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[APP] GoodSync for WD My Cloud. Backup and file synchronization

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GoodSync is a backup and file synchronization program. It is used for synchronizing files between two directories, either on one computer, or between a computer and another storage device (e.g. another computer, a removable disc, a flash drive or a smartphone) or between a computer and a remote computer or server.
Installation recommended
mkdir /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync/.goodsync
ln -s /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync/.goodsync /root/.goodsync
sh ./goodsync-linux-armv5_marvell-release.run

WebSite GoodSync for Western Digital MyCloud NAS

The GoodSync Client ( gsync ) can run on WD My Could, Siber SystemsĀ© doesn`t say this in overview. (firmware v04.04.03-113)

GoodSync Client supports Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), Windows Local, Windows Net Share, FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Windows Mobile devices, Windows Azure, Dropbox, OneDrive, Office365, SkyDrive, OneFile, OneDrive Pro (Sharepoint) and Google Docs.
before the installation you need to create an account on GS connect (free)

Installation
Installation manual GS RFM!!!

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Jobs.tix default folder /root/.goodsync
The Job list can be exported from a Windows or Mac Client . I setup all syncs by GSTP File Servers (gstp:// IP:33333 ) within my LAN.

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To run synchronization on schedule use crontab ( how to https://crontab.guru/ ) .
crontab -e
Example from my crontab flie
*0 /5 * * * /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync/gsync sync /all

If You need to move GoodSync folders use ::
( I create a shortcut of the root home folder GS to move it on HDD.
You will need to create GoodSync folder by WD interface and copy ./goodsync from /root to this folder before)
ln -s /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync/.goodsync /root/.goodsync

After installation . Copy a folder /etc/goodsync to /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync/goodsync/
Create a shortcut .
ln -s /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync/goodsync/ /etc/goodsync
Delete the /etc/goodsync .

From PuTTY full path /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync/gsync --help

GoodSync Server installation
If You dont want to join GS Global Server , tick the box when setup your GSTP server
http://localhost:11000/settings

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GoodSync Server settings on WD MyCloud
port 11000 from Web Browser
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I could not download/upload from OneDrive , because it asks for additional authentication.

You can download files from GDrive (fixed 2025) GS files (Old and Free)

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Thank you for sharing. This is a very good app.

Still, it should be noted such proceedings are not warranted or supported by Western Digital.

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I relay on Siber System IT professionals. I believe ,they know what they do.

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Hi there,
iĀ“ve a problem with the installation.
hereĀ“s my copy from Putty:

Enable GsServer Web UI on port 11000 [y/n]? y

Server log directory [/home/root/.goodsync/server]: /shares/Public

- Checking log directoryā€¦
- Writing GoodSync Connect credentials
gs-server: Profile at /home/root/.goodsync/server
- Writing server settingsā€¦

Your server is now configured for GoodSync Connect

Do you want to configure GsServer service (run as daemon) [y/n]? y

System User ID (run daemon as) [root]: root

- Checking log directoryā€¦
- Copying server configuration files to /etc/goodsync-server/.goodsync/serverā€¦
- Preparing init scriptā€¦
chown: unknown user
ERROR: failed to chown init script
root@Bianca-Cloud / #

I also tried with other usersā€¦ same problem.

Thanks for any ideaā€¦

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.z

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Hi!

iĀ“ve a problem with the installation on chroot:

Chroot:/# pwd
/
Chroot:/# wget http://www.goodsync.coā€¦v5_marvell-release.run
--2016-09-18 19:55:08-- http://www.goodsync.coā€¦v5_marvell-release.run
Resolving www.goodsync.com (www.goodsync.com)... 67.208.88.198
Connecting to www.goodsync.com (www.goodsync.com)|67.208.88.198|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 6166175 (5.9M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `goodsync-linux-armv5_marvell-release.run'

100%[==============================================================================================================================>] 6,166,175 492K/s in 13s

2016-09-18 19:55:22 (462 KB/s) - `goodsync-linux-armv5_marvell-release.run' saved [6166175/6166175]

Chroot:/# sh ./goodsync-linux-armv5_marvell-release.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing GoodServer for Unix/Linux version 9.9.57.6df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted file systems: No such file or directory
100%

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GoodSync for Linux 9.9.57.6 armv5_marvell Setup
=================================================

System information:
Comcerto 2000 EVM -- Linux 3.2.26 #1 SMP Thu Jul 9 11:14:15 PDT 2015 wd-2.4-rel armv7l unknown unknown

Installation directory [/usr/bin]: /mnt/GoodSync/
Server resource directory [/mnt/GoodSync/]: /mnt/GoodSync/

df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted file systems: No such file or directory
- Stopping existing instances of GsServer...
- Copying binaries to /mnt/GoodSync/...
- Copying resources to /mnt/GoodSync/...

