Graphical User Interface

Provides a simple user interface in order to produce clones. Each field provided by the GUI has a “What’s This?” link which opens a dialog explaining the field.

By default WereSync outputs all log files to /var/log/weresync. If any errors or problems occur, please be sure to include the output of the most recent file in your report.

To start the gui run the command:

$ weresync-gui

Important

Be sure to start the weresync daemon first, using:

$ sudo weresync-daemon > /dev/null 2>&1 &

This requires root permissions

_images/gui-example.png

LVM

WereSync supports cloning logical volume groups as well. Simply check the “Copy Logical Volume Groups” option and select your source group from the dropdown.

If the target group name is left as “Default” then WereSync will simply use the name of the source group with “-copy” appended to it. WereSync will create the target volume group if it does not already exist.

Bootloader Installation

WereSync will attempt to install a bootloader onto your drive, based on your choice in the “Bootloader Plugin” entry. If you are unsure which to pick, use the default “UUID Copy” plugin. WereSync cannot properly install all bootloaders. You may have to manually adjust some settings after the clone finishes.

If you have your /boot directory on another partition, be sure to pass that partition number to the “Boot Partition” field under advanced options.

Dependencies

The WereSync GUI runs using GTK and requires the PyGObject bindings to be installed. On Ubuntu these can be installed with:

$ sudo apt install python3-gi

API Reference

The GUI can be started from the gui module with the method start_gui():

>>> import weresync.gui
>>> weresync.gui.start_gui()