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.TH "SYNCTHING-CONFIG" "5" "Sep 14, 2025" "v2.0.0" "Syncthing"
.SH NAME
syncthing-config \- Syncthing Configuration
.SH OVERVIEW
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This page covers how to configure Syncthing for file synchronization, including device setup, folder configuration, connection settings, and various configuration methods through the web GUI, command\-line, or direct file editing.
.SH CONFIGURATION FILE LOCATIONS
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The default configuration and database directory locations are:
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$XDG_STATE_HOME/syncthing
$HOME/.local/state/syncthing
$HOME/Library/Application Support/Syncthing
%LOCALAPPDATA%\eSyncthing
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Changed in version 1.27.0: The default location of the configuration and database directory on
Unix\-like systems was changed to \fB$XDG_STATE_HOME/syncthing\fP or
\fB$HOME/.local/state/syncthing\fP\&. Previously the default config location
was \fB$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/syncthing\fP or \fB$HOME/.config/syncthing\fP\&. The
database directory was previously \fB$HOME/.config/syncthing\fP or, if the
environment variable was set, \fB$XDG_DATA_HOME/syncthing\fP\&. Existing
installations may still use these directories instead of the newer
defaults.

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Added in version 1.5.0: Database and config can now be set separately. Previously the database was
always located in the same directory as the config.

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Syncthing uses a single directory to store configuration and crypto keys.
Syncthing also keeps an index database with file metadata which is by
default stored in the same directory, though this can be overridden.
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The location defaults to \fB$XDG_STATE_HOME/syncthing\fP or
\fB$HOME/.local/state/syncthing\fP (Unix\-like), \fB$HOME/Library/Application
Support/Syncthing\fP (Mac), or \fB%LOCALAPPDATA%\eSyncthing\fP (Windows). It can
be changed at runtime using the \fB\-\-config\fP or \fB\-\-home\fP flags or the
corresponding environment variables (\fB$STCONFDIR\fP or \fBSTHOMEDIR\fP). The
following files are located in this directory:
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.B \fBconfig.xml\fP
The configuration file, in XML format.
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.B \fBcert.pem\fP, \fBkey.pem\fP
The device’s ECDSA public and private key. These form the basis for the
device ID. The key must be kept private.
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.B \fBhttps\-cert.pem\fP, \fBhttps\-key.pem\fP
The certificate and key for HTTPS GUI connections. These may be replaced
with a custom certificate for HTTPS as desired.
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The database is by default stored in the same directory as the config, but
the location may be overridden by the \fB\-\-data\fP or \fB\-\-home\fP flags or the
corresponding environment variables (\fB$STDATADIR\fP or \fBSTHOMEDIR\fP).
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The database directory contains the following files, among others:
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.B \fBindex\-\fP\fI*\fP
The database with metadata and hashes of the files currently on disk and
available from peers.
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.B \fBsyncthing.log\fP
Log output, on some systems.
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.B \fBaudit\-\fP\fI*\fP\fB\&.log\fP
Audit log data, when enabled.
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.B \fBpanic\-\fP\fI*\fP\fB\&.log\fP
Crash log data, when required.
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.SH CONFIG FILE FORMAT
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The following shows an example of a default configuration file (IDs will differ):
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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The config examples are present for illustration. Do \fBnot\fP copy them
entirely to use as your config. They are likely out\-of\-date and the values
may no longer correspond to the defaults.
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<configuration version=\(dq37\(dq>
    <folder id=\(dqdefault\(dq label=\(dqDefault Folder\(dq path=\(dq/Users/jb/Sync/\(dq type=\(dqsendreceive\(dq rescanIntervalS=\(dq3600\(dq fsWatcherEnabled=\(dqtrue\(dq fsWatcherDelayS=\(dq10\(dq fsWatcherTimeoutS=\(dq0\(dq ignorePerms=\(dqfalse\(dq autoNormalize=\(dqtrue\(dq>
        <filesystemType>basic</filesystemType>
        <device id=\(dqS7UKX27\-GI7ZTXS\-GC6RKUA\-7AJGZ44\-C6NAYEB\-HSKTJQK\-KJHU2NO\-CWV7EQW\(dq introducedBy=\(dq\(dq>
            <encryptionPassword></encryptionPassword>
        </device>
        <minDiskFree unit=\(dq%\(dq>1</minDiskFree>
        <versioning>
            <cleanupIntervalS>3600</cleanupIntervalS>
            <fsPath></fsPath>
            <fsType>basic</fsType>
        </versioning>
        <copiers>0</copiers>
        <pullerMaxPendingKiB>0</pullerMaxPendingKiB>
        <hashers>0</hashers>
        <order>random</order>
        <ignoreDelete>false</ignoreDelete>
        <scanProgressIntervalS>0</scanProgressIntervalS>
        <pullerPauseS>0</pullerPauseS>
        <maxConflicts>\-1</maxConflicts>
        <disableSparseFiles>false</disableSparseFiles>
        <paused>false</paused>
        <markerName>.stfolder</markerName>
        <copyOwnershipFromParent>false</copyOwnershipFromParent>
        <modTimeWindowS>0</modTimeWindowS>
        <maxConcurrentWrites>16</maxConcurrentWrites>
        <disableFsync>false</disableFsync>
        <blockPullOrder>standard</blockPullOrder>
        <copyRangeMethod>standard</copyRangeMethod>
        <caseSensitiveFS>false</caseSensitiveFS>
        <junctionsAsDirs>false</junctionsAsDirs>
        <syncOwnership>false</syncOwnership>
        <sendOwnership>false</sendOwnership>
        <syncXattrs>false</syncXattrs>
        <sendXattrs>false</sendXattrs>
    </folder>
    <device id=\(dqS7UKX27\-GI7ZTXS\-GC6RKUA\-7AJGZ44\-C6NAYEB\-HSKTJQK\-KJHU2NO\-CWV7EQW\(dq name=\(dqsyno\(dq compression=\(dqmetadata\(dq introducer=\(dqfalse\(dq skipIntroductionRemovals=\(dqfalse\(dq introducedBy=\(dq\(dq>
        <address>dynamic</address>
        <paused>false</paused>
        <autoAcceptFolders>false</autoAcceptFolders>
        <maxSendKbps>0</maxSendKbps>
        <maxRecvKbps>0</maxRecvKbps>
