This is an all-in-one package for running a self-hosted Firefox Sync server. If bundles the "tokenserver" project for authentication and the "syncstorage" project for storage, produce a single stand-alone webapp.
Complete installation instructions are available at:
https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html
The Sync Server software runs using python 2.6 or later, and the build process requires make and virtualenv. You will need to have the following packages (or similar, depending on your operating system) installed:
- python2.7
- python2.7-dev
- python-virtualenv
- make
Take a checkout of this repository, then run "make build" to pull in the necessary python package dependencies:
$ git clone https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver $ cd syncserver $ make build
To sanity-check that things got installed correctly, do the following:
$ make test
Now you can run the server:
$ make serve
This should start a server on http://localhost:5000/.
Now go into Firefox's about:config page, search for a setting named "tokenServerURI", and change it to point to your server:
identity.sync.tokenserver.uri: http://localhost:5000/token/1.0/sync/1.5
(Prior to Firefox 42, the TokenServer preference name for Firefox Desktop was "services.sync.tokenServerURI". While the old preference name will work in Firefox 42 and later, the new preference is recommended as the old preference name will be reset when the user signs out from Sync causing potential confusion.)
Firefox should now sync against your local server rather than the default Mozilla-hosted servers.
For more details on setting up a stable deployment, see:
https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html
All customization of the server can be done by editing the file "syncserver.ini", which contains lots of comments to help you on your way. Things you might like to change include:
- The client-visible hostname for your server. Edit the "public_url" key under the [syncstorage] section.
- The database in which to store sync data. Edit the "sqluri" setting under the [syncstorage] section.
If you python installation doesn't provide the "sqlite" module by default, you may need to install it as a separate package:
$ ./local/bin/pip install pysqlite2
Similarly, if you want to use a different database backend you will need to install an appropriate python module, e.g:
$ ./local/bin/pip install PyMySQL $ ./local/bin/pip install psycopg2
- IRC channel: #sync. See http://irc.mozilla.org/
- Mailing list: https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/services-dev