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  1. Linux Desktop Gui Unofficial Packages For Bittorrent Sync

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    Hi Piece_Maker,

     

    don't panic! You have not broken anything. As written in the initial posting:

     

    In client mode, the GUI can be used to access a remotely running BitTorrent Sync agent. The only prerequisites are that the remote BitTorrent Sync agent is reachable from your computer, you know the credentials and the API access is enabled on the remote agent.

     

    This means: if you want to connect to a remote agent, you need to enable the API by providing an API key in the configuration file of that agent. The internal agent is started with an API key that is owned by me, but if you have a more complex scenario with many servers that you want to access remotely with the GUI, you have to request an API key from BitTorrent Inc. You can do this here.

     

    If you do not have such an API key, you can only use the btsync-gui in Standalone Mode with the agent automatically launched by the GUI.

     

     

    You mentioned that you have also a problem launching the GUI in standalone mode, but you forgot to describe that problem. Can you please tell me more?

     

     

     

     

    This explains a lot - I wasn't trying to connect to a remote btsync daemon, just my local one that gets started on boot with systemd :D I guess this still requires the API key.

     

     

     

    My problems running standalone-mode are fairly similar though. The options when clicking the system tray icon are mostly greyed out (Namely the Open WebUI and Open BitTorrent Sync... options).

  2. Linux Desktop Gui Unofficial Packages For Bittorrent Sync

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    Hi, I'm keen to use this, however I can't seem to make anything besides the indicator appear. I'm trying to use it with a running btsync daemon, though I get the problem if I shut off the daemon and run it in standalone mode too. I can only assume I'm doing something wrong in my setup, but I can't see what...

     

    Running Gnome on Arch Linux (using the AUR package), I use the command:

    btsync-gui --host "localhost" --username "myusername" --password "mypassword" --port "8888"

    I've tried with and without the "", and also tried my actual IP in place of localhost. Obviously myusername/mypassword are replaced. In my terminal, it endlessly spits out:

    WARNING:root:BtSync API HTTP error: 400

    I'm currently running btsync with the --nodaemon flag to see if anything pops up running that, but nothing that looks helpful.

     

    The indicator's options are all greyed-out (The Status, Pause Syncing, Open WebUI, and Open Bittorrent Sync... Options).

     

    Have I broken something? Thanks!