Hi, I am trying to set up Synchthing to work with a server that doesn’t have browser support. Is there a way to set this up?
Do you have SSH access to the server? It’s probably brutal and frowned upon, but I have setup countless Syncthing instances by port-forwarding port 8384 so I can use my own local laptop browser.
For example, when setting up Syncthing on my remote server, I would start the syncthing binary there over ssh.
Then:
ssh -L8888:localhost:8384 myserver
Then visit http://localhost:8888 - which would show me the remote syncthing web-admin UI. Works for me.
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Yes. You will typically install syncthing in whatever way (XYZ package manager, standalone binary…), then manually edit syncthing’s configuration to allow the GUI to be accessed from a remote computer (see The GUI Listen Address — Syncthing documentation, Syncthing Configuration — Syncthing documentation). You can then use another computer (that has a browser) to navigate to syncthing’s GUI on the server and continue with the usual getting started setup from there.
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No, that’s actually a secure and good way to access services remotely. It may be uncomfortable for some users, but it’s common practice.
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Thanks, I do have ssh. I will try what you suggest.
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I’ll look into this, thanks.
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This is one of the best way to check on admin interfaces, infrequently. Very secure too.