        <ignoredFolder time=\(dq2022\-01\-09T19:09:52Z\(dq id=\(dqbr63e\-wyhb7\(dq label=\(dqFoo\(dq></ignoredFolder>
        <maxRequestKiB>0</maxRequestKiB>
        <untrusted>false</untrusted>
        <remoteGUIPort>0</remoteGUIPort>
    </device>
    <gui enabled=\(dqtrue\(dq tls=\(dqfalse\(dq>
        <address>127.0.0.1:8384</address>
        <apikey>k1dnz1Dd0rzTBjjFFh7CXPnrF12C49B1</apikey>
        <theme>default</theme>
    </gui>
    <ldap></ldap>
    <options>
        <listenAddress>default</listenAddress>
        <globalAnnounceServer>default</globalAnnounceServer>
        <globalAnnounceEnabled>true</globalAnnounceEnabled>
        <localAnnounceEnabled>true</localAnnounceEnabled>
        <localAnnouncePort>21027</localAnnouncePort>
        <localAnnounceMCAddr>[ff12::8384]:21027</localAnnounceMCAddr>
        <maxSendKbps>0</maxSendKbps>
        <maxRecvKbps>0</maxRecvKbps>
        <reconnectionIntervalS>60</reconnectionIntervalS>
        <relaysEnabled>true</relaysEnabled>
        <relayReconnectIntervalM>10</relayReconnectIntervalM>
        <startBrowser>true</startBrowser>
        <natEnabled>true</natEnabled>
        <natLeaseMinutes>60</natLeaseMinutes>
        <natRenewalMinutes>30</natRenewalMinutes>
        <natTimeoutSeconds>10</natTimeoutSeconds>
        <urAccepted>0</urAccepted>
        <urSeen>0</urSeen>
        <urUniqueID></urUniqueID>
        <urURL>https://data.syncthing.net/newdata</urURL>
        <urPostInsecurely>false</urPostInsecurely>
        <urInitialDelayS>1800</urInitialDelayS>
        <autoUpgradeIntervalH>12</autoUpgradeIntervalH>
        <upgradeToPreReleases>false</upgradeToPreReleases>
        <keepTemporariesH>24</keepTemporariesH>
        <cacheIgnoredFiles>false</cacheIgnoredFiles>
        <progressUpdateIntervalS>5</progressUpdateIntervalS>
        <limitBandwidthInLan>false</limitBandwidthInLan>
        <minHomeDiskFree unit=\(dq%\(dq>1</minHomeDiskFree>
        <releasesURL>https://upgrades.syncthing.net/meta.json</releasesURL>
        <overwriteRemoteDeviceNamesOnConnect>false</overwriteRemoteDeviceNamesOnConnect>
        <tempIndexMinBlocks>10</tempIndexMinBlocks>
        <unackedNotificationID>authenticationUserAndPassword</unackedNotificationID>
        <trafficClass>0</trafficClass>
        <setLowPriority>true</setLowPriority>
        <maxFolderConcurrency>0</maxFolderConcurrency>
        <crashReportingURL>https://crash.syncthing.net/newcrash</crashReportingURL>
        <crashReportingEnabled>true</crashReportingEnabled>
        <stunKeepaliveStartS>180</stunKeepaliveStartS>
        <stunKeepaliveMinS>20</stunKeepaliveMinS>
        <stunServer>default</stunServer>
        <maxConcurrentIncomingRequestKiB>0</maxConcurrentIncomingRequestKiB>
        <announceLANAddresses>true</announceLANAddresses>
        <sendFullIndexOnUpgrade>false</sendFullIndexOnUpgrade>
        <connectionLimitEnough>0</connectionLimitEnough>
        <connectionLimitMax>0</connectionLimitMax>
    </options>
    <remoteIgnoredDevice time=\(dq2022\-01\-09T20:02:01Z\(dq id=\(dq5SYI2FS\-LW6YAXI\-JJDYETS\-NDBBPIO\-256MWBO\-XDPXWVG\-24QPUM4\-PDW4UQU\(dq name=\(dqbugger\(dq address=\(dq192.168.0.20:22000\(dq></remoteIgnoredDevice>
    <defaults>
        <folder id=\(dq\(dq label=\(dq\(dq path=\(dq~\(dq type=\(dqsendreceive\(dq rescanIntervalS=\(dq3600\(dq fsWatcherEnabled=\(dqtrue\(dq fsWatcherDelayS=\(dq10\(dq fsWatcherTimeoutS=\(dq0\(dq ignorePerms=\(dqfalse\(dq autoNormalize=\(dqtrue\(dq>
            <filesystemType>basic</filesystemType>
            <device id=\(dqS7UKX27\-GI7ZTXS\-GC6RKUA\-7AJGZ44\-C6NAYEB\-HSKTJQK\-KJHU2NO\-CWV7EQW\(dq introducedBy=\(dq\(dq>
                <encryptionPassword></encryptionPassword>
            </device>
            <minDiskFree unit=\(dq%\(dq>1</minDiskFree>
            <versioning>
                <cleanupIntervalS>3600</cleanupIntervalS>
                <fsPath></fsPath>
                <fsType>basic</fsType>
            </versioning>
            <copiers>0</copiers>
            <pullerMaxPendingKiB>0</pullerMaxPendingKiB>
            <hashers>0</hashers>
            <order>random</order>
            <ignoreDelete>false</ignoreDelete>
            <scanProgressIntervalS>0</scanProgressIntervalS>
            <pullerPauseS>0</pullerPauseS>
            <maxConflicts>10</maxConflicts>
            <disableSparseFiles>false</disableSparseFiles>
            <paused>false</paused>
            <markerName>.stfolder</markerName>
            <copyOwnershipFromParent>false</copyOwnershipFromParent>
            <modTimeWindowS>0</modTimeWindowS>
            <maxConcurrentWrites>16</maxConcurrentWrites>
            <disableFsync>false</disableFsync>
            <blockPullOrder>standard</blockPullOrder>
            <copyRangeMethod>standard</copyRangeMethod>
            <caseSensitiveFS>false</caseSensitiveFS>
            <junctionsAsDirs>false</junctionsAsDirs>
            <syncOwnership>false</syncOwnership>
            <sendOwnership>false</sendOwnership>
            <syncXattrs>false</syncXattrs>
            <sendXattrs>false</sendXattrs>
        </folder>
        <device id=\(dq\(dq compression=\(dqmetadata\(dq introducer=\(dqfalse\(dq skipIntroductionRemovals=\(dqfalse\(dq introducedBy=\(dq\(dq>
            <address>dynamic</address>
            <paused>false</paused>
            <autoAcceptFolders>false</autoAcceptFolders>
            <maxSendKbps>0</maxSendKbps>
            <maxRecvKbps>0</maxRecvKbps>
            <maxRequestKiB>0</maxRequestKiB>
            <untrusted>false</untrusted>
            <remoteGUIPort>0</remoteGUIPort>
        </device>
    </defaults>
</configuration>
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.SH CONFIGURATION ELEMENT
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<configuration version=\(dq37\(dq>
    <folder></folder>
    <device></device>
    <gui></gui>
    <ldap></ldap>
    <options></options>
    <remoteIgnoredDevice></remoteIgnoredDevice>
    <defaults></defaults>
</configuration>
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This is the root element. It has one attribute:
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.B version
The config version. Increments whenever a change is made that requires
migration from previous formats.
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It contains the elements described in the following sections and any number of
this additional child element:
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.B remoteIgnoredDevice
Contains the ID of the device that should be ignored. Connection attempts
from this device are logged to the console but never displayed in the web
GUI.
