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====== Set up private firefox sync server ======
  $ apt-get install python-dev mercurial sqlite3 python-virtualenv apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-wsgi make

Add user ffsync:
  $ adduser --group --system --home /usr/local/firefox-sync-server --disabled-password ffsync

Add apache user (www-data) to group ffsync:
  $ adduser www-data ffsync

Change user:
  $ su - ffsync

Download source files:
  $ hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/services/server-full

Create tmp and data subdirectories
  $ mkdir data tmp

Change permissions
  $ chmod 770 data tmp

Compile sync server
  $ cd server-full
  $ make build

Change config files, paths in default install store user data in /tmp, not very useful.
    $ vi sync.wsgi
    [..]
    os.environ['PYTHON_EGG_CACHE'] = ‘/usr/local/firefox-sync-server/tmp/python-eggs’
    [..]
    $ vi development.ini
    [..]
    [handler_syncserver_errors]
    class = handlers.RotatingFileHandler
    args = (‘/usr/local/firefox-sync-server/tmp/sync-error.log’,)
    [..]
    $ vi etc/sync.conf
    [..]
    [storage]
    backend = syncstorage.storage.sql.SQLStorage
    sqluri = sqlite:////usr/local/firefox-sync-server/data/usersettings.db
    [..]
    [auth]
    backend = services.auth.sql.SQLAuth
    sqluri = sqlite:////usr/local/firefox-sync-server/data/usersettings.db
    [..]
    fallback_node = http://sync.mytestdomain.com/
    [..]


Change login shell of ffsync to /bin/false.
    $ usermod -s /bin/false ffsync

Enable wsgi module
    $ a2enmod wsgi


Create new apache virtual host
    $ vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/firefox-sync

    <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName sync.mytestdomain.com
    ServerAdmin webmaster@mytestdomain.com

    DocumentRoot /usr/local/firefox-sync-server/server-full

    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/firefox-sync-server_access.log combined
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/firefox-sync-server_error.log

    <Directory /usr/local/firefox-sync-server/server-full>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
    </Directory>

    WSGIProcessGroup ffsync
    WSGIDaemonProcess ffsync user=ffsync group=ffsync processes=2 threads=25
    WSGIPassAuthorization On
    WSGIScriptAlias / /usr/local/firefox-sync-server/server-full/sync.wsgi
    </VirtualHost>

Activate virtual host
    $ cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
    $ ln -s ../sites-available/firefox-sync .

Check config and restart apache
    $ apachectl configtest && /etc/init.d/apache restart

Now you can configure firefox sync with Tools>Sync

Ref: http://www.apfelschwein.net/firefox-sync-now-mit-eigenem-apache-server.html

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