cd ~ & wget -O - ' ' | tar xzf - ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd Download/extract the official Linu圆4 tar file and run the preconfigured installation script ( dropboxd). Now that the instance is ready we can sync the Dropbox account to it. The reboot will terminate the ssh session, so you will need to connect again. echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=100000 | sudo tee -a /etc/nf sudo sy$ sudo reboot To avoid that, increase the setting to at least 100,000 and reboot the instance.

However, in our case, we are going to move so many files that the default number of max users will cause a system error and halt the DropBox sync. These entities are used to monitor individual files or directories within the Linux OS. ssh -i *YOUR-PEM-FILE-LOCATION* first step is to modify the inotify.max_users. The SetupĪfter launching all the resources we will need to ssh into the EC2 instance. That being said it is recommended to keep it in the same region as the EC2 instance to reduce latency. The S3 bucket can be existing or new, whichever makes the most sense for your situation.

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