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.SH FOLDER ELEMENT
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<folder id=\(dqdefault\(dq label=\(dqDefault Folder\(dq path=\(dq/Users/jb/Sync/\(dq type=\(dqsendreceive\(dq rescanIntervalS=\(dq3600\(dq fsWatcherEnabled=\(dqtrue\(dq fsWatcherDelayS=\(dq10\(dq fsWatcherTimeoutS=\(dq0\(dq ignorePerms=\(dqfalse\(dq autoNormalize=\(dqtrue\(dq>
    <filesystemType>basic</filesystemType>
    <device id=\(dqS7UKX27\-GI7ZTXS\-GC6RKUA\-7AJGZ44\-C6NAYEB\-HSKTJQK\-KJHU2NO\-CWV7EQW\(dq introducedBy=\(dq\(dq>
        <encryptionPassword></encryptionPassword>
    </device>
    <minDiskFree unit=\(dq%\(dq>1</minDiskFree>
    <versioning>
        <cleanupIntervalS>3600</cleanupIntervalS>
        <fsPath></fsPath>
        <fsType>basic</fsType>
    </versioning>
    <copiers>0</copiers>
    <pullerMaxPendingKiB>0</pullerMaxPendingKiB>
    <hashers>0</hashers>
    <order>random</order>
    <ignoreDelete>false</ignoreDelete>
    <scanProgressIntervalS>0</scanProgressIntervalS>
    <pullerPauseS>0</pullerPauseS>
    <maxConflicts>\-1</maxConflicts>
    <disableSparseFiles>false</disableSparseFiles>
    <paused>false</paused>
    <markerName>.stfolder</markerName>
    <copyOwnershipFromParent>false</copyOwnershipFromParent>
    <modTimeWindowS>0</modTimeWindowS>
    <maxConcurrentWrites>16</maxConcurrentWrites>
    <disableFsync>false</disableFsync>
    <blockPullOrder>standard</blockPullOrder>
    <copyRangeMethod>standard</copyRangeMethod>
    <caseSensitiveFS>false</caseSensitiveFS>
    <junctionsAsDirs>false</junctionsAsDirs>
    <syncOwnership>false</syncOwnership>
    <sendOwnership>false</sendOwnership>
    <syncXattrs>false</syncXattrs>
    <sendXattrs>false</sendXattrs>
</folder>
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One or more \fBfolder\fP elements must be present in the file. Each element
describes one folder. The following attributes may be set on the \fBfolder\fP
element:
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.B id (mandatory)
The folder ID, which must be unique.
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.B label
The label of a folder is a human readable and descriptive local name. May
be different on each device, empty, and/or identical to other folder
labels. (optional)
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.B filesystemType
The internal file system implementation used to access this folder, detailed
in a \fI\%separate chapter\fP\&.
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.B path (mandatory)
The path to the directory where the folder is stored on this
device; not sent to other devices.
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.B type
Controls how the folder is handled by Syncthing. Possible values are:
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.B \fBsendreceive\fP
The folder is in default mode. Sending local and accepting remote changes.
Note that this type was previously called “readwrite” which is deprecated
but still accepted in incoming configs.
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.B \fBsendonly\fP
The folder is in “send only” mode – it will not be modified by
Syncthing on this device.
Note that this type was previously called “readonly” which is deprecated
but still accepted in incoming configs.
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.B \fBreceiveonly\fP
The folder is in “receive only” mode – it will not propagate
changes to other devices.
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.B \fBreceiveencrypted\fP
Must be used on untrusted devices, where the data cannot be decrypted
because no folder password was entered.  See \fI\%Untrusted (Encrypted) Devices\fP\&.
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.B rescanIntervalS
The rescan interval, in seconds. Can be set to \fB0\fP to disable when external
plugins are used to trigger rescans.
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.B fsWatcherEnabled
If set to \fBtrue\fP, this detects changes to files in the folder and scans them.
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.B fsWatcherDelayS
The duration during which changes detected are accumulated, before a scan is
scheduled (only takes effect if \fI\%fsWatcherEnabled\fP is set to \fBtrue\fP).
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.B fsWatcherTimeoutS
The maximum delay before a scan is triggered when a file is continuously
changing. If unset or zero a default value is calculated based on
\fI\%fsWatcherDelayS\fP\&.
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.B ignorePerms
If \fBtrue\fP, files originating from this folder will be announced to remote
devices with the “no permission bits” flag.  The remote devices will use
whatever their default permission setting is when creating the files.  The
primary use case is for file systems that do not support permissions, such
as FAT, or environments where changing permissions is impossible.
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.B autoNormalize
Automatically correct UTF\-8 normalization errors found in file names.  The
mechanism and how to set it up is described in a \fI\%separate chapter\fP\&.
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The following child elements may exist:
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.B device
These must have the \fBid\fP attribute and can have an \fBintroducedBy\fP
attribute, identifying the device that introduced us to share this folder
with the given device.  If the original introducer unshares this folder with
this device, our device will follow and unshare the folder (subject to
\fI\%skipIntroductionRemovals\fP being \fBfalse\fP on the introducer device).
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All mentioned devices are those that will be sharing the folder in question.
Each mentioned device must have a separate \fBdevice\fP element later in the file.
It is customary that the local device ID is included in all folders.
Syncthing will currently add this automatically if it is not present in
the configuration file.
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The \fBencryptionPassword\fP sub\-element contains the secret needed to decrypt
this folder’s data on the remote device.  If left empty, the data is plainly
accessible (but still protected by the transport encryption).  The mechanism
and how to set it up is described in a \fI\%separate chapter\fP\&.
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.B minDiskFree
The minimum required free space that should be available on the disk this
folder resides.  The folder will be stopped when the value drops below the
threshold.  The element content is interpreted according to the given
\fBunit\fP attribute.  Accepted \fBunit\fP values are \fB%\fP (percent of the disk
/ volume size), \fBkB\fP, \fBMB\fP, \fBGB\fP and \fBTB\fP\&.  Set to zero to disable.
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.B versioning
Specifies a versioning configuration.
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\fBSEE ALSO:\fP
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\fI\%File Versioning\fP
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.B copiers
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.B hashers
The number of copier and hasher routines to use, or \fB0\fP for the
system determined optimums. These are low\-level performance options for
advanced users only; do not change unless requested to or you’ve actually
read and understood the code yourself. :)
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.B pullerMaxPendingKiB
Controls when we stop sending requests to other devices once we’ve got this
much unserved requests.  The number of pullers is automatically adjusted
based on this desired amount of outstanding request data.
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.B order
The order in which needed files should be pulled from the cluster.  It has
no effect when the folder type is “send only”.  The possibles values are:
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.B \fBrandom\fP (default)
Pull files in random order. This optimizes for balancing resources among
the devices in a cluster.
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.B \fBalphabetic\fP
Pull files ordered by file name alphabetically.
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.B \fBsmallestFirst\fP, \fBlargestFirst\fP
Pull files ordered by file size; smallest and largest first respectively.
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.B \fBoldestFirst\fP, \fBnewestFirst\fP
Pull files ordered by modification time; oldest and newest first
respectively.
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Note that the scanned files are sent in batches and the sorting is applied
only to the already discovered files. This means the sync might start with
a 1 GB file even if there is 1 KB file available on the source device until
the 1 KB becomes known to the pulling device.
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.B ignoreDelete
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\fBWARNING:\fP
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Enabling this is highly discouraged \- use at your own risk. You have been warned.
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When set to \fBtrue\fP, this device will pretend not to see instructions to
delete files from other devices.  The mechanism is described in a
\fI\%separate chapter\fP\&.
