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title = "Syncing works"
date = 2024-09-08
updated = 2024-09-08
[taxonomies]
tags = ['self-hosting', 'zola', 'automation', 'systemd']
+++

## rsync and systemd

I am quite 🤩 ecstatic 🤩: I got a seamless sync working between my local Git-controlled site content and my server! The way I did it:

1. use rsync to sync local files to the server in a normal user-owned folder
2. setup another rsync-script owned by the `zola` user on the server
3. create a `systemd` unit path and service that syncs these files with the proper ownership to the folders where the `zola` service watches for changes
4. 💸 profit!

## Resources

Online resources that helped me with this:

-  [Using systemd Path Units to Monitor Files and Directories](https://www.putorius.net/systemd-path-units.html)
- [How to run systemd service as specific user and group in Linux](https://www.golinuxcloud.com/run-systemd-service-specific-user-group-linux/)