Syncovery Support Forum

Hi,

Looking at the downloads for a version for my Ubuntu server, I noticed the message:

Do not use this on a server that is directly connected to the Internet. Use it only behind a router within your LAN

Is that message referring to Syncovery in general or just the web interface? If the latter, two questions:

- how does one disable the web interface?
- how can one make the web interface secure?

Webmin, for example, demonstrates that a web interface can be relatively secure.

Thanks

Hello,
the warning is mostly about the web interface. But it is also a little obsolete, because newer Syncovery versions support using SSL with the web interface. When you open the non-SSL port 8889 from another machine (not localhost), then the SSL configuration page will be shown.

For extended security, you could use a web server's firewall to allow the Syncovery port only from specific IP addresses.

Or you can turn the webserver off when you don't need it, using
SyncoveryCL SET /WEBSERVER=OFF