Filestash is an open-source web-based file manager that allows you to access and manage files on your local machine, external drives, cloud storage, and other network locations. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Filestash on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we begin with the installation process, make sure that you have the following:
To install Filestash on FreeBSD Latest, follow the steps below:
Before installing Filestash, we need to install some dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command to install them:
sudo pkg install ca_root_nss nginx curl unzip
This will install ca_root_nss for SSL certification, Nginx as a web server, curl to download the installation package, and unzip to extract the package.
In this step, we will download the latest stable release of Filestash with the following command:
sudo curl -L https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash/releases/latest/download/filestash-freebsd-amd64.zip -o filestash.zip
This command will download the package in a zip file and save it with the name "filestash.zip."
Now that we have downloaded the package, we need to extract it to a directory named "filestash." Run the following command to extract the filestash package:
sudo unzip filestash.zip -d /usr/local/www/
This command will extract the package to "/usr/local/www/filestash" directory.
To access Filestash, we need to configure Nginx. By default, FreeBSD comes with an Nginx configuration file that can be found at "/usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf." It is recommended to create a new Nginx configuration file, so we will create one at "/usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/filestash.conf."
Run the following command to create a new Nginx configuration file:
sudo touch /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/filestash.conf
Open the file with your favorite text editor and paste the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name localhost;
location / {
root /usr/local/www/filestash;
index index.html;
}
location /api/ {
include proxy_params;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8334/;
proxy_redirect off;
}
}
This configuration supports both HTTP and HTTPS. Make sure to add your server name in the server_name field.
We need to start Filestash and make it available on our server. Run the following command to start Filestash:
sudo /usr/local/www/filestash/filestash_freebsd_amd64 --bind 127.0.0.1 --port 8334 --root /usr/local/www/filestash/
This command will start Filestash and bind it to 127.0.0.1 with port 8334. The root directory is set to "/usr/local/www/filestash/"
To start Nginx, run the following command:
sudo service nginx start
This command will start Nginx and your Filestash web interface will be available at http://
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Filestash on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use it to manage and access your files easily.
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