Do you want to run GoodSync Connect Setup [y/n]? y

GoodSync Connect User ID: ***********

GoodSync Connect Password:

Enable GsServer Web UI on port 11000 [y/n]? y

Server log directory [/root/.goodsync/server]: /mnt/GoodSync/

- Checking log directory...
- Writing GoodSync Connect credentials
./install-script.sh: 1: ./install-script.sh: /mnt/GoodSync//gs-server: not found
ERROR: failed to configure server:
Chroot:/#

Please help!

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Try /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync/ . Create this folder before installation.

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Before installing I created the folder /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync/ primary OS - didnā€™t work. Tried to create under chroot /mnt/GoodSync/ install the program failed. Please tell me more ways.

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Cyril, a global error Linux. The issue is due to the fact that you have installed is not suitable for this Linux package. Installer package does not understand which version of Linux ustanolena. Some packages are installed and working, and some change the settings so that Linux no longer see the folders. There eschƫ one option: to copy the files from the archive GoodSync for Linux in the directory.

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Install Good Sync manually ! Download Linux for ARM v5 Marvell from GS site and copy in your folder. Read the installation manual .
Installer may fail to update-rc.d if you are running Busybox-based firmware. In this case use the following command to start GsServer manually:
/etc/init.d/goodsync-server start

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someone help me?

root@EX4 root # /mnt/HD/HD_a2/_Goodsync/gsync sync /all /progress=yes
Profile folder: /home/root/.goodsync
Loaded 2 jobs from /home/root/.goodsync/jobs.tix.

=== Job === ftp2yadisk: 'ftp://192.168.2.2/gsync' <-> 'http://webdav.yandex.ru/'
00%: ** Connecting to folder ftp://192.168.2.2/gsync
080618 Use No Proxy
080618 FTP: Use MLST/MLSD command to list files
080618 Connected to: ftp://192.168.2.2/gsync: --------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------You are user number 1 of 10 allowed.Local time is now 08:06. Server por ...: Syst='UNIX Type: L8' Feat='Extensions supported:: EPRT: IDLE: MDTM: SIZE: REST STREAM: MLST type*;size*;sizd*;modify*;UNIX.mode*;UNIX.uid*;UNIX.gid*;unique*;: MLSD: ESTP: PASV: EPSV: SPSV: ESTA: AUTH TLS: PBSZ: PROT: UTF8:End.'
00%: ** Connecting to folder http://webdav.yandex.ru/
080618 Redirecting to https://webdav.yandex.ru/
080618 Basic authentication requested by server webdav.yandex.ru: MochiWeb/1.0
080618 Connected to: http://webdav.yandex.ru: DAV server: MochiWeb/1.0:
080618 -- Analysis Started by User
080618 ftp2yadisk: ANALYSIS started by User on 'EX4' (GoodSync 10.1.7.7)
080618 ftp://192.168.2.2/gsync [TmpDest] [NoGsData] =NoPropDels=> http://webdav.yandex.ru/ (http://webdav.yandex.ru) [TmpDest] [NoGsData], NoCopyLocked, NoWaitForLocks, LinksCopy, ReconnectSecs=120, ChangeLimit=50
080618 Exclude Hidden, Exclude System, Exclude name *._gstmp|/System Volume Information|Thumbs.db|.DS_Store
080618 Redirecting to https://webdav.yandex.ru/
080618 Locking folder ftp://192.168.2.2/gsync for write
080618 Do not lock folder, because it is read-only
080618 L: State file does not exist in mirror: /home/root/.goodsync/_mirrors_/ftp-192.168.2.2-gsync/_file_state_v4._gs
01%: Expecting 0 folders
46%: Comparing L
080618 L: Files: 49 (excluded 0). Folders: 1 (excluded 0). Times (s): Folder Scan: 0.020 (2500 f/s), Compare: 0.000 FTP: --------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------You are user number 1 of 10 allowed.Local time is now 08:06. Server por ...
47%:
080618 Locking folder http://webdav.yandex.ru for write
080618 Redirecting to https://webdav.yandex.ru/_gsdata_/_insync_v4.gsl
080619 Delete abandoned lock file at http://webdav.yandex.ru
080619 Deleted lock file /home/root/.goodsync/_mirrors_/http-webdav.yandex.ru/lock.gsl
080619 R: State file does not exist in mirror: /home/root/.goodsync/_mirrors_/http-webdav.yandex.ru/_file_state_v4._gs
48%: Expecting 0 folders
94%: Comparing R
080619 R: Files: 9 (excluded 0). Folders: 0 (excluded 0). Times (s): Folder Scan: 0.050 (180 f/s), Compare: 0.000 DAV server: MochiWeb/1.0, Free: 210.0 GB, Total: 210.0 GB
95%:
96%: Applying Exclude and Include Filters
97%: Comparing Left to Right
98%: PostProcessing
Segmentation fault

