Btsync With Systemd On Linux Doesn't Connect On Startup

[mikey]

Hi,

 

I've tried setitng up BTSync with systemd on Linux (Fedora 20). I followed the instructions here:

 

http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/23948-btsync-fedora-at-startup-and-working-start-stop-service/?p=68468

 

Which I've got loading for my user on boot OK but when it loads it always fails to connect to any peers until I reboot the service. It always almost immediately connects to a local peer once I've restarted the service.

 

Here is the log where it fails to connect:

Nov 03 07:01:38 nixon btsync[657]: By using this application, you agree to our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and End User License Agreement.Nov 03 07:01:38 nixon btsync[657]: http://www.bittorrent.com/legal/privacyNov 03 07:01:38 nixon btsync[657]: http://www.bittorrent.com/legal/terms-of-useNov 03 07:01:38 nixon btsync[657]: http://www.bittorrent.com/legal/eulaNov 03 07:01:38 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:01:31.577] total physical memory 536870912 max disk cache 2097152Nov 03 07:01:38 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:01:32.677] Loading config file version 1.4.99Nov 03 07:01:38 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:01:33.684] SF[A10C]: Loaded folder /home/michael/Documents/Work/ObsidianIRNov 03 07:01:38 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:01:34.173] SF[E8BC]: Loaded folder /home/michael/.common/commonNov 03 07:01:49 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:01:49.286] KickSocketObj::set_error(err=101, socket_error=false): : Network is unreachableNov 03 07:01:49 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:01:49.287] Using IP address 192.168.0.2Nov 03 07:01:53 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:01:53.293] UPnP: Could not map UPnP Port on this pass, retrying.Nov 03 07:01:58 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:01:58.315] UPnP: Could not map UPnP Port on this pass, retrying.Nov 03 07:02:01 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:02:01.317] NAT-PMP: Unable to map port with NAT-PMP.Nov 03 07:02:03 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:02:03.319] UPnP: Could not map UPnP Port on this pass, retrying.Nov 03 07:02:08 nixon btsync[657]: [20141103 07:02:08.326] UPnP: Unable to map port 192.168.0.2:59543 with UPnP.

And here is the log after I reboot the service:

Nov 03 07:10:56 nixon btsync[2111]: By using this application, you agree to our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and End User License Agreement.Nov 03 07:10:56 nixon btsync[2111]: http://www.bittorrent.com/legal/privacyNov 03 07:10:56 nixon btsync[2111]: http://www.bittorrent.com/legal/terms-of-useNov 03 07:10:56 nixon btsync[2111]: http://www.bittorrent.com/legal/eulaNov 03 07:10:56 nixon btsync[2111]: [20141103 07:10:56.420] total physical memory 536870912 max disk cache 2097152Nov 03 07:10:56 nixon btsync[2111]: [20141103 07:10:56.420] Using IP address 192.168.0.2Nov 03 07:10:56 nixon btsync[2111]: [20141103 07:10:56.422] Loading config file version 1.4.99Nov 03 07:10:56 nixon btsync[2111]: [20141103 07:10:56.423] SF[A10C]: Loaded folder /home/michael/Documents/Work/ObsidianIRNov 03 07:10:56 nixon btsync[2111]: [20141103 07:10:56.424] SF[E8BC]: Loaded folder /home/michael/.common/commonNov 03 07:11:00 nixon btsync[2111]: [20141103 07:11:00.434] UPnP: Could not map UPnP Port on this pass, retrying.Nov 03 07:11:05 nixon btsync[2111]: [20141103 07:11:05.424] UPnP: Could not map UPnP Port on this pass, retrying.Nov 03 07:11:10 nixon btsync[2111]: [20141103 07:11:10.426] UPnP: Could not map UPnP Port on this pass, retrying.Nov 03 07:11:15 nixon btsync[2111]: [20141103 07:11:15.471] UPnP: Unable to map port 192.168.0.2:24073 with UPnP.

I notice that there is always a network unreachabel message on the failed connection attempt at boot. And I've noticed now that there also seems to be a NAT-PMP error message as well.

 

I have told it to wait for networking in a couple of ways in the systemd service file: "After=network.target" and "After=network-online.target". But neither has helped.

 

Here is the current state of my service file:

[Unit]Description=BitTorrent Sync for %iAfter=network-online.target[Service]Type=simpleUser=%iExecStart=/usr/local/bin/btsync --nodaemon --config %h/.sync/sync.confRestart=on-abortWorkingDirectory=%h[Install]WantedBy=multi-user.target

And I have it enabled on boot for my user with:

 

systemctl enable btsync@michael

[denis4inet]

@mikey,

try .service that described at archlinux AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/btsync/. It is work properly on my ArchLinux system with systemd.

[mikey]

Hi,

 

I had looked at that service file on the AUR. I've tried versions of it that do the same thing. The service file I posted is very similar but waits on a slightly more advanced neworking target and specifies the multi-user target for its WantedBy condition rather than the default target which I believe will be the same thing on arch.

 

I've put in place a workaround from here:

 

https://github.com/rodolpheh/nm-dispatcher-btsync

 

I installed the 50-btsync file into my /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ folder and ran:

sudo -ichmod +x /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/50-btsyncgroupadd btsync-usersusermod -a -G btsync-users "<MY-USERNAME>"

This method of starting the systemd service has the advantage that it handles things like VPNs better.
It does seem like a problem though that this is necessary on some systems.

 

Using this method I no longer get the error message about

NAT-PMP: Unable to map port with NAT-PMP.