BtSync with a Raspberry Pi

first update the packages sources

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

download the btsync packacke from bittorrent sync Webpage and install it on the raspberry pi. Then create the directory and set the user rights

wget http://btsync.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/btsync_arm.tar.gz
tar -zxf btsync_arm.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /etc/btsync
sudo mv btsync /etc/btsync
rm btsync_arm.tar.gz
cd /etc/btsync
sudo chown root:root btsync
sudo chmod 755 btsync

start the btsync service

sudo ./btsync

try to connect via a web browser to the webfrontend

http://raspberry:8888/ 

create a sync directory on a exernal device

cd
mkdir /media/data/btsync

create a init script to start and stop btsync

sudo nano /etc/init.d/btsync

copy the stuff below into that init script

#!/bin/sh -e

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          btsync
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start or stop the btsync
### END INIT INFO
 
case "$1" in
start)
    /etc/btsync/btsync
    ;;
stop)
    killall btsync
    ;;
*)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/btsync {start|stop}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac
 
exit 0

make the init script executable

sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/btsync
sudo update-rc.d btsync defaults

Source:

• raspberry-pi-bittorrent-sync-installieren-und-einrichten
• Bittorrent Sync
• Replace dropbox with bitttorrent sync and raspberry PI personal cloud with bittorrent sync