Multiple PowerFolder Instances

Preface

This guide explains how to run two or more PowerFolder instances on one computer. Requirements: PowerFolder or PowerFolder Pro installation. This is useful when synchronizing different directories on the same machine.

Each instance requires a one computer license of PowerFolder Pro.

Setup

To get two instance of PowerFolder running on your system, you need these things:

1) Two PowerFolder configuration files: Copy the PowerFolder.config into Second.config.

2) Add following lines to the Second.config files:

nodeid=<ANY RANDOM STRING> (Identifier for node)
port=6667 (To use port 6667 for incoming connections)
random-port=false

3) Now run the Second instance of PowerFolder by starting with following command line parameter: –c Second (Example: PowerFolder.exe –c Second)

4) Run your first instance of PowerFolder as usual.

Finish

Both instances should now run without problem and find each other by network broadcasts on loopback network adapter. The secondly started instance might complain about an already running PowerFolder. You can suppress this warning by starting PowerFolder with the command line parameter "-m"