1. >> Install Dependencies
2. apt install python-dev git-core python-virtualenv g++ make sqlite3
3.  
4. >> Download and Setup Firefox Syncserver 1.5
5. cd /opt
6. git clone https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver
7. cd syncserver
8. make build
9. head -c 20 /dev/urandom | sha1sum < Copy this output <
10.  
11. nano syncserver.ini
12. #########################################################################################
13. # Change the following
14. # if your running FFSyncin a LXD Container change this to your Static IP of the container
15. # Yes you can leave it to listen to all interfaces (the 0.0.0.0) but i dislike that ...
16. host = 0.0.0.0
17. # edit this for the public domain / virtual host of nginx. FFSync is the location on my
18. # Nginx Reverse proxy, you can change it to what you like but keep this location in mind
19. # we will need it later
20. public_url = https://domain.com/ffsync/
21. # This is the server database.
22. sqluri = sqlite:////opt/syncserver/syncserver.db
23. # Paste here the result of the "head -c 20 /dev/urandom | sha1sum" Command
24. secret = <Content<
25. # Because this runs on HTTP and i was reverse proxy it through HTTPS, i was getting an error
26. # and locking me out of the server, change this to true to avoid this
27. force_wsgi_environ = true
28. # This is not needed NOW, but once your done uncomment this line.
29. #allow_new_users = false
30. ###########################################################################################
31.  
32. >> Create the service
33. nano /etc/systemd/system/ffsync.services
34. ###########################################################################################
35. [Unit]
36. Description=A gunicorn server running Mozillas Firefox sync server
37. After=syslog.target network.target
38.  
39. [Service]
40. ExecStart=/opt/syncserver/local/bin/gunicorn --paste /opt/syncserver/syncserver.ini --log-file=/var/log/sync.log
41.  
42. [Install]
43. WantedBy=multi-user.target
44. ###########################################################################################
45.  
46. systemctl daemon-reload
47. systemctl start ffsync
48. systemctl status ffsync
49.  
50. >> Configure the reverse proxy
51. nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/domain.com
52. ###########################################################################################
53. # i m just adding the location block, if you changed the location to something else in the
54. # Firefox Syncservice change the location block, also change the proxy_pass parameter.
55.         location /ffsync/ {
56.  
57.                 access_log /var/log/nginx/access.ffsync.domain.com.log;
58.                 error_log /var/log/nginx/error.ffsync.domain.com.log;
59.  
60.                 rewrite  ^/ffsync(.+)$ $1 break;
61.                 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
62.                 proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
63.                 proxy_pass http://1.0.0.1:5000;
64.                 proxy_redirect off;
65.         }
66. ###########################################################################################
67.  
68. >> Configure FireFox
69. about:config > identity.sync.tokenserver.uri = https://domain.com/ffsync/token/1.0/sync/1.5/
70. Next go to settings, Sync create an account (since your only hosting the server for the data and
71. not for the authentication, create a firefox account (you will get an email from them)
72.  
73. To see Firefox syncing with your server in the reverse proxy server do this and force Firefox Sync:
74. tail -f /var/log/nginx/access.ffsync.domain.com.log
75.  
76. Your done, don't forget to uncomment "allow_new_users" and set it to false and restart the
77. Firefox Syncserver.