unyi3lding Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Hi everyone, Is there a standard/recommended procedure to migrate/upgrade a regular Sync folder to the new Encrypted Folder option? I have a couple folders that have nodes on 3rd party servers where I'd love to start encrypting them. Should I just have every node disconnect the current folder (but don't delete the data), and set up a new Sync folder one the same directory? I've been trying to search for this answer, and I've seen at least one person ask this question on the blog post with no answer. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 On your 3rd party nodes, you'd need to remove the "regular" folder from Sync and re-add it again using the corresponding Encrypted key/link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unyi3lding Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 @GreatMarko Thanks! Working on it now; will post updates of my results soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unyi3lding Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) It looks like my folder was not an Encrypted Folder to begin with (ie created before Sync 2.3 release), so there is no option to generate an Encrypted folder key/link. The only way I could get the folder to migrate to an Encrypted folder is to disconnect both ends, create new Sync folders in the same directory. However, this caused all of the data on the server where I want the Encrypted Folder to get overwritten, and have to Sync all over again. I tested this migration on a smaller folder with less critical data, so this was fairly painless (and took ~10 minutes to transfer). However, I'm nervous about doing it on my other folders that are larger and have more sensitive data that we can't afford losing (and don't want to have to wait for all of the devices to re-sync everything). Is there any way to add an Encrypted Folder share key to existing Standard or Advanced folders? Edited February 11, 2016 by unyi3lding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 @unyi3lding There is no way to add Encrypted folder to a folder that already in Sync. You'll have to re-add it. Although, I'm surprised that Sync re-transferred it. If folders are equal / synced - there should no be any data transfer, Sync will just re-index it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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