Migrating data between Bytesized boxes using BTSync

⚠️ Partial update needed: The Seedbox / Bit Box plans mentioned in this guide have been discontinued. The steps remain valid for migrating between any two Bytesized Appbox plans.

Update Notes: All screenshots that were in this guide are no longer available (Dropbox public links discontinued).

Introduction

This guide will help you migrate your data from one Bytesized box to another using BTSync. We will use the following terminology:

Old Appbox — Your current managed box (+Stream, +Unmetered, +Dedi)
New Appbox — Your new Bytesized Appbox

Note: Syncthing is a modern open-source alternative to BTSync that provides the same peer-to-peer sync functionality and is also available in your dashboard.

Old box

Using SSH or the terminal in VNC, run:

btsync

This will start BTSync. If the command is not found, see section New Box to install BTSync. Once started, watch the output carefully — it will give you the URL and credentials to connect to the BTSync web interface.

Navigate to the provided link and log in with the generated credentials.

Read the terms and tick the checkbox, then click Get started.

In the upper right corner, click Add folder. Select Standard folder and press Continue. Choose the folder you want to sync to your new box.

Once the directory has been added, go to its preferences and select the Key tab. Copy the Read only key.

New box

If BTSync is not yet installed, go to Install application and install BTSync.

Select the gear icon, then Manual connection. Paste in the key copied from the old box.

Click Next, select the target folder where you want the data to land, and click Open.

Finalising the transfer

Syncing will start as soon as indexing is done on the old box. You will see status Receiving on the new box confirming that data is syncing.

Once the sync is complete, move the data to the desired location so your torrent client can reseed or Plex can pick it up.

Adding existing torrent files to your new box

Deluge

State files are located at ~/.config/deluge/state/. If you prefer FTP:

Connect to your old box via FTP.
Navigate to /.config/deluge/state/
Download all .torrent files to your local machine.
Connect to your new box via FTP.
Upload all .torrent files to ~/torrents/watch/ — Deluge will pick them up automatically.

Make sure your content is already in the correct download path on the new box before adding the torrents.

rTorrent

State files are located at ~/.session/. Follow the same FTP steps, replacing /.config/deluge/state/ with ~/.session/.

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