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.B scanProgressIntervalS
The interval in seconds with which scan progress information is sent to the GUI. Setting to \fB0\fP
will cause Syncthing to use the default value of two. If you don’t
need to see scan progress, set this to \fB\-1\fP to disable it.
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.B pullerPauseS
Tweak for rate limiting the puller when it retries pulling files. Don’t
change this unless you know what you’re doing.
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.B maxConflicts
The maximum number of conflict copies to keep around for any given file.
The default is \fB10\fP\&. \fB\-1\fP, means an unlimited number.
Setting this to \fB0\fP disables conflict copies altogether.
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.B disableSparseFiles
By default, blocks containing all zeros are not written, causing files
to be sparse on filesystems that support this feature. When set to \fBtrue\fP,
sparse files will not be created.
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.B paused
True if this folder is (temporarily) suspended.
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.B markerName
Name of a directory or file in the folder root to be used as a marker \- see
\fI\%marker FAQ\fP for its purpose.
A marker directory is only created by Syncthing for the default \fB\&.stfolder\fP, not otherwise.
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.B copyOwnershipFromParent
On Unix systems, tries to copy file/folder ownership from the parent directory (the directory it’s located in).
Requires running Syncthing as a privileged user, or granting it additional capabilities (e.g. CAP_CHOWN on Linux).
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.B modTimeWindowS
Allowed modification timestamp difference when comparing files for
equivalence. To be used on file systems which have unstable
modification timestamps that might change after being recorded
during the last write operation. Default is \fB2\fP on Android when the
folder is located on a FAT partition, and \fB0\fP otherwise.
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.B maxConcurrentWrites
Maximum number of concurrent write operations while syncing. Increasing this might increase or
decrease disk performance, depending on the underlying storage. Default is \fB16\fP\&.
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.B disableFsync
.
\fBWARNING:\fP
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Disables committing file operations to disk before recording them in the
database.  Disabling fsync can lead to data corruption.  The mechanism is
described in a \fI\%separate chapter\fP\&.
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.B blockPullOrder
Order in which the blocks of a file are downloaded. This option controls how quickly different parts of the
file spread between the connected devices, at the cost of causing strain on the storage.
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Available options:
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.B \fBstandard\fP (default)
The blocks of a file are split into N equal continuous sequences, where N is the number of connected
devices. Each device starts downloading its own sequence, after which it picks other devices
sequences at random. Provides acceptable data distribution and minimal spinning disk strain.
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.B \fBrandom\fP
The blocks of a file are downloaded in a random order. Provides great data distribution, but very taxing on
spinning disk drives.
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.B \fBinOrder\fP
The blocks of a file are downloaded sequentially, from start to finish. Spinning disk drive friendly, but provides
no improvements to data distribution.
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.B copyRangeMethod
Provides a choice of method for copying data between files.  This can be
used to optimise copies on network filesystems, improve speed of large
copies or clone the data using copy\-on\-write functionality if the underlying
filesystem supports it.  The mechanism is described in a \fI\%separate
chapter\fP\&.
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.B caseSensitiveFS
Affects performance by disabling the extra safety checks for case
insensitive filesystems.  The mechanism and how to set it up is described in
a \fI\%separate chapter\fP\&.
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.B junctionsAsDirs
NTFS directory junctions are treated as ordinary directories, if this is set
to \fBtrue\fP\&.
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.B syncOwnership
File and directory ownership is synced when this is set to \fBtrue\fP\&. See
\fI\%syncOwnership\fP for more information.
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.B sendOwnership
File and directory ownership information is scanned when this is set to
\fBtrue\fP\&. See \fI\%sendOwnership\fP for more information.
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.B syncXattrs
File and directory extended attributes are synced when this is set to
\fBtrue\fP\&. See \fI\%syncXattrs\fP for more information.
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.B sendXattrs
File and directory extended attributes are scanned and sent to other
devices when this is set to \fBtrue\fP\&. See
\fI\%sendXattrs\fP for more information.
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.SH DEVICE ELEMENT
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.EX
<device id=\(dqS7UKX27\-GI7ZTXS\-GC6RKUA\-7AJGZ44\-C6NAYEB\-HSKTJQK\-KJHU2NO\-CWV7EQW\(dq name=\(dqsyno\(dq compression=\(dqmetadata\(dq introducer=\(dqfalse\(dq skipIntroductionRemovals=\(dqfalse\(dq introducedBy=\(dq2CYF2WQ\-AKZO2QZ\-JAKWLYD\-AGHMQUM\-BGXUOIS\-GYILW34\-HJG3DUK\-LRRYQAR\(dq>
    <address>dynamic</address>
    <paused>false</paused>
    <autoAcceptFolders>false</autoAcceptFolders>
    <maxSendKbps>0</maxSendKbps>
    <maxRecvKbps>0</maxRecvKbps>
    <ignoredFolder time=\(dq2022\-01\-09T19:09:52Z\(dq id=\(dqbr63e\-wyhb7\(dq label=\(dqFoo\(dq></ignoredFolder>
    <maxRequestKiB>0</maxRequestKiB>
    <untrusted>false</untrusted>
    <remoteGUIPort>0</remoteGUIPort>
    <numConnections>0</numConnections>
</device>
<device id=\(dq2CYF2WQ\-AKZO2QZ\-JAKWLYD\-AGHMQUM\-BGXUOIS\-GYILW34\-HJG3DUK\-LRRYQAR\(dq name=\(dqsyno local\(dq compression=\(dqmetadata\(dq introducer=\(dqtrue\(dq skipIntroductionRemovals=\(dqfalse\(dq introducedBy=\(dq\(dq>
    <address>tcp://192.0.2.1:22001</address>
    <paused>true</paused>
    <allowedNetwork>192.168.0.0/16</allowedNetwork>
    <autoAcceptFolders>false</autoAcceptFolders>
    <maxSendKbps>100</maxSendKbps>
    <maxRecvKbps>100</maxRecvKbps>
    <maxRequestKiB>65536</maxRequestKiB>
    <untrusted>false</untrusted>
    <remoteGUIPort>8384</remoteGUIPort>
    <numConnections>0</numConnections>
</device>
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One or more \fBdevice\fP elements must be present in the file. Each element
describes a device participating in the cluster. It is customary to include a
\fBdevice\fP element for the local device; Syncthing will currently add one if
it is not present. The following attributes may be set on the \fBdevice\fP
element:
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.B id (mandatory)
The \fI\%device ID\fP\&.
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.B name
A friendly name for the device. (optional)
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.B compression
Whether to use protocol compression when sending messages to this device.
The possible values are:
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.B \fBmetadata\fP
Compress metadata packets, such as index information. Metadata is
usually very compression friendly so this is a good default.
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.B \fBalways\fP
Compress all packets, including file data. This is recommended if the
folders contents are mainly compressible data such as documents or
text files.
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.B \fBnever\fP
Disable all compression.
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.B introducer
Set to true if this device should be trusted as an introducer, i.e. we
should copy their list of devices per folder when connecting.
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\fBSEE ALSO:\fP
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\fI\%Introducer Configuration\fP
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.B skipIntroductionRemovals
Set to true if you wish to follow only introductions and not de\-introductions.
