Here are my instructions for creating a FreeNAS Jail with Bittorrent Sync (BTsync) running inside it. This uses no FreeNAS plugins whatsoever and takes full advantage of all the power that comes with having a FreeBSD core running at the heart of FreeNAS 9.1. This has been done on FreeNAS-9.1.1-RELEASE-x64.

Login to your FreeNAS systems web interface. Click: Jails Click: Add Jail

For Jail Name use btsync and click ok. Let FreeNAS do its thing.

The jail will automatically start. You now need to SSH into your FreeNAS box as root. In the alternative SSH in as a regular user and then change to root with su. Run: jls Make a note of the number to the left of the btsync name used earlier. Run: jexec # csh

[where # is the number from item 7. above] Run: mkdir /usr/local/btsync Run: cd /usr/local/btsync Run: fetch http://download-lb.utorrent.com/endpoint/btsync/os/FreeBSD-x64/track/stable Run: tar zxvf stable Run: rm stable Run: ./btsync –dump-sample-config > btsync.conf Run: pkg_add -rv nano Run: nano /usr/local/btsync/btsync.conf Change the following: Replace: “device_name”: “My Sync Device”, with a friendly name for your BTsync service, e.g. “device_name”: “Fred”, Replace: “storage_path” : “/home/user/.sync”, with “storage_path” : “/usr/local/btsync/.sync”, Replace: “password” : “password” with “password” : “XXXXXXXXXX” where XXXXXXXXXX is a password of your choosing. Close Nano and save the changes: Ctrl +X -> Y -> Enter Run: nano /etc/rc.d/btsync Insert the following: #!/bin/sh # # PROVIDE: btsync # REQUIRE: LOGIN DAEMON NETWORKING # KEYWORD: shutdown # # To enable BTSync, add this line to your /etc/rc.conf: # # btsync_enable="YES" # # And optionally these line: # # btsync_user="username" # Default is "root" # btsync_bin="/path/to/btsync" # Default is "/usr/local/sbin/btsync" . /etc/rc.subr name="btsync" rcvar="btsync_enable" load_rc_config $name required_files=$btsync_bin : ${btsync_enable="NO"} : ${btsync_user="root"} : ${btsync_bin="/usr/local/sbin/btsync"} : ${btsync_config="/usr/local/btsync/btsync.conf"} command=$btsync_bin command_args="--config ${btsync_config}" run_rc_command "$1" Close Nano and save the changes: Ctrl +X -> Y -> Enter Run: chmod 555 /etc/rc.d/btsync Run: nano /etc/rc.conf Insert the following: # BitTorrent Sync btsync_enable="YES" btsync_user="nobody" Close Nano and save the changes: Ctrl +X -> Y -> Enter Run: chown -R nobody:nogroup /usr/local/btsync Run: mv /usr/local/btsync/btsync /usr/local/sbin/ Run: chown root:wheel /usr/local/sbin/btsync Login to your FreeNAS systems web interface. Click: Jails Stop the btsync jail and start it again. Bittorrent Sync should now be running. Click: Edit Jail Make a note of IP. Login to your Bittorrent Sync web interface via: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:8888

[Where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP from Item 34]

That should about do it.

Some things to remember: