen address.

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Thats great. The reason I posted was in hopes to get pointed to the command(s) that I need to invoke to fix it. Thanks

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And apparently it’s a common problem:

NetBSD version does not change gui address to 0.0.0.0 · Issue #2553 · syncthing/syncthing · GitHub

So after attempting:

gui enabled=“true” tls=“false” debugging=“false”> 0.0.0.0:8484

The port has remained as 8384. The config file isn’t being invoked.

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So if I edit config.xml to use

0.0.0.1:8384

it works.

If I choose 0.0.0.0:8384

it just goes to 127.0.0.1

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That issue is a misunderstanding and you seem to have the same one. The GUI listen address is not the same thing as the url Syncthing suggests you might want to click. Both are printed at startup.

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A misunderstanding?

When I run the service, the GUI is not accessible.

root@unifi:~# systemctl status syncthing@henrysync.service

  • syncthing@henrysync.service - Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization for henrysync

Main PID: 121 (syncthing) Tasks: 15 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/system-syncthing.slice/syncthing@henrysync.service `-121 /usr/bin/syncthing -no-browser -no-restart -logflags=0

May 22 05:29:05 unifi syncthing[121]: [F2Z6U] INFO: TCP listener ([::]:22000) starting

May 22 05:29:05 unifi syncthing[121]: [F2Z6U] INFO: GUI and API listening on 127.0.0.1:8384 May 22 05:29:05 unifi syncthing[121]: [F2Z6U] INFO: Access the GUI via the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:8384/

Again - config.xml is set to 0.0.0.0

Can you please explain how I am supposed to access the GUI?

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In your case it is indeed listening on 127.0.0.1.

I don’t know what’s going on with your config file etc. though, but I can say it’s not a known or common problem. The issue you linked to is a misunderstanding based on Syncthing saying “listening on [::]:8384, GUI available at http://127.0.0.1:8384”.

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Make sure you’re editing the right config file. It’s probably in the henrysync user’s home directory. su to henrysync and run syncthing -paths.

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So if I manually run syncthing it works.

05:52:57 INFO: GUI and API listening on [::]:8384

05:52:57 INFO: Access the GUI via the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:8384/

If I add it via systemctl, it doesn’t invoke the config.xml and it’s not accessible.

That’s basically the issue.

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Which user are you running Syncthing as there?

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Yes that must be the issue, I am running as root when it works.

But I don’t find the config file for user henrysync

root@unifi:/home/henrysync# syncthing -paths Configuration file: /root/.config/syncthing/config.xml

Database directory: /root/.config/syncthing/index-v0.14.0.db

Device private key & certificate files: /root/.config/syncthing/key.pem /root/.config/syncthing/cert.pem

HTTPS private key & certificate files: /root/.config/syncthing/https-key.pem /root/.config/syncthing/https-cert.pem

Log file: -

GUI override directory: /root/.config/syncthing/gui

Default sync folder directory: /root/Sync

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You didn’t su to henrysync. You ran syncthing -paths as root. su to henrysync before running syncthing -paths.

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Thank you!!!

I think what happened was when I ran

locate config.xml

I hadn’t updated the db yet so it didn’t find the config.xml in the henrysync home folder, but only the default in

/root/.config/syncthing/config.xml

For anyone else trying to enable syncthing as a user-run service on Debian, make sure you edit the users config.xml

/home/youruser/.config/syncthing/config.xml

Cheers thanks!!!

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