For example, if this is set, we would not remove a device that we were introduced
to even if the original introducer is no longer listing the remote device as known.
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.B introducedBy
Defines which device has introduced us to this device. Used only for following de\-introductions.
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.B certName
The device certificate’s common name, if it is not the default “syncthing”.
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From the following child elements at least one \fBaddress\fP child must exist.
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.B address (mandatory: At least one must be present.)
Contains an address or host name to use when attempting to connect to this device.
Entries other than \fBdynamic\fP need a protocol specific prefix. For the TCP protocol
the prefixes \fBtcp://\fP (dual\-stack), \fBtcp4://\fP (IPv4 only) or \fBtcp6://\fP (IPv6 only) can be used.
The prefixes for the QUIC protocol are analogous: \fBquic://\fP, \fBquic4://\fP and \fBquic6://\fP
Note that IP addresses need not use IPv4 or IPv6 prefixes; these are optional. Accepted formats are:
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.B IPv4 address (\fBtcp://192.0.2.42\fP)
The default port (22000) is used.
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.B IPv4 address and port (\fBtcp://192.0.2.42:12345\fP)
The address and port is used as given.
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.B IPv6 address (\fBtcp://[2001:db8::23:42]\fP)
The default port (22000) is used. The address must be enclosed in
square brackets.
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.B IPv6 address and port (\fBtcp://[2001:db8::23:42]:12345\fP)
The address and port is used as given. The address must be enclosed in
square brackets.
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.B Host name (\fBtcp6://fileserver\fP)
The host name will be used on the default port (22000) and connections
will be attempted only via IPv6.
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.B Host name and port (\fBtcp://fileserver:12345\fP)
The host name will be used on the given port and connections will be
attempted via both IPv4 and IPv6, depending on name resolution.
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.B \fBdynamic\fP
The word \fBdynamic\fP (without any prefix) means to use local and
global discovery to find the device.
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You can set multiple addresses \fIand\fP combine it with the \fBdynamic\fP keyword
for example:
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.EX
<device id=\(dq...\(dq>
    <address>tcp://192.0.2.1:22001</address>
    <address>quic://192.0.1.254:22000</address>
    <address>dynamic</address>
</device>
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In the GUI, multiple values are separated by commas.
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.B paused
True if synchronization with this devices is (temporarily) suspended.
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.B allowedNetwork
If given, this restricts connections to this device to only this network.
The mechanism is described in detail in a \fI\%separate chapter\fP).  To configure multiple networks, you
can either: repeat \fB<allowedNetwork>\fP tags in the configuration file or
enter several networks separated by commas in the GUI.
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.B autoAcceptFolders
If \fBtrue\fP, folders shared from this remote device are automatically added
and synced locally under the \fI\%default path\fP\&.  For the
folder name, Syncthing tries to use the label from the remote device, and if
the same label already exists, it then tries to use the folder’s ID.  If
that exists as well, the folder is just offered to accept manually.  A local
folder already added with the same ID will just be shared rather than
created separately.
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.B maxSendKbps
Maximum send rate to use for this device. Unit is kibibytes/second, despite
the config name looking like kilobits/second.
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.B maxRecvKbps
Maximum receive rate to use for this device. Unit is kibibytes/second,
despite the config name looking like kilobits/second.
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.B ignoredFolder
Contains the ID of the folder that should be ignored. This folder will
always be skipped when advertised from the containing remote device,
i.e. this will be logged, but there will be no dialog shown in the web GUI.
Multiple ignored folders are represented by repeated \fB<ignoredFolder>\fP
tags in the configuration file.
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.B maxRequestKiB
Maximum amount of data to have outstanding in requests towards this device.
Unit is kibibytes.
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.B remoteGUIPort
If set to a positive integer, the GUI will display an HTTP link to the IP
address which is currently used for synchronization.  Only the TCP port is
exchanged for the value specified here.  Note that any port forwarding or
firewall settings need to be done manually and the link will probably not
work for link\-local IPv6 addresses because of modern browser limitations.
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.B untrusted
This boolean value marks a particular device as untrusted, which disallows
ever sharing any unencrypted data with it.  Every folder shared with that
device then needs an encryption password set, or must already be of the
“receive encrypted” type locally.  Refer to the detailed explanation under
\fI\%Untrusted (Encrypted) Devices\fP\&.
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.B numConnections
The number of connections to this device. See
\fI\%numConnections\fP for more information.
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.SH GUI ELEMENT
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.EX
<gui enabled=\(dqtrue\(dq tls=\(dqfalse\(dq>
    <address>127.0.0.1:8384</address>
    <apikey>k1dnz1Dd0rzTBjjFFh7CXPnrF12C49B1</apikey>
    <theme>default</theme>
</gui>
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There must be exactly one \fBgui\fP element. The GUI configuration is also used by
the \fI\%REST API\fP and the \fI\%Event API\fP\&. The following attributes may be
set on the \fBgui\fP element:
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.B enabled
If not \fBtrue\fP, the GUI and API will not be started.
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.B tls
If set to \fBtrue\fP, TLS (HTTPS) will be enforced. Non\-HTTPS requests will
be redirected to HTTPS. When set to \fBfalse\fP, TLS connections are
still possible but not required.
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The following child elements may be present:
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.B address (mandatory: Exactly one element must be present.)
Set the listen address.  Allowed address formats are:
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.B IPv4 address and port (\fB127.0.0.1:8384\fP)
The address and port are used as given.
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.B IPv6 address and port (\fB[::1]:8384\fP)
The address and port are used as given. The address must be enclosed in
square brackets.
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.B Wildcard and port (\fB0.0.0.0:12345\fP, \fB[::]:12345\fP, \fB:12345\fP)
These are equivalent and will result in Syncthing listening on all
interfaces via both IPv4 and IPv6.
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.B UNIX socket location (\fB/var/run/st.sock\fP)
If the address is an absolute path it is interpreted as the path to a UNIX socket.
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.B unixSocketPermissions
When \fBaddress\fP is set to a UNIX socket location, set this to an octal value
to override the default permissions of the socket.
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.B user
Set to require authentication.
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.B password
Contains the bcrypt hash of the real password.
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.B apikey
If set, this is the API key that enables usage of the REST interface.
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.B insecureAdminAccess
If true, this allows access to the web GUI from outside (i.e. not localhost)
without authorization. A warning will displayed about this setting on startup.
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.B insecureSkipHostcheck
When the GUI / API is bound to localhost, we enforce that the \fBHost\fP
header looks like localhost.  This option bypasses that check.
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.B insecureAllowFrameLoading
Allow rendering the GUI within an \fB<iframe>\fP, \fB<frame>\fP or \fB<object>\fP
by not setting the \fBX\-Frame\-Options: SAMEORIGIN\fP HTTP header.  This may be
needed for serving the Syncthing GUI as part of a website through a proxy.
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.B theme
The name of the theme to use.
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.B authMode
Authentication mode to use. If not present, the authentication mode (static)
is controlled by the presence of user/password fields for backward compatibility.
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.B \fBstatic\fP
Authentication using user and password.
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.B \fBldap\fP
LDAP authentication. Requires ldap top level config section to be present.
