Notes

Appearance

File Browser ​

A good solution to quickly and easily share locally available files via the network that the local server has access to.

Includes local user accounts.

https://filebrowser.org/ Welcome - File Browser

Installation ​

https://filebrowser.org/installation

Docker ​

In project directory:

mkdir filebrowser
touch filebrowser/filebrowser.db
touch filebrowser/.filebrowser.json
mkdir filebrowser
touch filebrowser/filebrowser.db
touch filebrowser/.filebrowser.json

Make sure .filebrowser.json is valid (configure as needed):

{
  "port": 80,
  "baseURL": "",
  "address": "",
  "log": "stdout",
  "database": "/database.db",
  "root": "/srv"
}
{
  "port": 80,
  "baseURL": "",
  "address": "",
  "log": "stdout",
  "database": "/database.db",
  "root": "/srv"
}

Ignore the database in your .gitignore file (don't want credentials in version control):

filebrowser/filebrowser.db
filebrowser/filebrowser.db

Then add the following block to your project's docker-compose.yml file:

  filebrowser:
    image: filebrowser/filebrowser
    container_name: boilerplate_filebrowser_1
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - /media/account:/srv
      - ./filebrowser/filebrowser.db:/database.db
      - ./filebrowser/.filebrowser.json:/.filebrowser.json
    #--user $(id -u):$(id -g)
    ports:
      - 9999:80
  filebrowser:
    image: filebrowser/filebrowser
    container_name: boilerplate_filebrowser_1
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - /media/account:/srv
      - ./filebrowser/filebrowser.db:/database.db
      - ./filebrowser/.filebrowser.json:/.filebrowser.json
    #--user $(id -u):$(id -g)
    ports:
      - 9999:80

Local ​

This approach requires a way to start automatically at boot:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filebrowser/get/master/get.sh | bash
filebrowser -r /path/to/your/files
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filebrowser/get/master/get.sh | bash
filebrowser -r /path/to/your/files

Local Service ​

To run a local instance outside of Docker, create a custom service:

cat /etc/systemd/system/filebrowser.service

[Unit]
Description=Filebrowser
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=account
Group=account

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/filebrowser -r /media/account/ -a 192.168.0.100 -p 9999 -d /home/account/filebrowser.db

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
[Unit]
Description=Filebrowser
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=account
Group=account

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/filebrowser -r /media/account/ -a 192.168.0.100 -p 9999 -d /home/account/filebrowser.db

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Running ​

https://filebrowser.org/cli/filebrowser

address -a address to listen on

port -p port to listen on

filebrowser -r /path/to/your/files -a 192.168.0.100 -p 9999

Credentials ​

Track credentials in keepass -> Filebrowser entry

By default the service starts with the following.

  • Username: admin
  • Password: admin

Change this!!

May be possible to script the setup as needed:

https://filebrowser.org/cli/filebrowser-users

filebrowser users

Create new admin account per your requirements.

Good commands:

git unzip
git unzip

Update password for admin (or disable / delete account)

https://filebrowser.org/configuration/authentication-method

It is also possible to disable authentication with

filebrowser config set --auth.method=noauth

https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser 💤 GitHub - filebrowser/filebrowser: 📂 Web File Browser

https://filebrowser.org/installation Installation - File Browser https://filebrowser.org/configuration/authentication-method Authentication Method - File Browser https://filebrowser.org/cli/filebrowser-config-set filebrowser config set - File Browser https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/blob/master/frontend/src/views/Files.vue filebrowser/Files.vue at master · filebrowser/filebrowser · GitHub https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser GitHub - filebrowser/filebrowser: 📂 Web File Browser

https://filebrowser.org/ Welcome - File Browser

https://github.com/filebrowser File Browser · GitHub

https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/blob/master/.docker.json 💤 filebrowser/.docker.json at master · filebrowser/filebrowser · GitHub https://hub.docker.com/r/filebrowser/filebrowser 💤 filebrowser/filebrowser - Docker Image | Docker Hub

https://github.com/filebrowser 💤 File Browser · GitHub https://filebrowser.org/cli/filebrowser-users filebrowser users - File Browser