Install File Browser webserver serving an ephemeral temporary directory with no authentication. https://filebrowser.org

filebrowser_install.sh

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# Install File Browser binary
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# https://filebrowser.org/installation

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filebrowser/get/master/get.sh | bash

ls -lha /usr/local/bin

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# Create configuration directory and json configuration file
#
# The web server will serve directory '/tmp/filebrowser' via https on port 8085
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

mkdir -p ~/.config/filebrowser

cat << EOF > ~/.config/filebrowser/filebrowser.json
{
    "port": 8085,
    "address": "0.0.0.0",
    "log": "stdout",
    "database": "${HOME}/.config/filebrowser/filebrowser.db",
    "root": "/tmp/filebrowser",
    "cert": "${HOME}/.config/filebrowser/ssl_crt.pem",
    "key": "${HOME}/.config/filebrowser/ssl_key.pem"
}
EOF

cat ~/.config/filebrowser/filebrowser.json

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# Create Systemctl service file. Set to auto start File Browser at system startup.
#
# Note the environment variable FB_NOAUTH turns off authentication
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/filebrowser.service
[Unit]
Description=File Browser
After=network.target

[Service]
User=dave
Environment="FB_NOAUTH=true"
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /tmp/filebrowser
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/filebrowser -c ${HOME}/.config/filebrowser/filebrowser.json
Restart=always
RestartSec=60
StartLimitBurst=3

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl cat filebrowser.service

sudo systemctl enable filebrowser.service

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# Start and check the service
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

sudo systemctl start filebrowser.service

systemctl status filebrowser.service

journalctl -xeu filebrowser.service

ls -lha ~/.config/filebrowser

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Go to the web server address
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#  https://yourhostname.lan:8085

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# End
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