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.B sendBasicAuthPrompt
Added in version 1.26.0.

.sp
Prior to version 1.26.0 the GUI used HTTP Basic Authorization for login, but
starting in version 1.26.0 it uses an HTML form by default. Basic
Authorization is still supported when the \fBAuthorization\fP request header
is present in a request, but some browsers don’t send the header unless
prompted by a 401 response.
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When this setting is enabled, the GUI will respond to unauthenticated
requests with a 401 response prompting for Basic Authorization, so that
\fBhttps://user:pass@localhost\fP style URLs continue to work in standard
browsers. Other clients that always send the \fBAuthorization\fP request
header do not need this setting.
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When this setting is disabled, the GUI will not send 401 responses so users
won’t see browser popups prompting for username and password.
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.B metricsWithoutAuth
If true, this allows access to the ‘/metrics’ without authentication.
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.SH LDAP ELEMENT
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.EX
<ldap>
    <address>localhost:389</address>
    <bindDN>cn=%s,ou=users,dc=syncthing,dc=net</bindDN>
    <transport>nontls</transport>
    <insecureSkipVerify>false</insecureSkipVerify>
</ldap>
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The \fBldap\fP element contains LDAP configuration options.  The mechanism is
described in detail under \fI\%LDAP Authentication\fP\&.
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.B address (mandatory)
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LDAP server address (server:port).
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.B bindDN (mandatory)
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BindDN for user authentication.
Special \fB%s\fP variable should be used to pass username to LDAP.
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.B transport
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.B \fBnontls\fP
Non secure connection.
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.B \fBtls\fP
TLS secured connection.
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.B \fBstarttls\fP
StartTLS connection mode.
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.B insecureSkipVerify
Skip verification (\fBtrue\fP or \fBfalse\fP).
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.B searchBaseDN
Base DN for user searches.
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.B searchFilter
Search filter for user searches.
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.SH OPTIONS ELEMENT
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.EX
<options>
    <listenAddress>default</listenAddress>
    <globalAnnounceServer>default</globalAnnounceServer>
    <globalAnnounceEnabled>true</globalAnnounceEnabled>
    <localAnnounceEnabled>true</localAnnounceEnabled>
    <localAnnouncePort>21027</localAnnouncePort>
    <localAnnounceMCAddr>[ff12::8384]:21027</localAnnounceMCAddr>
    <maxSendKbps>0</maxSendKbps>
    <maxRecvKbps>0</maxRecvKbps>
    <reconnectionIntervalS>60</reconnectionIntervalS>
    <relaysEnabled>true</relaysEnabled>
    <relayReconnectIntervalM>10</relayReconnectIntervalM>
    <startBrowser>true</startBrowser>
    <natEnabled>true</natEnabled>
    <natLeaseMinutes>60</natLeaseMinutes>
    <natRenewalMinutes>30</natRenewalMinutes>
    <natTimeoutSeconds>10</natTimeoutSeconds>
    <urAccepted>0</urAccepted>
    <urSeen>0</urSeen>
    <urUniqueID></urUniqueID>
    <urURL>https://data.syncthing.net/newdata</urURL>
    <urPostInsecurely>false</urPostInsecurely>
    <urInitialDelayS>1800</urInitialDelayS>
    <autoUpgradeIntervalH>12</autoUpgradeIntervalH>
    <upgradeToPreReleases>false</upgradeToPreReleases>
    <keepTemporariesH>24</keepTemporariesH>
    <cacheIgnoredFiles>false</cacheIgnoredFiles>
    <progressUpdateIntervalS>5</progressUpdateIntervalS>
    <limitBandwidthInLan>false</limitBandwidthInLan>
    <minHomeDiskFree unit=\(dq%\(dq>1</minHomeDiskFree>
    <releasesURL>https://upgrades.syncthing.net/meta.json</releasesURL>
    <overwriteRemoteDeviceNamesOnConnect>false</overwriteRemoteDeviceNamesOnConnect>
    <tempIndexMinBlocks>10</tempIndexMinBlocks>
    <unackedNotificationID>authenticationUserAndPassword</unackedNotificationID>
    <trafficClass>0</trafficClass>
    <setLowPriority>true</setLowPriority>
    <maxFolderConcurrency>0</maxFolderConcurrency>
    <crashReportingURL>https://crash.syncthing.net/newcrash</crashReportingURL>
    <crashReportingEnabled>true</crashReportingEnabled>
    <stunKeepaliveStartS>180</stunKeepaliveStartS>
    <stunKeepaliveMinS>20</stunKeepaliveMinS>
    <stunServer>default</stunServer>
    <maxConcurrentIncomingRequestKiB>0</maxConcurrentIncomingRequestKiB>
    <announceLANAddresses>true</announceLANAddresses>
    <sendFullIndexOnUpgrade>false</sendFullIndexOnUpgrade>
    <connectionLimitEnough>0</connectionLimitEnough>
    <connectionLimitMax>0</connectionLimitMax>
</options>
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The \fBoptions\fP element contains all other global configuration options.
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.B listenAddress
The listen address for incoming sync connections. See
\fI\%Listen Addresses\fP for the allowed syntax.  To configure multiple
addresses, you can either: repeat \fB<listenAddress>\fP tags in the
configuration file or enter several addresses separated by commas in the
GUI.
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.B globalAnnounceServer
A URI to a global announce (discovery) server, or the word \fBdefault\fP to
include the default servers. Any number of globalAnnounceServer elements
may be present. The syntax for non\-default entries is that of an HTTP or
HTTPS URL. A number of options may be added as query options to the URL:
\fBinsecure\fP to prevent certificate validation (required for HTTP URLs)
and \fBid=<device ID>\fP to perform certificate pinning. The device ID to
use is printed by the discovery server on startup.  To configure multiple
servers, you can either: repeat \fB<globalAnnounceServer>\fP tags in the
configuration file or enter several servers separated by commas in the
GUI.
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.B globalAnnounceEnabled
Whether to announce this device to the global announce (discovery) server,
and also use it to look up other devices.
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.B localAnnounceEnabled
Whether to send announcements to the local LAN, also use such
announcements to find other devices.
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.B localAnnouncePort
The port on which to listen and send IPv4 broadcast announcements to.
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.B localAnnounceMCAddr
The group address and port to join and send IPv6 multicast announcements on.
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.B maxSendKbps
Outgoing data rate limit, in kibibytes per second.
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.B maxRecvKbps
Incoming data rate limits, in kibibytes per second.
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.B reconnectionIntervalS
The number of seconds to wait between each attempt to connect to currently
unconnected devices.
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.B relaysEnabled
When \fBtrue\fP, relays will be connected to and potentially used for device to device connections.
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.B relayReconnectIntervalM
Sets the interval, in minutes, between relay reconnect attempts.
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.B startBrowser
Whether to attempt to start a browser to show the GUI when Syncthing starts.
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.B natEnabled
Whether to attempt to perform a UPnP and NAT\-PMP port mapping for
incoming sync connections.
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.B natLeaseMinutes
Request a lease for this many minutes; zero to request a permanent lease.
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.B natRenewalMinutes
Attempt to renew the lease after this many minutes.
