====== Run own Firefox Sync 1.5 Server ======
[[https://mozilla-services.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html]]
===== Install prerequisites =====
<code>
# apt-get install python-dev git-core python-virtualenv g++
</code>
===== Create Database & Database User =====
<code sql>
CREATE DATABASE ffsync15;
CREATE USER 'ffsync15'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'dbpassword';
GRANT ALL privileges ON ffsync15.* TO 'ffsync15'@'localhost';
FLUSH privileges;
</code>
===== Clone Source Code =====
<code>
# cd /opt
# git clone https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver
</code>
===== Configure Syncserver =====
<code>
$ # create secret token
$ head -c 20 /dev/urandom | sha1sum
0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567
 
$ grep -v ^# syncserver.ini | grep -v ^$
[server:main]
use = egg:gunicorn
host = 0.0.0.0
port = 5000
workers = 1
timeout = 30
[app:main]
use = egg:syncserver
[syncserver]
public_url = https://secure.domain.com/ffsync15/
sqluri = pymysql://ffsync15:dbpassword@localhost/ffsync15
secret = 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567
force_wsgi_environ = false
</code>
===== Add Configuration to Apache vHost =====
<code>
# Firefox Sync
<IfModule wsgi_module>
    WSGIProcessGroup sync
    WSGIDaemonProcess sync user=www-data group=www-data processes=2 threads=25 python-path=/opt/syncserver/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
    WSGIPassAuthorization On
    WSGIScriptAlias /ffsync15 /opt/syncserver/syncserver.wsgi
</IfModule>
 
<Directory /opt/syncserver>
    Require all granted
</Directory>
</code>
===== Configure Firefox =====
Open “about:config”\\
Set\\
identity.sync.tokenserver.uri = https://secure.domain.com/ffsync15/token/1.0/sync/1.5

Create / or login with Firefox Username – Sync Data should land in own sync server

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