# Syncthing jail

Setup for Syncthing service jail with iocage.

## On FreeNAS

Create jail:

```shell
iocage create --release 11.1-RELEASE --name syncthing \
          boot="on" vnet=on bpf=on \
          allow_raw_sockets="1" \
          ip4_addr="vnet1|172.20.40.33/24" \
          interfaces="vnet1:bridge1" \
          defaultrouter="172.20.40.1" \
          resolver="search ramsden.network;nameserver 172.20.40.1;nameserver 8.8.8.8"
```

Create user Syncthing on FreeNAS with ID `983`, `nologin` to match the user in the jail.

On Freenas create datasets:

* Datasets
  * Syncthing Data
    * `tank/data/syncthing`

Nullfs mount datasets in jail:

Syncthing data:

```shell
iocage exec syncthing 'mkdir -p /mnt/syncthing/data'
iocage fstab --add syncthing '/mnt/tank/data/syncthing/sync /mnt/syncthing/data nullfs rw 0 0'
```

Start jail and enter.

```shell
iocage start syncthing
iocage console syncthing
```

## Jail

In the jail, update all packages and install `syncthing`.

```shell
pkg update && pkg upgrade
pkg install syncthing ca_root_nss
```

Enable the service on boot.

```shell
sysrc 'syncthing_enable=YES'
sysrc 'syncthing_user=syncthing' && sysrc 'syncthing_group=syncthing'
sysrc 'syncthing_home=/var/db/syncthing'
```

Start the syncthing service.

```shell
service syncthing start
```

## Configure

Start syncthing as an initial test:

```shell
service syncthing restart
```

Edit `/var/db/syncthing/config.xml` and change the IP address which the GUI will be accessible from. This will enable accessing the GUI from a remote computer:

Before:

```
<gui enabled="true" tls="false">
 <address>127.0.0.1:8384</address>;
 <apikey>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</apikey>;
</gui>
```

After:

```
<gui enabled="true" tls="false">
 <address>0.0.0.0:8384</address>;
 <apikey>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</apikey>;
</gui>
```

Restart the service for changes to apply:

```shell
service syncthing restart
```

Finally, access the GUI by pointing a browser to the server's address and port, ie `http://SERVER_URL:8384`.


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