Implement bi-directional synced folder

[shaharsol]

I've decided to utilize CodeMill to offer $30 to anyone who will add this feature to mitchellh/vagrant-aws:

In the basic vagrant getting started guide, the synced folder tutorial is to modify a file on the guest system and see how it is reflected on the host system. This feature is missing from the vagrant-aws provider and I wish it existed, either via rsync or nfs.

In order to develop this and earn $30, please proceed to the task page at CodeMill.

The work will be done on my own fork, and when it's finished I will send a pull request to mitchellh/vagrant-aws so the entire community can enjoy this feature. This will be my contribution.

[louy2]

According to vagrant rsync documentation, vagrant itself cannot do bi-directional rsync. I guess the only option is through NFS.

[shaharsol]

I dont really care about the underlying implantation as long as changes on the aws machine are reflected on the local host. On Mar 18, 2016 18:15, "Yufan Lou" [email protected] wrote:

According to vagrant rsync documentation https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/rsync.html, vagrant itself cannot do bi-directional rsync. I guess the only option is through NFS.

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[kcormier]

This is what we use for this functionality.

https://github.com/smerrill/vagrant-rsync-back

You just have to be careful. If you push to the server, edit something locally, and then do an rsync-back it will overwrite all of your local changes. I may or may not have done that to myself a few times. ;)

[akamensky]

I afraid NFS may not work very well and requires some extra things installed inside image (which makes images preparation more complex).

I would think more of using sshfs for that. But not sure what's the vagrant support on this. May look into that later myself.