FileZ is an application developped by the Avignon University. It provides a way to upload and manage files you want to share through a web interface and unique URLs (http), inspired by the perl/mod_perl application filex.

Features

• PHP/Mysql – Limonade PHP Framework
• Several authentication scheme : CAS+LDAP, LDAP only, BDD, or your own PHP classes
• short URL (ex: filez.univ-avignon.fr/x42ni1)
• Upload progress bar (with non obstructive javascript)
• Install form
• I18N
• Password protected files
• Email notifications
• CRON task
• Quota

More informations at http://gpl.univ-avignon.fr/filez

Requirement

• Apache configured with “mod_rewrite” and the “AllowOverride” of your virtual host set to “FileInfo Options” or “All” (important !) a2enmod rewrite && apache2ctl restart

• To display a progress bar during the upload process you will need one of the following package installed on your system :

  • APC

    apt-get install php-apc
    echo "apc.rfc1867 = On"   >> /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/apc.ini
    apache2ctl restart
    

  • PECL::UploadProgress

    apt-get install php5-dev
    pecl install uploadprogress
    echo "extension = uploadprogress.so" >> /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/uploadprogress.ini
    apache2ctl restart
    

• You will need php5-curl to be able to authenticate against a CAS server

• You will need php5-ldap to be able to identicate with a LDAP server

Installation

• Download FileZ sources :

  • from Git

    git clone git://github.com/UAPV/FileZ.git filez_web_root
    

  • from SVN

    svn checkout http://svn.github.com/UAPV/FileZ.git filez_web_root
    

  • from a package

    tar -xvvf filez-2.0.tar.gz
    cp filez-2.0/* filez_web_root
    

• Open your web browser on your FileZ web root and follow instructions

• Enjoy !