This project was about finding a purpose for an SBC I already had lying around. However, I’m very happy that this little Pi finally has a purpose. I’ll try to update this post whenever anything noteworthy happens.ĭoes this setup make any sense if you need a performant Syncthing endpoint? Just like with other disastrous tests that I have done, How well will this setup work over a longer time period? Only time will tell. Typical transfer speed that I observed with the setup. htop showing how much the Pi is struggling under operation. Will operate in an environment where the download speeds are typically cappedĪround 15-20 Mbit/s, this will be more than enough. Not great, but given the fact that this setup The file sync was very slow, but at least it was working. Underpowered that it cannot even make full use of the SSD is probably aĬontributing factor to the overall stability. Particular setup this has not been an issue so far. Pi are a common source for issues and that has come up in the past as well,Įspecially with external storage connected to the Pi. Using raspi-config, and with both the WiFi adapter and SSD connected, I hadĬoncerns that the Pi could not supply enough power. Once the system was all set up and files were syncing extremely slowly, I keptĪn eye on the Pi, especially the red power LED. This system will eventually be deployed to. The choice to go with the WiFi for networking is related to the environment The next step was to set a password to the GUI and check the “Use HTTPS for GUI”īox, because you probably don’t want any rando messing your machine up. JustĬhange the GUI listen address to 0.0.0.0:8384, that will make the GUI acceptĬonnections not only from localhost, but from all machines on the same network. The ~/.config/syncthing/config.xml file while the service was stopped. I set up Syncthing to allow access to the GUI from over the network by changing Long story short: snapshots are cool, and they help prevent data loss in case Interested in that, then I do have a write-up about btrbk. I’m not going to go into the btrbk setup in much detail, but if you’re The database can also be quite big if you have a lot of Keeping the home folder on the SSD is intentional: Syncthing keeps track ofĪpplication state in a database and storing it on the microSD card will wear it The synced data will live on /storage/syncthing. The 1TB SSD is formatted as a btrfs file system and mounted to /storage.įor the Syncthing service, I created a separate user syncthing with the homeįolder on /storage/home/syncthing. Updating the system and deploying the configuration using Ansible took hours. Regarding performance, and was still surprised at how slow things have become. Once booted, I logged in and ran sudo apt update -y. Offered, such as automatically setting my SSH public key authentication up. I set the OS up using the Raspberry Pi imager due to the useful options it To lose, powered by Syncthing, btrfs as theįilesystem, and btrbk as the snapshotting solution. Use case: networked offsite backup of files that I cannot afford Networking: TP-Link TL-WN722N USB WiFI adapter.Power: official Raspberry Pi microUSB power adapter.
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