File Browser 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 there own directory.
Update the Server
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| sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
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Quick Setup
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| curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filebrowser/get/master/get.sh | bash
filebrowser -r /path/to/your/files #Change to your root directory here
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Stop Filebrowser by typing Ctrl-C
Default Login Credentials
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| Username: admin
Password: admin
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| sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/filebrowser.service
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Paste in the following:
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| [Unit]
Description=Filebrowser
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=root
Group=root
# Change the /path/to/your/files to your file location
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/filebrowser -r /path/to/your/files -a 0.0.0.0
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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Enable and then start the service:
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| sudo systemctl enable filebrowser.service
sudo systemctl start filebrowser.service
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Check to make sure the service is running:
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| systemctl status filebrowser.service
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Should be something like this:
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| * filebrowser.service - Filebrowser
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/filebrowser.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-07-08 22:01:59 PDT; 6 days ago
Main PID: 263 (filebrowser)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 154400)
Memory: 696.0K (peak: 14.4M swap: 2.7M swap peak: 2.7M)
CPU: 725ms
CGroup: /system.slice/filebrowser.service
`-263 /usr/local/bin/filebrowser -r /
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Log In To Filebrowser
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| http://your_server_ip:8080
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