There are configuration items that users of syncthing can accidentally
set, resulting in the UI becoming unavailable. Previously, if such a
thing happened, the FreedomBox admin would have to ssh into the server and
edit the xml manually or reinstall/restore the app. With this patch, it
is enough to re-run the setup to make the UI accesible again.
- Remove http basic authentication from the settings (gui/user and
gui/password. This is unnecessary as FreedomBox already provides
authentication.
- Make sure these options are properly set:
- 'Use HTTPS for GUI' is off
- 'GUI Listen Address' is 127.0.0.1:8384
- GUI is enabled
There is a forum discussion that inspired these changes:
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/solved-cant-access-syncthing-administration-panel/2137
Tests done:
- Fresh install: after the setup, confirm the UI is working properly and
the xml is configured with the expected values.
- Make the changes to break the Syncthing UI, then re-run setup. Confirm
the UI is back online.
Signed-off-by: Benedek Nagy <contact@nbenedek.me>
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Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
Reviewed-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
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