and finish error ā€œSegmentation faultā€, wtf?
ps: if files created on both servers - gsync working normal (no upload, no download)
if i change files and sync then i have this errorā€¦

WD my cloud ex4

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I am not sure, but it looks like the job settings problem. Check you tick ā€œCreate left/right Sync folders if they are not foundā€

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@Alebel
I have a problem of install the resource directory.
show that space not enough?

thanks

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I think the folder must be created from the WD interface /DataVolume/shares/GoodSync

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I too am having this problem. I have downloaded the program, and run the installer and itā€™s saying I do not have enough free Space.

Same error as the above personā€™s issue,

Any ideas??

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It is not full part! Must be /DataVolume/shares/
All folders must be moved after installation on HDD

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I also tried to install Gsync with the same error-code "not enough space"altoutgh I installed it at /DataVolumens/shares?
Can anybody help us?

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Did You make ClearDebian installation?
On ClearDebian HDD is /data/.
/DataVolumes/ is not on HDD.
But I have got problem to install GoodSync :frowning:
- Checking log directoryā€¦
- Writing GoodSync Connect credentials
./install-script.sh: 1: ./install-script.sh: /data/shares/Files/GS/gs-server: not found
ERROR: failed to configure server:
I have no idea what to do .
The file is in directory , but installer cant see it. dir show the file in the directory.

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Does anyone know how to deal with the issue of power failures of the MyCloudEx2? It seems that every time the unit either shuts down and reboots, or there is a power bump, the GoodSync server needs to be reinstalled and restarted to function properly. Is there a particular way to have the server restart without having to reinstall and restart the server?

I should probably rephrase my question a bit. What would be the bootable folder where the server could be installed? For instance, to be able to install this package, I had to install to /mnt/HD/HD_a2/ to be able to have sufficient space. Is there another folder that the goodsync-server should be placed, so that it wonā€™t disappear every time the unit reboots itself?

Thanks in advance

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You can install without the .run binariesā€¦
follow these instructions and you should be good

-On the WD, use Putty to access the drive, login as ā€œrootā€ with standard ā€œPasswordā€ by default:

run this command :

uname -a

This will tell us what architecture the WD has so we can download the appropriate tar from GoodSync Server for Linux from the bottom of the page.

The WD PR2100 we setup was intel 64 bit, so we downloaded from https://www.goodsync.com/download/goodsync-release-x86_64.tar.gz

We then extract this somewhere ie"/home/root/goodsync/" on the WD, or copy to that folder using WinSCP. Then need to give the gsync and gs-server binaries execution rights with the following:
navigate to /home/root/goodsync/, if you placed the binaries there :

run these commands.

chmod +x gsync

chmod +x gs-server

Now run :

./gs-server /set-admin=ā€œgoodsyncuser:password:rootā€

Where the first two fields are your GoodSync Connect credentials, and the third field is root.

Now we run the ./gs-server command to have an idea of where the logs are being written to. The displayed directory is where we need to navigate to in order to set permissions and edit the users.tix and settings.tix.

Navigate into that directory (it will be in a folder called .goodsync) and give both settings.tix and users.tix execution rights with chmod +x. Now edit the settings.tix file with the following:

vi settings.tix

And make sure the Global Discovery field is set to ā€œYesā€.

Remember to use the Insert key to begin editing, then press Esc, shift+: and type ā€œwq!ā€ enter key to save and exit.

Now navigate back to the folder containing the gs-server binary and run

./gs-server &

This should allow you to connect to the WD now from any other device with those GoodSync credentials.

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