GoodSync Pro 9.2.5.5 Final Portable
Olympia Brackin
The goodsync functions all work as expected with the firewall disabled. When the firewall is active a nag pops up saying "(connecting mediator,goodsync.com:443) Permission to access socket is denied (need a proxy?)" while trying to setup/verify the the account or if trying to connect to the support portal the nag is "[connecting to www.goodsync.com:443] Permission to access socket is denied ...."
So far the support at goodsync has been totally unprofessional and frustratingly unhelpful, the tech has not provided any insight as to what the firewall is blocking that goodsync needs so I am really shooting in the dark trying to sort this out
As some of you may know, I am the developer of the openmediavault-goodsync plugin. Unfortunately, the company that develops GoodSync has recently started charging for the use of GoodSync on Linux. As a result, I am ending development of the plugin immediately, and must find an alternative solution for syncing. I have been checking out rclone and Syncthing, but neither of them have the complete feature set that GoodSync had that I am looking for. If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know.
It's not the software that I have a problem with. I know GoodSync is great. That's what I've been using it. The issue I have here is that they're playing stupid games with their Linux licenses and I don't like it. For what it's worth, I updated my OMV server to use GoodSync 10.7.5.5 today, and despite my talk with customer service who told me that it's no longer free, it seems to be working for me again, although the web UI has a new message in popping up that says, "Number of Users exceeds license limitations. Please upgrade to Server OS or File Server license." Perhaps if it continues to work, I'll live with it despite my new distaste for the company.
I have also been looking for a sync alternative to Goodsync and tested Duplicati. I found out that Duplicati only serves as a backup tool, it doesn't create normal accessible files in the destination location. In the FAQ on the Duplicati-site they confirm this:
Q: Can Duplicati store plain files instead of inside compressed folders?
A: No. Duplicati is a backup tool, not a file sync tool. If you simply sync your files, you need to be certain that the system that you are storing the files on can handle the same as your local files. For example you cannot store data from a case-sensitive filesystem on a server with a case-insensitive file system.
You also need a server-side handler that can update the remote files, otherwise you need to transfer complete files every time something changes. Duplicati is designed so it does not require any code installed on the remote machine.
If you store plain files on the server, you loose confidentiality as all filenames and file sizes are readable.
However, if this is what you want, you can search for "file mirror tool" or "file sync tool". Some open source projects that look interesting: Rclone, SparkleShare, Mirall, OwnCloud, cSync, S3 File Sync. There are many commercial solutions as well.
- FreeFileSync, which is a free and open-source tool that offers block-level sync and automated syncing features. It also has a user-friendly interface and the ability to sync to third-party cloud services, including Google Drive and OneDrive.
- Duplicati, which is a free and open-source backup and synchronization tool that offers block-level sync and automated syncing features. It also has the ability to encrypt your data and sync to third-party cloud services, including Google Drive and OneDrive.
- GS RichCopy 360 is another file synchronization tool that offers block-level sync and automated syncing features. It also has the ability to sync to third-party cloud services, including Google Drive and OneDrive. However, it is not a free tool and you would need to purchase a license to use it.
- SyncBack is a powerful backup and synchronization tool that offers block-level sync and automated syncing features. It also has the ability to sync to third-party cloud services, including Google Drive and OneDrive. SyncBack also offers a free version that may meet your needs.
At the end of the day, Goodsync is the only option I have found that works 100% (for me) and I would love a docker for this but until then it works perfectly in a VM, just a waste having a VM purely for GoodSync
But I only have it installed on my PC. It does nightly backups (one-way sync) of documents and other personal files to my Unraid server. As for backing up my server, I am currently just doing an rsync script of the important shares to externals for storage offsite.
What advantage would there be for me to have GoodSync on my Unraid server? That docker I linked before should work fine on Unraid but I haven't bothered to figure out how to set it up yet since I don't know why I need it.
I use Goodsync running on my VM to download sonarr & radarr files from my seedbox and also to backup all my files to my Google Drive (Unlimited) I run a WIN10 VM at the moment to run Goodsync but would love to have a GUI Driven docker as this is all the VM does!
So the server and commandline linux is no problem at all. But you wish to have the Windows GUI as a docker?
Does Goodsync works with the Mono framework. I dont think that it makes sence to create a docker with Mono and NoVNC for this.
So that was my understanding that you can control every instance with the client.
Maybe you give it a try, I hope I did understand it corretly.
If server/client is not your style maybe try gscp but thats no GUI ? -linux
So, I didn't realize this before but this docker also has the CLI client, not just Connect. That's what I really need. For those that want a gui, there might be a way to use the Windows version, make your jobs and such, export them, and import into the Linux client. I'll be messing with that soon.
I currently use this docker and it runs great but it doesn't have a GUI. It's the GoodSync Connect Linux server. It does have a web interface to configure the server. I'm note sure if you can setup jobs using the command line. I haven't tried it yet.
I've been using the GSDocker using Goodsync connect. Its been flawless and has not had any problems with Goodsync updates so either its very well designed and kept up to date, or the GoodSync Connect protocol isn't changing. I use GoodSync on Windows 10. Works really well...
Have you used gsync (not Connect) in the docker? I've been playing with it but the command line options are extensive. I am trying to create my jobs in the Windows version and export them to the docker.
Hey has anyone tried updating the goodsync docker to the latest version? The one in apps is an older version and according to the release notes it should auto update. 11.3.2 is on the website, but 10.9.32.2 is what is within the docker.
After manually updating the container I noticed on 11.3.3.2 (possibly 11+) that for it to register - I needed to create a folder mapping to container path /etc/goodsync/ as it appears the license is mapped here not where it was before.
Man, this is awesome. Any chance you or someone else here is willing to maintain this at least semi-officially over time? I'm using Duplicacy, which is great, but I have a GS license and I feel more comfortable with the flexibility of GS (I am using the Duplicacy web gui which is sparse) and being able to access my backup files (I'm really using that, not actual sync) outside of the app (vs snapshots) in a crisis.
I'm wondering about this as well. I have a license for v10. Unfortunately, I get that permissions error with the v10 docker. So I have v11 docker server and 2 machines with v10. I'm not sure how to get the licensing sorted out because I get a licensing error syncing.
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