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# Seafile Mirror
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A Python tool to handle clean read-only (re-)syncs of
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[Seafile](https://www.seafile.com) libraries with the intention to mirror them.
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## Overview
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If you have Seafile libraries, you may want to back them up in a safe place
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automatically.
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One option is to snapshot/backup the whole server on which the library is
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stored. However, in some situations, this may not be feasible or even not
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possible.
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This is why this repository offers a different way: you can define one or
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multiple Seafile libraries that shall be downloaded to a local directory. These
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libraries can belong to the same or a different user, and even on different
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Seafile servers!
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## Features
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* Download/sync defined libraries in customisable intervals
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* De-sync libaries immediately after they have been downloaded to avoid sync
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errors
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* Allow to force-re-sync a library even if its re-sync interval hasn't reached
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yet
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* Extensive informative and error logging
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* Created with automation in mind so you can run it in cronjobs or systemd
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triggers
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* Deal with the numerous caveats of `seaf-cli` and Seafile in general
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## Install
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The tool depends on the following applications:
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* `Python 3` and its library `yaml`
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* [`seafile-cli`](https://help.seafile.com/syncing_client/linux-cli/), available e.g. in [Debian](https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/seafile-cli)
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You can execute the tool with `python3 seafile_mirror.py`. The `--help` flag
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informs you about the required and available commands.
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There is also an [Ansible
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role](https://src.mehl.mx/mxmehl/seafile-mirror-ansible) that takes care of
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installing the tool, setting up a systemd service, and running it daily.
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To keep the Seafile daemon that is required for `seafile-cli` running in the background, check out this [exemplary systemd service](examples/seaf-daemon.service).
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## Configuration
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Configuration is done in a YAML file called `seafile_mirror.conf.yaml`. You can find an example [here](examples/seafile_mirror.conf.yaml).
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If that configuration file resides in the same location as the `seafile_mirror.py` file you are running, you should provide `--configdir ./`.
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## Logging and caching
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The tool creates `seafile_mirror.log` in addition to the log to the standard
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output. With `-v` you can print DEBUG messages that will help you in case of
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problems.
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It also caches the current status of synced libraries and their latest full
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download in the file `.seafile_mirror.db.json`. Do not delete this file unless
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you don't mind that the tool will re-sync all libraries in the next run.
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