Install ServerSync as a Service on Linux

How to Install FileCloud ServerSync as a Service on Linux

1. Download FileCloud ServerSync Service for Linux (Ubuntu 18.04) from https://www.filecloud.com/additional-downloads.

2. Extract the contents of the zip file fcserversyncservice_linux_amd64.zip.

   To extract files using the terminal, use the following command:-

   unzip fcserversyncservice_linux_amd64.zip

3. Give execute permission to fssyncstart.sh and fssync file

   chmod +x fssyncstart.sh
   chmod +x fssync

4. Edit the config file fsserviceconfig.xml, and add the necessary parameters for your configuration. The following example shows how to format the parameters.

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    
    
   <variantrow>
       <rowentry>
           <name>url</name>
           <type>string</type>
           <value>HERE TYPE SERVER URL ADDRESS</value>
       </rowentry>
       <rowentry>
           <name>account</name>
           <type>string</type>
           <value>USER NAME</value>
       </rowentry>
       <rowentry>
           <name>password</name>
           <type>string</type>
           <value>PASSWORD</value>
       </rowentry>
       <rowentry>
           <name>limit_folder_count</name>
           <type>string</type>
           <value>2</value>
       </rowentry>
       <rowentry>
           <name>limit_folder_1</name>
           <type>string</type>
           <value>REMOTE_FOLDER_PATH|HERE_TYPE_LOCAL_FOLDER_PATH|0|0|0</value>
       </rowentry>
           <rowentry>
                   <name>limit_folder_2</name>
                   <type>string</type>
                   <value>REMOTE_FOLDER_PATH|HERE_TYPE_LOCAL_FOLDER_PATH|0|0|0</value>
           </rowentry>
    
    
   </variantrow>

5. Edit syncclientconfig.xml and set the value of the field syncclientlocation to the folder path where log files and database files will be created by the app.

6. Open the terminal, go to the location where the FileCloud ServerSync files were extracted, and then run fssyncstart.sh 

   ./fssyncservicestart.sh

Format of parameters in fsserviceconfig.xml

Table 1. The following XML tags are supported for the ServerSync device configuration.