Syncthing relay and firewall setup for the community

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Hi,

I really love Syncthing and thinking of giving back to the community. So, I want to run a relay :slight_smile:

However, I’m a total noob when it comes to linux. I’ve found a documentation here:

https://docs.syncthing.net/users/strelaysrv.html

But I don’t think it goes step by step to get a syncthing relay up and running.

Can anyone point me to a step by step guide to get it up and running? I’m thinking starting with a DigitalOcean Basic Droplet but I’m open to other suggestions as well.

And thanks in advance!

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Did you try following the explanation in the Setting Up section?

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Will running the Set up instructions do it? What about making it automatically start at startup?

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To make the relay server start automatically at boot, use the recommended procedure for your operating system.

-> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=digitalocean+run+service+automatically&t=ffab&ia=web

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Thanks. I’ll read up more on it. Also, what is the syncthing service called in ubuntu?

And how do I

Runtime iptables rules to allow access to the default ports:

iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22067 -j ACCEPT iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22070 -j ACCEPT

Please consult Linux distribution documentation to persist firewall rules.

Do I need ufw?

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UFW is an alternative (well a wrapper actually if I am not mistaken) to iptables. So you need to configure one or the other, not both.

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And finally, how would I check my relay is working properly and that others can connect to it?

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https://relays.syncthing.net/ :slight_smile:

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