diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/repositories_controller.rb
index 642ad7ca0..93076072b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ class Api::V1::RepositoriesController < Api::V1::BaseController
   def key_pair
   end
 
+  def start_sync
+    @repository.start_sync
+    render :nothing => true
+  end
+
+  def stop_sync
+    @repository.stop_sync
+    render :nothing => true
+  end
+
   def add_project
     project = Project.where(:id => params[:project_id]).first
     if project
diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index 27707e5b4..9e2e886e3 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Ability
         can [:read, :projects_list, :projects], Repository, :platform => {:owner_type => 'Group', :owner_id => user.group_ids}
         can([:read, :projects_list, :projects], Repository, read_relations_for('repositories')) {|repository| can? :show, repository.platform}
         can([:read, :projects_list, :projects], Repository, read_relations_for('repositories', 'platforms')) {|repository| local_reader? repository.platform}
-        can([:create, :edit, :update, :destroy, :projects_list, :projects, :add_project, :remove_project, :regenerate_metadata, :lock_sync, :unlock_sync], Repository) {|repository| local_admin? repository.platform}
+        can([:create, :edit, :update, :destroy, :projects_list, :projects, :add_project, :remove_project, :regenerate_metadata, :lock_sync, :unlock_sync, :start_sync, :stop_sync], Repository) {|repository| local_admin? repository.platform}
         can([:remove_members, :remove_member, :add_member, :signatures], Repository) {|repository| owner?(repository.platform) || local_admin?(repository.platform)}
         can([:add_project, :remove_project], Repository) {|repository| repository.members.exists?(:id => user.id)}
         can(:clear, Platform) {|platform| owner?(platform) && platform.personal?}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class Ability
       # Shared cannot rights for all users (registered, admin)
       cannot :destroy, Platform, :platform_type => 'personal'
       cannot [:create, :destroy], Repository, :platform => {:platform_type => 'personal'}, :name => 'main'
-      cannot [:remove_members, :remove_member, :add_member, :lock_sync, :unlock_sync], Repository, :platform => {:platform_type => 'personal'}
+      cannot [:remove_members, :remove_member, :add_member, :lock_sync, :unlock_sync, :start_sync, :stop_sync], Repository, :platform => {:platform_type => 'personal'}
 
       cannot :clear, Platform, :platform_type => 'main'
       cannot :destroy, Issue
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 918673357..88c729e83 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ class Repository < ActiveRecord::Base
     sync_actions :unlock
   end
 
+  def start_sync
+    sync_actions :lock, '.repo.lock'
+  end
+
+  def stop_sync
+    sync_actions :unlock, '.repo.lock'
+  end
+
   def add_member(member, role = 'admin')
     Relation.add_member(member, self, role)
   end
@@ -84,10 +92,10 @@ class Repository < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   protected
 
-  def sync_actions(action)
+  def sync_actions(action, lock_file = '.sync.lock')
     result = false
     (['SRPMS'] << Arch.pluck(:name)).each do |arch|
-      path = "#{platform.path}/repository/#{arch}/#{name}/.sync.lock"
+      path = "#{platform.path}/repository/#{arch}/#{name}/#{lock_file}"
       case action
       when :lock
         result ||= system 'touch', path
diff --git a/app/views/platforms/repositories/_regenerate_metadata.html.haml b/app/views/platforms/repositories/_regenerate_metadata.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index 89bee4eb5..000000000
--- a/app/views/platforms/repositories/_regenerate_metadata.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-.hr
-= form_for @repository, :url => regenerate_metadata_platform_repository_path(@platform, @repository), :html => { :class => :form, :method => :put } do |f|
-  .leftside= t('layout.repositories.regenerate_metadata')
-  .rightside
-    = select_tag :build_for_platform_id, options_from_collection_for_select(Platform.main, :id, :name) if @platform.personal?
-    = f.submit t('layout.repositories.regenerate_metadata'), :confirm => t('layout.confirm')
-  .hr{:style => 'padding-bottom:20px;'}
-.both
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index de3859f66..ac5f5131c 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -39,13 +39,15 @@ Rosa::Application.routes.draw do
       end
       resources :repositories, :only => [:show, :update, :destroy] do
         member {
-          get :projects
-          get :key_pair
-          put :add_member
-          delete :remove_member
-          put :add_project
-          delete :remove_project
-          put :signatures
+          get     :projects
+          get     :key_pair
+          put     :add_member
+          delete  :remove_member
+          put     :add_project
+          delete  :remove_project
+          put     :signatures
+          put     :start_sync
+          put     :stop_sync
         }
       end
       resources :projects, :only => [:index, :show, :update, :create, :destroy] do