iainbullock/rsyncd repository overview

⁠rsyncd_docker

⁠Run rsyncd daemon in a container

https://github.com/iainbullock/rsyncd_docker⁠

For my personal use, not publically supported. High level instructions provided below

⁠Set up instructions

1. Create a Docker volume called rsyncd
2. Review and modify the docker-compose.yml file according to your requirements. Likely changes will be the volume mapping - /home:/home, and the port mapping
3. Deploy the Docker stack using your modified docker-compose.yml
4. Let the container run for the first time to create the default config files in the Docker volume
5. Modify the rsyncd.conf and rsyncd.secrets config files according to your needs. Make sure the UIDs and GIDs in the module definitions match permsssions for the respective paths on the Docker host. You might also set 'hosts allow' to be more restrictive
6. When the config files have been setup, delete the 'not_configured' file from the Docker volume
7. The daemon should then start

⁠Testing

Run a command like this on the Docker host. This will attempt to sync a folder called github to the location defined in the 'mark' module

rsync -avh --delete --progress github rsync://mark@localhost:10873/mark

You will be prompted for the password (defined in rsyncd.secrets). If you want to specify the password as part of a script, either set the RSYNC_PASSWORD variable, or use the --password-file=FILE option, e.g.

export RSYNC_PASSWORD=password2
rsync -avh --delete --progress github rsync://mark@localhost:10873/mark