May 16, 20233 yr Support for FreeFileSync docker container Application Name: FreeFileSync Application Site: https://freefilesync.org Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/jlesage/freefilesync Github: https://github.com/jlesage/docker-freefilesync Make sure to look at the complete documentation, available on Github ! Post any questions or issues relating to this docker in this thread.
July 9, 20232 yr Hello, can you please explain how do install "paid" version of FreeFileSync on this container? Thanks in advance!
July 11, 20232 yr Author On 7/9/2023 at 5:09 AM, motoflyer said: Hello, can you please explain how do install "paid" version of FreeFileSync on this container? Thanks in advance! Currently this is not possible, because the source code of the paid version is obviously not available and it also doesn't support Alpine Linux, the OS on which this container is based on.
September 24, 20232 yr I was completing a file sync and I click the button that said "Minimize to notification area", then my Free File Sync docker tab went black and I see no way to maximize it aside from restarting the docker container. Any ideas? **EDIT: The window restored to normal view when the sync was finished. Edited September 24, 20232 yr by mayhemkrew
December 4, 20232 yr New to Unraid from Windows, and having access to FFS on day 1 was a big help. Thank you. Silly question, but I deleted several of my FFS sync profiles through the GUI with the 'delete to recycle bin' option on. Do these actually go anywhere? I'm rather new to linux, and I'm always paranoid I'm cluttering things up. Sorry if this is more of a fundamental docker question than an container-specific one, but it seemed like the best place to start.
February 16, 20242 yr Author On 12/4/2023 at 3:14 PM, nmkaufman said: New to Unraid from Windows, and having access to FFS on day 1 was a big help. Thank you. Silly question, but I deleted several of my FFS sync profiles through the GUI with the 'delete to recycle bin' option on. Do these actually go anywhere? I'm rather new to linux, and I'm always paranoid I'm cluttering things up. Sorry if this is more of a fundamental docker question than an container-specific one, but it seemed like the best place to start. Recycle bin is not supported, so files are permanently removed :)
February 16, 20242 yr Author 4 hours ago, Tommi said: Anyone know how to automate a folder sync with a batch-job? Did you see https://github.com/jlesage/docker-freefilesync?tab=readme-ov-file#scheduled-batch-jobs ?
February 16, 20242 yr 19 hours ago, Djoss said: Did you see https://github.com/jlesage/docker-freefilesync?tab=readme-ov-file#scheduled-batch-jobs ? Thank you so much!
March 21, 20242 yr Does anyone know how to get an 'unassigned device' remote and shared mounted disk to show up in the gui of this app? Thanks
May 19, 20242 yr Hello, I am having issues getting the cron schedules to work. What am I missing? Thanks.
May 25, 20242 yr Author On 5/19/2024 at 6:20 AM, phunky1 said: Hello, I am having issues getting the cron schedules to work. What am I missing? Thanks. You did a type in the variable name: it should be "FFS_SCHEDULED_BATCH_JOB_2_NAME" and not "FFS_SCHEDULED_JOB_2_NAME".
May 25, 20242 yr 3 hours ago, Djoss said: You did a type in the variable name: it should be "FFS_SCHEDULED_BATCH_JOB_2_NAME" and not "FFS_SCHEDULED_JOB_2_NAME". Wow, I can't believe I missed that I tried more than a few times not sure how I copied that out wrong....Thanks!! I have a question, any way to run a command on start\end? want to send a curl command to healthchecks for start\stop if possible. Thanks for the great app!
May 25, 20242 yr Author 3 hours ago, phunky1 said: I have a question, any way to run a command on start\end? want to send a curl command to healthchecks for start\stop if possible. Freefilesync itself has an option to run command on completion (Action->Synchronization settings). But I think there is nothing for the start. However, you can open a feature request on https://github.com/jlesage/docker-freefilesync/issues. It should be possible to add some hooks for scheduled jobs.
August 22, 20241 yr Sorry if this is a silly question, as it seems obvious. I've scanned through the Github docs, and don't see any ref there either... How do I get access to computers on my local network, to choose them as the source/target for a sync? In my situation, I need to sync from a folder on a PC on my LAN (old server) to my new server (unraid). This seems super basic, but the docker doesn't seem to be able to see my network devices at all. Thanks for the cool docker, and any help you can provide.
August 31, 20241 yr Author On 8/22/2024 at 10:30 AM, Elmojo said: Sorry if this is a silly question, as it seems obvious. I've scanned through the Github docs, and don't see any ref there either... How do I get access to computers on my local network, to choose them as the source/target for a sync? In my situation, I need to sync from a folder on a PC on my LAN (old server) to my new server (unraid). This seems super basic, but the docker doesn't seem to be able to see my network devices at all. Thanks for the cool docker, and any help you can provide. I would instead mount the network share on unRAID itself. Then, you can map the folder to the container.
September 23, 20241 yr Hope someone can help with a FreeFileSync batch operation run by cron on an unraid server. I can see it start and via the FFS page it completes the compare but never does a Sync operation.
January 13, 20251 yr On 5/25/2024 at 11:45 AM, Djoss said: You did a type in the variable name: it should be "FFS_SCHEDULED_BATCH_JOB_2_NAME" and not "FFS_SCHEDULED_JOB_2_NAME". your example on the github guide is where the "batch" word was missing and is what confused me as well.
January 13, 20251 yr Author 3 hours ago, Aerodb said: your example on the github guide is where the "batch" word was missing and is what confused me as well. Thanks for pointing the documentation typo. This will be fixed.
May 14, 20251 yr Hi, I have two unraid servers, I have mounted via SMB a share with unassigned devices but do not see it in FFS. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
May 16, 20251 yr Author On 5/13/2025 at 11:17 PM, Trackpads said: Hi, I have two unraid servers, I have mounted via SMB a share with unassigned devices but do not see it in FFS. What am I doing wrong? Thanks! Did you map the mount to the container be adding a new "Path" in container settings ?
May 28, 20251 yr Hi,Is there a way to disable the the automatic "compare", of the previous session, when you start the docker container?I don't want it to do anything unless a scheduled sync batch job is started.I could not find such an option in the menus.Cheers!
June 2, 20251 yr On 5/28/2025 at 9:18 PM, Wietsche said:Hi,Is there a way to disable the the automatic "compare", of the previous session, when you start the docker container?I don't want it to do anything unless a scheduled sync batch job is started.I could not find such an option in the menus.Cheers!Anyone know how? Please help?
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