looooooper/rsync-server repository overview

Kudos to the author: https://github.com/axiom-data-science/rsync-server⁠

The author didn't have time to support cross-platform, so this repo just does that. Now it supports ARM and x86.

⁠rsync-server

A rsyncd/sshd server in Docker. You know, for moving files.

⁠Quickstart

Start a server (both sshd and rsyncd are supported)

docker run \
    --name rsync-server \
    -p 8000:873 \
    -p 9000:22 \
    -e USERNAME=user \
    -e PASSWORD=pass \
    -v /your/public.key:/root/.ssh/authorized_keys \
    axiom/rsync-server:latest

Warning If you are exposing services to the internet be sure to change the default password from pass by settings the environmental variable PASSWORD.

⁠rsyncd

Please note that /volume is the rsync volume pointing to /data. The data will be at /data in the container. Use the VOLUME parameter to change the destination path in the container. Even when changing VOLUME, you will still rsync to /volume. It is recommended that you always change the default password of pass by setting the PASSWORD environmental variable, even if you are using key authentication.

rsync -av /your/folder/ rsync://user@localhost:8000/volume
Password: pass

sending incremental file list
./
foo/
foo/bar/
foo/bar/hi.txt

sent 166 bytes  received 39 bytes  136.67 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00

⁠sshd

Please note that you are connecting as the root and not the user specified in the USERNAME variable. If you don't supply a key file you will be prompted for the PASSWORD. It is recommended that you always change the default password of pass by setting the PASSWORD environmental variable, even if you are using key authentication.

rsync -av -e "ssh -i /your/private.key -p 9000 -l root" /your/folder/ localhost:/data

sending incremental file list
./
foo/
foo/bar/
foo/bar/hi.txt

sent 166 bytes  received 31 bytes  131.33 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00

⁠Usage

Variable options (on run)

• USERNAME - the rsync username. defaults to user
• PASSWORD - the rsync password. defaults to pass
• VOLUME - the path for rsync. defaults to /data
• ALLOW - space separated list of allowed sources. defaults to 10.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.0/16 172.16.0.0/12 127.0.0.1/32.

⁠Simple server on port 873

docker run -p 873:873 axiom/rsync-server:latest

⁠Use a volume for the default /data

docker run -p 873:873 -v /your/folder:/data axiom/rsync-server:latest

⁠Set a username and password

docker run \
    -p 873:873 \
    -v /your/folder:/data \
    -e USERNAME=admin \
    -e PASSWORD=mysecret \
    axiom/rsync-server:latest

⁠Run on a custom port

docker run \
    -p 9999:873 \
    -v /your/folder:/data \
    -e USERNAME=admin \
    -e PASSWORD=mysecret \
    axiom/rsync-server:latest

rsync rsync://admin@localhost:9999

volume            /data directory

⁠Modify the default volume location

docker run \
    -p 9999:873 \
    -v /your/folder:/myvolume \
    -e USERNAME=admin \
    -e PASSWORD=mysecret \
    -e VOLUME=/myvolume \
    axiom/rsync-server:latest

rsync rsync://admin@localhost:9999

volume            /myvolume directory

⁠Allow specific client IPs

docker run \
    -p 9999:873 \
    -v /your/folder:/myvolume \
    -e USERNAME=admin \
    -e PASSWORD=mysecret \
    -e VOLUME=/myvolume \
    -e ALLOW=192.168.24.0/24 \
    axiom/rsync-server:latest

⁠Over SSH

If you would like to connect over ssh, you may mount your public key or authorized_keys file to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys.

Without setting up an authorized_keys file, you will be propted for the password (which was specified in the PASSWORD variable).

Please note that when using sshd you will be specifying the actual folder destination as you would when using SSH. On the contrary, when using the rsyncd daemon, you will always be using /volume, which maps to VOLUME inside of the container.

docker run \
    -v /your/folder:/myvolume \
    -e USERNAME=admin \
    -e PASSWORD=mysecret \
    -e VOLUME=/myvolume \
    -e ALLOW=10.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.0/16 172.16.0.0/12 127.0.0.1/32 \
    -v /my/authorized_keys:/root/.ssh/authorized_keys \
    -p 9000:22 \
    axiom/rsync-server:latest

rsync -av -e "ssh -i /your/private.key -p 9000 -l root" /your/folder/ localhost:/data