Firefox Sync Server for YunoHost

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This package allows you to install Firefox Sync Server quickly and simply on a YunoHost server.
If you don't have YunoHost, please consult the guide to learn how to install it.

Overview

The Sync Server provides a replacement for Firefox’s default server (hosted at Mozilla).

By default, a server set up will defer authentication to the Mozilla-hosted accounts server at https://accounts.firefox.com. So you will still have to authenticate at Mozilla, but the storage of your information will be done on your host.

⚠️ This app is deprecated and replaced by syncstorage-rs.

Shipped version: 1.9.1~ynh6

Disclaimers / important information

Configuration

Once installed, reaching http://domain.tld/path should show a page explaining how to configure it.

Solving problems with Android

The sure-fire way to know what Sync on Android is really doing is to observe the Android device log using adb logcat. You’ll want to bump your log-level:

adb shell setprop log.tag.FxAccounts VERBOSE

Then, you can observe the log using:

adb logcat | grep FxAccounts

It’s best to observe the log while you force a sync from the Android Settings App. You should see output like:

D FxAccounts(...) fennec :: BaseResource :: HTTP GET https://token.stage.mozaws.net/1.0/sync/1.5
...
D FxAccounts(...) fennec :: BaseResource :: HTTP GET https://sync-4-us-east-1.stage.mozaws.net/

:red_circle: Antifeatures

• Upstream not maintained: This software is not maintained anymore. Expect it to break down over time, be exposed to unfixed security breaches, etc.

Documentation and resources

• Official admin documentation: https://mozilla-services.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html
• Upstream app code repository: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver
• YunoHost Store: https://apps.yunohost.org/app/ffsync
• Report a bug: https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/ffsync_ynh/issues

Developer info

Please send your pull request to the testing branch.

To try the testing branch, please proceed like that:

sudo yunohost app install https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/ffsync_ynh/tree/testing --debug
or
sudo yunohost app upgrade ffsync -u https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/ffsync_ynh/tree/testing --debug

More info regarding app packaging: https://yunohost.org/packaging_apps