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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="module-services-firefox-syncserver">
<title>Firefox Sync server</title>
<para>
A storage server for Firefox Sync that you can easily host yourself.
</para>
<section xml:id="module-services-firefox-syncserver-quickstart">
<title>Quickstart</title>
<para>
The absolute minimal configuration for the sync server looks like
this:
</para>
<programlisting language="nix">
services.mysql.package = pkgs.mariadb;
services.firefox-syncserver = {
enable = true;
secrets = builtins.toFile &quot;sync-secrets&quot; ''
SYNC_MASTER_SECRET=this-secret-is-actually-leaked-to-/nix/store
'';
singleNode = {
enable = true;
hostname = &quot;localhost&quot;;
url = &quot;http://localhost:5000&quot;;
};
};
</programlisting>
<para>
This will start a sync server that is only accessible locally.
Once the services is running you can navigate to
<literal>about:config</literal> in your Firefox profile and set
<literal>identity.sync.tokenserver.uri</literal> to
<literal>http://localhost:5000/1.0/sync/1.5</literal>. Your
browser will now use your local sync server for data storage.
</para>
<warning>
<para>
This configuration should never be used in production. It is not
encrypted and stores its secrets in a world-readable location.
</para>
</warning>
</section>
<section xml:id="module-services-firefox-syncserver-configuration">
<title>More detailed setup</title>
<para>
The <literal>firefox-syncserver</literal> service provides a
number of options to make setting up small deployment easier.
These are grouped under the <literal>singleNode</literal> element
of the option tree and allow simple configuration of the most
important parameters.
</para>
<para>
Single node setup is split into two kinds of options: those that
affect the sync server itself, and those that affect its
surroundings. Options that affect the sync server are
<literal>capacity</literal>, which configures how many accounts
may be active on this instance, and <literal>url</literal>, which
holds the URL under which the sync server can be accessed. The
<literal>url</literal> can be configured automatically when using
nginx.
</para>
<para>
Options that affect the surroundings of the sync server are
<literal>enableNginx</literal>, <literal>enableTLS</literal> and
<literal>hostnam</literal>. If <literal>enableNginx</literal> is
set the sync server module will automatically add an nginx virtual
host to the system using <literal>hostname</literal> as the domain
and set <literal>url</literal> accordingly. If
<literal>enableTLS</literal> is set the module will also enable
ACME certificates on the new virtual host and force all
connections to be made via TLS.
</para>
<para>
For actual deployment it is also recommended to store the
<literal>secrets</literal> file in a secure location.
</para>
</section>
</chapter>