{"id":1573,"date":"2019-07-30T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jtlk.net\/apps\/base\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2019-08-03T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T05:00:05","slug":"document-synchronization-with-syncthing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jtlk.net\/apps\/base\/?p=1573","title":{"rendered":"Document Synchronization with Syncthing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In context of setting up a new device, more on this in a separate post, several handy applications had to be re-installed and configured.<\/p>\n

Sync your documents<\/h1>\n

Syncthing<\/h2>\n

Extract from Syncthing webpage<\/a>: Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers and replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third party and how it’s transmitted over the internet.<\/p>\n

\"\"We like and support the open source concept. We especially like the focus on data privacy and security and being empowered to decide where our data resides.
\nSyncthing is a natural fit to keep our work in sync across various devices, i.e. a Linux powered Server, a workstation PC running on Linux, a portable 2-in-1 PC (aka convertible laptop\/tablet computer) running Window 10, several Android based mobile phones and tablets.
\nIt helps productivity tremendously when you can work on the way and then continue seamlessly in the office on a different device.
\nIt also gives you peace of mind to know that your important documents are not only on one device but on several devices and therefore you’ll worry less about a sudden device failure or harddisk crash. It’s an extension to a good backup strategy, however, we’d not recommend to use it as a replacement for it.<\/p>\n

Download<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Click on the correct file, and select Save File<\/strong>.
\nFor our Windows 10 device – the example used here – download the 32-bit version labelled windows-386-vXXXX.zip, not the amd one under the amd64 label by following the Download<\/strong> button from https:\/\/syncthing.net\/<\/a>.
\nAlternatively, choose the Native GUI<\/strong> implementation.
\nAt the time of this writing, the latest version is 1.2.0 and is packaged as a zip file.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>As always, first thing after downloading any application or file from the internet is a scan with the Antivirus protection, e.g. the Windows Defender, by right-click with the mouse on the freshly downloaded file. With result showing no thread, we feel more comfortable. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Quickly also download the sha256sum.txt.asc file from the download area and save it. <\/p>\n

Validate the download<\/h2>\n

Now let’s ensure the file is indeed the correct one. From the Synthing security page<\/a> we learn how to use the command line to import the GPG key or we can use the graphical to Kleopatra to search for the two mentioned keys via the Lookup on Server<\/strong> function. (We installed Kleopatra as part of the GPG4Win<\/a> installation.)
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