FileBrowser
FileBrowser provides a file managing interface within your home directory, and it can be used to download, upload, delete, preview, rename and edit your files — all from within your web browser.
Option | Action |
My Files | Brings you back to your h=Home Directory |
New Folder | Create a new empty folder in the current directory |
New File | Create a new empty file in the current directory |
Settings | Various settings including language, Theme, and user creation rules |
Logout | Logout of current session |
Download and Upload Files
- FileBrowser allows you to upload and download files directly from the web UI using the array of icons in the top right corner of the page.
- During upload and downloading, FileBrowser will display a light blue bar in the top left-hand corner moving right to indicate progress; It is also confirmed as in progress by the changing of the icon on the right-hand side into spinning arrows.
Add a User and Set File Access
- Under Settings, you will find the option to create a user.
Field | Use |
Username | Desired Username for user |
Password | Desired Password for user |
Scope | This is an essential option as this will be the folder the user may access. In this example, it is set to ./share, which is /home/username/share Note: It is not recommended to point this directly to a rclone mount as this will cause extreme IO and possibly cause issues with your slot |
Permissions | You can set the kind of actions a user can perform; for example, you may want to allow download but never allow upload so that a user can not deposit files onto your slot. You'd untick create Files and Directories |
Troubleshooting
Why can I not upload any file above 2 Gigabyte?
- Nginx can cause uploads to fail, this is simple to address by editing a file.
nano ~/.apps/nginx/proxy.d/filebrowser.conf
- Find the line that begins
client_max_body_size
and add a#
at the start of the line to comment it out if it exists - Press
CTRL+x
, then pressY
andENTER
to confirm. - Execute the following command to restart Nginx and FileBrowser:
app-nginx restart && app-filebrowser restart
- You should now be able to successfully upload larger files.
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