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.B natTimeoutSeconds
When scanning for UPnP devices, wait this long for responses.
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.B urAccepted
Whether the user has accepted to submit anonymous usage data. The default,
\fB0\fP, mean the user has not made a choice, and Syncthing will ask at some
point in the future. \fB\-1\fP means no, a number above zero means that that
version of usage reporting has been accepted.
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.B urSeen
The highest usage reporting version that has already been shown in the web GUI.
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.B urUniqueID
The unique ID sent together with the usage report. Generated when usage
reporting is enabled.
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.B urURL
The URL to post usage report data to, when enabled.
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.B urPostInsecurely
When true, the UR URL can be http instead of https, or have a self\-signed
certificate. The default is \fBfalse\fP\&.
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.B urInitialDelayS
The time to wait from startup for the first usage report to be sent. Allows
the system to stabilize before reporting statistics.
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.B autoUpgradeIntervalH
Check for a newer version after this many hours. Set to \fB0\fP to disable
automatic upgrades.
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.B upgradeToPreReleases
If \fBtrue\fP, automatic upgrades include release candidates (see
\fI\%Versions & Releases\fP).
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.B keepTemporariesH
Keep temporary failed transfers for this many hours. While the temporaries
are kept, the data they contain need not be transferred again.
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.B cacheIgnoredFiles
Whether to cache the results of ignore pattern evaluation. Performance
at the price of memory. Defaults to \fBfalse\fP as the cost for evaluating
ignores is usually not significant.
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.B progressUpdateIntervalS
How often in seconds the progress of ongoing downloads is made available to
the GUI. Set to \fB\-1\fP to disable. Note that when disabled, the detailed
sync progress for Out of Sync Items which shows how much of each file has
been reused, copied, and downloaded will not work.
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.B limitBandwidthInLan
Whether to apply bandwidth limits to devices in the same broadcast domain
as the local device.
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.B minHomeDiskFree
The minimum required free space that should be available on the partition
holding the configuration and index.  The element content is interpreted
according to the given \fBunit\fP attribute.  Accepted \fBunit\fP values are
\fB%\fP (percent of the disk / volume size), \fBkB\fP, \fBMB\fP, \fBGB\fP and
\fBTB\fP\&.  Set to zero to disable.
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.B releasesURL
The URL from which release information is loaded, for automatic upgrades.
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.B alwaysLocalNet
Network that should be considered as local given in CIDR notation.  To
configure multiple networks, you can either: repeat \fB<alwaysLocalNet>\fP
tags in the configuration file or enter several networks separated by
commas in the GUI.
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.B overwriteRemoteDeviceNamesOnConnect
If set, device names will always be overwritten with the name given by
remote on each connection. By default, the name that the remote device
announces will only be adopted when a name has not already been set.
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.B tempIndexMinBlocks
When exchanging index information for incomplete transfers, only take
into account files that have at least this many blocks.
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.B unackedNotificationID
ID of a notification to be displayed in the web GUI. Will be removed once
the user acknowledged it (e.g. a transition notice on an upgrade).  Multiple
IDs are represented by repeated \fB<unackedNotificationID>\fP tags in the
configuration file.
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.B trafficClass
Specify an IPv4 type of service (TOS)/IPv6 traffic class for outgoing
packets. To specify a differentiated services code point (DSCP) the value
must be bit shifted to the left by two to take the two least significant
ECN bits into account.
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.B stunServer
Server to use for STUN, given as ip:port. The keyword \fBdefault\fP gets
expanded to a set of public STUN servers, with preference given to those
hosted by the Syncthing project.
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To configure multiple servers, you can either: repeat \fB<stunServer>\fP tags
in the configuration file or enter several servers separated by commas in
the GUI.
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.B stunKeepaliveStartS
Interval in seconds between contacting a STUN server to maintain NAT
mapping. Default is \fB180\fP and you can set it to \fB0\fP to disable contacting
STUN servers.  The interval is automatically reduced if needed, down to a
minimum of \fI\%stunKeepaliveMinS\fP\&.
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.B stunKeepaliveMinS
Minimum for the \fI\%stunKeepaliveStartS\fP interval, in seconds.
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.B setLowPriority
Syncthing will attempt to lower its process priority at startup.
Specifically: on Linux, set itself to a separate process group, set the
niceness level of that process group to nine and the I/O priority to
best effort level five; on other Unixes, set the process niceness level
to nine; on Windows, set the process priority class to below normal. To
disable this behavior, for example to control process priority yourself
as part of launching Syncthing, set this option to \fBfalse\fP\&.
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.B maxFolderConcurrency
This option controls how many folders may concurrently be in I/O\-intensive
operations such as syncing or scanning.  The mechanism is described in
detail in a \fI\%separate chapter\fP\&.
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.B crashReportingURL
Server URL where \fI\%automatic crash reports\fP will be sent if
enabled.
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.B crashReportingEnabled
Switch to opt out from the \fI\%automatic crash reporting\fP
feature. Set \fBfalse\fP to keep Syncthing from sending panic logs on serious
troubles.  Defaults to \fBtrue\fP, to help the developers troubleshoot.
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.B maxConcurrentIncomingRequestKiB
This limits how many bytes we have “in the air” in the form of response data
being read and processed.
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.B announceLANAddresses
Enable (the default) or disable announcing private (RFC1918) LAN IP
addresses to global discovery.
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.B sendFullIndexOnUpgrade
Controls whether all index data is resent when an upgrade has happened,
equivalent to starting Syncthing with \fB\-\-reset\-deltas\fP\&.  This used
to be the default behavior in older versions, but is mainly useful as a
troubleshooting step and causes high database churn. The default is now
\fBfalse\fP\&.
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.B featureFlag
Feature flags are simple strings that, when added to the configuration, may
unleash unfinished or still\-in\-development features to allow early user
testing.  Any supported value will be separately announced with the feature,
so that regular users do not enable it by accident.  To configure multiple
flags, you can either: repeat \fB<featureFlag>\fP tags in the configuration
file or enter several flags separated by commas in the GUI.
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.B connectionLimitEnough
The number of connections at which we stop trying to connect to more
devices, zero meaning no limit.  Does not affect incoming connections.  The
mechanism is described in detail in a \fI\%separate chapter\fP\&.
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.B connectionLimitMax
The maximum number of connections which we will allow in total, zero meaning
no limit.  Affects incoming connections and prevents attempting outgoing
connections.  The mechanism is described in detail in a \fI\%separate
chapter\fP\&.
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.B auditEnabled
When \fBtrue\fP, analogous to \fI\%\-\-audit\fP being set.
Defaults to \fBfalse\fP\&.
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When either this option, or \fI\%\-\-audit\fP (or both) are enabled,
auditing is enabled.
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.B auditFile
Analogous to \fI\%\-\-auditfile\fP\&. Defaults to being unset.
.sp
For compatibility reasons, if both this option and \fI\%\-\-auditfile\fP
are set, \fI\%\-\-auditfile\fP takes priority.
