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Version 2 of the Mozilla-Sync-Server… This time the original server of Mozilla…

• http://www.apfelschwein.net/firefox-sync-now-mit-eigenem-apache-server.html
• http://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync.html

1. install dependancies
   

   apt-get install python-dev mercurial sqlite3 python-virtualenv apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-wsgi make

2. create user
   

   adduser --group --system --home /usr/local/firefox-sync-server --disabled-password ffsync

3. change user shell
   

   usermod -s /bin/bash ffsync

4. add apache user to new group
   

   adduser www-data ffsync

5. change user
   

   su - ffsync

6. download server files from mozilla repository
   

   hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/services/server-full

7. create directories
   

   mkdir data tmp

8. change permissions
   

   chmod 770 data tmp

9. change directory into server files
   

   cd server-full

10. compile the server
    

    make build

11. modify some config files
    • edit sync.wsgi
      

      vi sync.wsgi
            [..]
            os.environ['PYTHON_EGG_CACHE'] = ‘/usr/local/firefox-sync-server/tmp/python-eggs’
            [..]

    • edit development.ini
      

      vi development.ini
            [...]
            [handler_syncserver_errors]
            class = handlers.RotatingFileHandler
            args = (‘/usr/local/firefox-sync-server/tmp/sync-error.log’,)
            [..]

    • edit etc/sync.conf
      

      vi etc/sync.conf
            [..]
            [storage]
            backend = syncstorage.storage.sql.SQLStorage
            sqluri = sqlite:////usr/local/firefox-sync-server/data/usersettings.db
            [..]
            [auth]
            backend = services.auth.sql.SQLAuth
            sqluri = sqlite:////usr/local/firefox-sync-server/data/usersettings.db
            [..]
            fallback_node = http://sync.mytestdomain.com/
            [..]

12. go back to root environment
    

    exit

13. change user shell
    

    usermod -s /bin/false ffsync

14. enable apache-module
    

    a2enmod wsgi

15. create virtual host
    

    vi /etc/apache/sites-available/ffsync2

    • ffsync2 - Virtual Host Configuration
16. enable virtual host
    

    a2ensite ffsync2

17. restart apache daemon
    

    service apache restart