https://github.com/jeena/fxsync-docker

Docker compose and other useful files for selfhosting of Firefox sync server
https://github.com/jeena/fxsync-docker

docker firefox mozilla rust sync

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Docker compose and other useful files for selfhosting of Firefox sync server

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jeena/fxsync-docker
• Owner: jeena
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2023-09-22T10:47:45.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-10-16T23:53:43.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-17T08:04:53.157Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: docker, firefox, mozilla, rust, sync
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• Size: 21.5 KB
• Stars: 90
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# fxsync-docker

This repository is holding a working docker-compose setup for documentation purposes

because [syncstorage-rs](https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs)'s documentation

is not very good to explain how to self host the new mozilla rust syncserver.

With help of it you can self host the new Firefox sync server, which is written in Rust

and replaces the old python one, which is deprecated.

## Background

Firefox browser data can be synced across devices. The sync service is normally provided by Mozilla.

This is selfhosted alternative server written in Rust and dockerized for easier deployment.

`syncstorage-rs` has a [docker release on docker-hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/mozilla/syncstorage-rs/)

but it also needs a database to run, which this docker-compose.yaml helps setting up and connecting.

Theoretically you could run Firefox Account yourself, but for login this project relies on the Mozilla

servers, because setting up and configuring it is quite complex but it does not give much more security.

## Setup

1. Clone this repositoy

2. Copy .env-example into .env (including the dot at the beginning of the file)

3. Put in (random) passwords into .env

4. Put in the domain where you will run your sync server into .env

5. Setup your reverse proxy server (see nginx-example-com.conf)

6. Install the systemd service (see fxsync.service) and enable it

### Setup your Firefox

1. In [about:config](about:config) search for identity.sync.tokenserver.uri

2. Change it from the default to https://fxsync.example.com/1.0/sync/1.5

3. Log in to Firefox and start syncing.