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.SH DEFAULTS ELEMENT
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.sp
.EX
<defaults>
    <folder id=\(dq\(dq label=\(dq\(dq path=\(dq~\(dq type=\(dqsendreceive\(dq rescanIntervalS=\(dq3600\(dq fsWatcherEnabled=\(dqtrue\(dq fsWatcherDelayS=\(dq10\(dq fsWatcherTimeoutS=\(dq0\(dq ignorePerms=\(dqfalse\(dq autoNormalize=\(dqtrue\(dq>
        <filesystemType>basic</filesystemType>
        <device id=\(dqS7UKX27\-GI7ZTXS\-GC6RKUA\-7AJGZ44\-C6NAYEB\-HSKTJQK\-KJHU2NO\-CWV7EQW\(dq introducedBy=\(dq\(dq>
            <encryptionPassword></encryptionPassword>
        </device>
        <minDiskFree unit=\(dq%\(dq>1</minDiskFree>
        <versioning>
            <cleanupIntervalS>3600</cleanupIntervalS>
            <fsPath></fsPath>
            <fsType>basic</fsType>
        </versioning>
        <copiers>0</copiers>
        <pullerMaxPendingKiB>0</pullerMaxPendingKiB>
        <hashers>0</hashers>
        <order>random</order>
        <ignoreDelete>false</ignoreDelete>
        <scanProgressIntervalS>0</scanProgressIntervalS>
        <pullerPauseS>0</pullerPauseS>
        <maxConflicts>10</maxConflicts>
        <disableSparseFiles>false</disableSparseFiles>
        <paused>false</paused>
        <markerName>.stfolder</markerName>
        <copyOwnershipFromParent>false</copyOwnershipFromParent>
        <modTimeWindowS>0</modTimeWindowS>
        <maxConcurrentWrites>16</maxConcurrentWrites>
        <disableFsync>false</disableFsync>
        <blockPullOrder>standard</blockPullOrder>
        <copyRangeMethod>standard</copyRangeMethod>
        <caseSensitiveFS>false</caseSensitiveFS>
        <junctionsAsDirs>false</junctionsAsDirs>
    </folder>
    <device id=\(dq\(dq compression=\(dqmetadata\(dq introducer=\(dqfalse\(dq skipIntroductionRemovals=\(dqfalse\(dq introducedBy=\(dq\(dq>
        <address>dynamic</address>
        <paused>false</paused>
        <autoAcceptFolders>false</autoAcceptFolders>
        <maxSendKbps>0</maxSendKbps>
        <maxRecvKbps>0</maxRecvKbps>
        <maxRequestKiB>0</maxRequestKiB>
        <untrusted>false</untrusted>
        <remoteGUIPort>0</remoteGUIPort>
        <numConnections>0</numConnections>
    </device>
    <ignores>
        <line>!foo2</line>
        <line>// comment</line>
        <line>(?d).DS_Store</line>
        <line>*2</line>
        <line>qu*</line>
    </ignores>
</defaults>
.EE
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.sp
The \fBdefaults\fP element describes a template for newly added device and folder
options.  These will be used when adding a new remote device or folder, either
through the GUI or the command line interface.  The following child elements can
be present in the \fBdefaults\fP element:
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.B device
Template for a \fBdevice\fP element, with the same internal structure.  Any
fields here will be used for a newly added remote device.  The \fBid\fP
attribute is meaningless in this context.
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.B folder
Template for a \fBfolder\fP element, with the same internal structure.  Any
fields here will be used for a newly added shared folder.  The \fBid\fP
attribute is meaningless in this context.
.sp
The UI will propose to create new folders at the path given in the \fBpath\fP
attribute (used to be \fBdefaultFolderPath\fP under \fBoptions\fP).  It also
applies to folders automatically accepted from a remote device.
.sp
Even sharing with other remote devices can be done in the template by
including the appropriate \fI\%folder.device\fP element underneath.
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.B ignores
Added in version 1.19.0.

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Template for the \fI\%ignore patterns\fP applied to new
folders.  These are copied to the \fB\&.stignore\fP file when a folder is
automatically accepted from a remote device.  The GUI uses them to pre\-fill
the respective field when adding a new folder as well.  In XML, each pattern
line is represented as by a \fB<line>\fP element.
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.SS Listen Addresses
.sp
The following address types are accepted in sync protocol listen addresses.
If you want Syncthing to listen on multiple addresses, you can either: repeat
\fB<listenAddress>\fP tags in the configuration file or enter several addresses
separated by commas in the GUI.
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.B Default listen addresses (\fBdefault\fP)
This is equivalent to \fBtcp://0.0.0.0:22000\fP, \fBquic://0.0.0.0:22000\fP
and \fBdynamic+https://relays.syncthing.net/endpoint\fP\&.
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.B TCP wildcard and port (\fBtcp://0.0.0.0:22000\fP, \fBtcp://:22000\fP)
These are equivalent and will result in Syncthing listening on all
interfaces, IPv4 and IPv6, on the specified port.
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.B TCP IPv4 wildcard and port (\fBtcp4://0.0.0.0:22000\fP, \fBtcp4://:22000\fP)
These are equivalent and will result in Syncthing listening on all
interfaces via IPv4 only.
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.B TCP IPv4 address and port (\fBtcp4://192.0.2.1:22000\fP)
This results in Syncthing listening on the specified address and port, IPv4
only.
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.B TCP IPv6 wildcard and port (\fBtcp6://[::]:22000\fP, \fBtcp6://:22000\fP)
These are equivalent and will result in Syncthing listening on all
interfaces via IPv6 only.
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.B TCP IPv6 address and port (\fBtcp6://[2001:db8::42]:22000\fP)
This results in Syncthing listening on the specified address and port, IPv6
only.
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.B QUIC address and port (e.g. \fBquic://0.0.0.0:22000\fP)
Syntax is the same as for TCP, also \fBquic4\fP and \fBquic6\fP can be used.
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.B Static relay address (\fBrelay://192.0.2.42:22067?id=abcd123...\fP)
Syncthing will connect to and listen for incoming connections via the
specified relay address.
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.SS Todo
.sp
Document available URL parameters.
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.B Dynamic relay pool (\fBdynamic+https://192.0.2.42/relays\fP)
Syncthing will fetch the specified HTTPS URL, parse it for a JSON payload
describing relays, select a relay from the available ones and listen via
that as if specified as a static relay above.
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.INDENT 3.5
.SS Todo
.sp
Document available URL parameters.
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.SH SYNCING CONFIGURATION FILES
.sp
Syncing configuration files between devices (such that multiple devices are
using the same configuration files) can cause issues. This is easy to do
accidentally if you sync your home folder between devices. A common symptom
of syncing configuration files is two devices ending up with the same Device ID.
.sp
If you want to use Syncthing to backup your configuration files, it is recommended
that the files you are backing up are in a \fI\%Send Only Folder\fP to prevent other
devices from overwriting the per device configuration. The folder on the remote
device(s) should not be used as configuration for the remote devices.
.sp
If you’d like to sync your home folder in non\-send only mode, you may add the
folder that stores the configuration files to the \fI\%ignore list\fP\&.
If you’d also like to backup your configuration files, add another folder in
send only mode for just the configuration folder.
.SH AUTHOR
The Syncthing Authors
.SH COPYRIGHT
2014-2025, The Syncthing Authors
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