BOP Wiki: FileBrowser Installation

I wrote a bash script which performs an automated installation of FileBrowser, which makes it possible to easily access files on a machine through a webbrowser. My script simplifies the process of installing filebrowser. But how to use it?

Step 1: Create a config file named "filebrowser.json". Here you will specify the IP-address, port and file directory.

  {
    "port": 8080,
    "baseURL": "",
    "address": "000.000.000.000",
    "log": "stdout",
    "database": "/etc/filebrowser.db",
    "root": "/var/www"
  }

Step 2: Now create a system service file named "filebrowser.service". This file is responsible for systemd starting the Filebrowser instance when the server it is running on is being turned on, or rebooted. The system service file looks like this:

  [Unit]
  Description=File Browser
  After=network.target
  [Service]
  ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/filebrowser -c /etc/filebrowser.json
  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target

Step 3: Now create a shell script (example.sh) in the same directory as the other two files and paste the following contents:

  #!/bin/bash

  echo "This script will perform an automatic installation of FileBrowser!"
  sleep 1
  echo "Updating repositories..."
  sleep 0.5

  apt update && apt full-upgrade -y && apt install curl -y
  sleep 1

  echo "Updates done."
  sleep 0.5
  echo "Downloading and installing FileBrowser..."
  sleep 0.5

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

  sleep 0.5
  echo "Copying config file to /etc/filebrowser.json ..."
  sleep 0.5

  cp filebrowser.json /etc/filebrowser.json

  echo "Copying system service file to /etc/systemd/system/filebrowser.service ..."
  sleep 0.5

  cp filebrowser.service /etc/systemd/system/filebrowser.service

  echo "Enabling and starting the filebrowser system service..."
  sleep 0.5

  systemctl enable filebrowser.service
  systemctl start filebrowser.service

  sleep 0.5

  echo "DONE! Congratulations, you now have a running FileBrowser instance!"

  sleep 0.5
  echo "After updating any settings in /etc/filebrowser.json make sure to run "systemctl restart filebrowser.service""

  echo "Default Login:"
  echo "User: admin"
  echo "Pass: admin"
  echo "Please make sure to change the password on your first login!"

You can now access FileBrowser in your webbrowser with the IP-address and port. As stated in the script, these are the default login credentials:

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FileBrowser Installation