#Dropbox local server how to#

You can delete the original /Users/me/Local Sites/example folder or create a symlink or alias and put it there, pointing to the new/actual location.

#Dropbox local server how to#

For some reason, database is not syncing (feel free to share your ideas how to fix this).If you Stop on one computer and Start on the other, you may need to fully quit Local by Flywheel.Do not run both Computer A’s site and Computer B’s site at the same times.Follow the same steps for remapping the volumes, restarting the site, and changing the JSON files.Create a new site with the same name (e.g.Test the site is running on “Computer A”.Remap the volumes and click the “Remap Volumes” button to restart the site and everything will be good-to-go.

Modify the ~/Library/Application Support/Local by Flywheel/sites.json file with the new site location.Delete the /Users/me/Local Sites/example/local-site.json file (if exists).Move the app, conf, and logs files from /Users/me/Local Sites/example to /Users/me/Dropbox/local-sites/example.local/.MUST HAVE THE SITE RUNNING - don’t try remapping volumes when the site isn’t running.This is what worked for me (a bit simpler list of to-do’s and hopefully helps others): Now you’ve got Dropbox shared Local sites, which shares the files and server configs/logs. After doing this for all of the sites you want to move/change, edit the ~/Library/Application Support/Local by Flywheel/sites.json file and adjust the ‘path’ strings there too.Local will provision the updated mappings.Adjust the directory path easily by changing the values on the left side, then click ‘Remap Volumes’.Go to the More > Volumes section of the site info.Go into each site that you want to be based in the Dropbox folder and start them.Enable the add-on ‘Volumes Manager’ then restart Local.Checkout/clone the Local Add-on repo for Volumes - to the ~/Library/Application Support/Local by Flywheel/addons/local-addon-volumes folder.Now we can change the paths easily enough.Sites will provision and get setup in Docker.Import blueprints but use a different folder outside of the Dropbox folder, this is temporary.Move blueprints from ~/Library/Application Support/Local by Flywheel/blueprints to the other computer.Start with Local setup with the sites on one computer, store the sites you want to share inside a Dropbox folder.More importantly, I can very easily roll back changes/deleted files since I use Dropbox’ packrat feature. I setup my Dropbox to sync between my computers so I can ensure I’m always able to pick up where I left off when developing locally, even when work is not yet committed.