What will happen when I configure multiple URLs in globalAnnounceServer? Will the device announce itself to all of them? Or only (initially) the first?
And similarly, what happens if I set multiple relay servers?
Yes, if reachable (e.g. syncthing by default has ipv4-only and ipv6-only discovery servers, and not all devices will be able to reach both of them).
Basically the same thing, it will join all the relays.
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It would be interesting to have it only connect to the first listed item by default, and only move on to the next listed item as a fallback when the first item is not reachable.
My use case: use my primary server in a star topology (with normal syncthing installed on it, but also a private discovery and relay server).
As long as the primary server is running, I will be completely independent and have maximum privacy, and my other devices will have a correct sync status with each other.
As soon as my server falls over (for maintenance or anything else), my other devices will still be available to exchange data, even when they are not in the same network and can’t do UPnP or the likes.
I am aware the latter is already possible by using the global discovery and relay servers, but then it will always send the data through them.
Maybe I should make an issue with a feature request for this?
announce/discovery servers are just for helping devices find each other. They have nothing to do with actual exchange of sync data.
Yes, I am aware. Maybe I should clarify: I want to run a private discovery server, for even more independence and privacy, but have the the global discovery server as fallback (but only if my own server fails).
AND, for the same reason, I also want to do this with a relay server, for the actual exchange of sync data.
For both cases (discovery and relaying), it would be nice to have the first configured item as the only connected-to instance, unless that instance fails, and only then connect to the next.
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