Interactive Services Detection window from winking at you constantly), We encourage you to edit Syncthing in AlwaysUp and check out the many other settings that may be appropriate for your environment.įor example, to completely hide Syncthing's console (and prevent the annoying That's it! Next time your computer boots, Syncthing will start up immediately, before anyone logs on. Open your browser and confirm that things work as expected: After a few seconds, the state should transition to Running and Syncthing will be working in the background. To start Syncthing from AlwaysUp, choose Application > Start "Syncthing". Open the web GUI in your browser (probably at )Ĭlick the gear at the top right and select Settings from the menu that appears: In a couple of seconds, an entry called Syncthing will show up in the AlwaysUp window.Īnd now that we are ready to start Syncthing as a windows service, let's configure the software to avoid launching the browser when it starts (since you won't be able to see it any more).
#SYNCTHING PORT FULL#
To do so, switch to the Extras tab, check the Capture output to this log file box and enter the full path to a text file.Ĭlick the Save button. Since Syncthing will no longer be visible on your desktop, you may want to capture the messages from the console to a file. That other instances of Syncthing don't prevent the copy launched by AlwaysUp (as a windows service) from starting properly. This tells AlwaysUp that Syncthing needs the TCP/IP networking stack to do its work.īecause only a single copy of Syncthing can run at any time (due to the use of a single network port),Ĭheck the Stop all copies of the application running on this computer box, and the Also whenever the application is restarted setting below. We have used Syncthing (the default) but you can specify another name you like.Ĭlick over to the Logon tab and enter the user name and password of the account in which you have configured and run Syncthing.īy default, Syncthing stores its settings in the user-specific %AppData% folder and running it in the same account will ensure that Syncthing will find its configuration.Ĭheck the Ensure that the Windows Networking components have started box. In the Name field, enter the name that you will call the application in AlwaysUp. Since we placed Syncthing in C:\Syncthing, this is C:\Syncthing\syncthing.exe. In the Application field, enter the full path to the Syncthing executable, syncthing.exe. Select Application > Add to open the Add Application window: We have installed version 0.10.11 in C:\Syncthing for this tutorial and that folder will show up throughout this tutorial.
#SYNCTHING PORT ZIP FILE#
If you don't have Syncthing installed, download the latest zip file from GitHubĪnd expand it to a new folder on your hard drive.
#SYNCTHING PORT INSTALL#
To configure Syncthing as a Windows Service with AlwaysUp:ĭownload and install AlwaysUp, if necessary. It is ideally suited for running "headless" in the background as the GUI is accessible from any web browser. Syncthing keeps files synchronized between two or more machines.
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