Filebrowser is an open-source file managing tool that allows users to access, manage or share files easily via a web interface. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and set up filebrowser on Linux Mint Latest.
Before installing Filebrowser, it's important to update your system to the latest version. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Curl command-line tool is used to transfer data from or to a server. If you don't have curl installed, run the following command:
sudo apt install curl
curl -fsSL https://filebrowser.org/get.sh | bash
This command will download the latest stable version of the binary.
sudo mv filebrowser /usr/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/filebrowser
sudo nano /etc/filebrowser.conf
Add the following configurations.
[Address]
Address = 0.0.0.0
Port = 8080
sudo mkdir -p /etc/filebrowser/db
sudo chmod a+w /etc/filebrowser/db
sudo filebrowser users add USERNAME PASSWORD --perm.admin
Replace 'USERNAME' with your desired username and 'PASSWORD' with a strong password.
After completing the above steps, you can now start Filebrowser using the following command.
sudo filebrowser -c /etc/filebrowser.conf
You can now access Filebrowser on the web by going to http://YOUR_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:8080.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Filebrowser on Linux Mint Latest. By following the above steps, you can efficiently manage your files through a web interface.
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