Filebrowser

A frequently asked question we get from customers is if we have support for filebrowser. At the time of writing, we don't officially support it, but it can be installed using a script a community member has written.

Filebrowser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit your files. It allows the creation of multiple users and each user can have its own directory. It can be used as a standalone app or as a middleware.

Installation

This installer will use your existing username and a randomly generated password (or one of your choice) to secure filebrowser. Please consider reading the script on GitHub before running it. The installer will output a port number with how to access the filebrowser install on completion. Please remember this number.

bash <(curl -sL "https://github.com/brettpetch/hosted-scripts/raw/master/filebrowser.sh")

:::tip If something goes wrong during your install, please consider checking the logs. You may find them by running the following:

less -r +G ~/.logs/filebrowser.log

These can be helpful in cases where you need to see the output from installation. ::: On first run, go to https://<hostname.io>:<yourportnumber> to access Filebrowser. This should ask you for a login. You will also receive a warning about SSL, which can be ignored safely.

Controlling the Systemd Service

systemctl (start|stop|restart|reload|enable|disable) --user filebrowser

Troubleshooting

I Can't Remember my Port Number

Run grep "[::]:" ~/.config/Filebrowser/filebrowser.log via ssh. This should respond with a line that looks like the following:

<date and time> Listening on [::]:16781
        this is your port number    ^

Viewing logs

:::tip
For application specific logs, consider running the following:

less -r +G ~/.config/Filebrowser/filebrowser.log

You can exit less by pressing q at any point. :::