tjamet/rsync repository overview

⁠docker-rsync

rsync container for remote development

⁠Features

• Synchronize directories and files using rsync protocol

Starting container

docker run --volume <DirectoryToSync> -e DATADIR=<DirectoryToSync> -e DAEMON=rsync tjamet/rsync

On your local host run

rsync -avz directory rsync://<containerIp>/data

• Synchronize directories and files using rsync over ssh remote shell

Starting container

docker run --name rsync-container --volume <DirectoryToSync> -e DAEMON=rsync tjamet/rsync
cat <YourPublicKey> | docker exec -i rsync-container add-ssh-key

On your local host, run

rsync -avz -e 'ssh' . root@<containerIp>:<DirectoryToSync>

• Synchronize directories and files using rsync over docker remote shell

Starting container

docker run --name rsync-container --volume <DirectoryToSync> -e DAEMON=docker tjamet/rsync

On your local host, run

rsync -avz -e 'docker exec -i' . rsync-container:<DirectoryToSync>

⁠Customize run

Customization should be done by setting environment variables at docker run time

⁠rsync daemon

• Change directory by setting DATADIR
• Change destination name by setting DATA_DIRNAME
• Change daemon user name by setting USERNAME
• Change password by setting PASSWORD
• Restrict allowed IPs by setting AUTHORIZED_NETS (x.x.x.x/mask)

⁠ssh daemon

• Change daemon user name by setting USERNAME
• Reset ssh-key by running

cat <YourPublicKey> | docker exec -i rsync-container add-ssh-key --reset

• Add another ssh-key by running

cat <YourPublicKey> | docker exec -i rsync-container add-ssh-key

Note: using the docker remote shell is not fully supported with docker clients < 1.10