Filebrowser

An specfic contianer build of filebrowser that allows for some configuration using environment variables. Intended to be used as a sidecar for kubernetes pods.

Configuration

Variable	Description	Default
ADMIN_PASS	admin user password	admin
DEFAULT_USERNAME	The username for the newly created user	default
DEFAULT_PASSWORD	The password for the newly created user	default
BRANDING_NAME	Name shown on the home screen	My file storage
AUTH_METHOD	What auth method should be used?	json
AUTH_HEADER	What header should be used for proxy authentication?	X-My-Header
PERM_ADMIN	Allow user admin privileges	false
PERM_EXECUTE	Allow user to execute commands	false
PERM_CREATE	Allow user to create files and directories	false
PERM_RENAME	Allow user to rename files and directories	false
PERM_MODIFY	Allow user to modify files	false
PERM_DELETE	Allow user to delete files	false
PERM_SHARE	Allow user to share files and directories	false
PERM_DOWNLOAD	Allow user to download files	false

Run the container

Find instructions on pulling the container here. You can also build the container locally by running the docker compose included with this repository

docker compose up
# Older docker compose
docker-compose up

Run as a sidecar in k8s

I use this container as a k3s/k8s sidecar container, to provide a nice interface to the contents of specific longhorn volumes (such as plex, or minecraft servers). Below I have included a sample deployment definition. Be sure to place secrets in a kubernetes secret!

containers:
  - name: filebrowser
    image: git.clortox.com/infrastructure/filebrowser:latest
    securityContext:
      runAsUser: 1000
      runAsGroup: 1000
    env:
      - name: ADMIN_PASS
        value: "admin"
      - name: DEFAULT_USERNAME
        value: "user"
      - name: DEFAULT_PASSWORD
        value: "password"
      - name: BRANDING_NAME
        value: "My File Storage"
      - name: AUTH_METHOD
        value: "json"
      - name: AUTH_HEADER
        value: "X-My-Header"
      - name: PERM_ADMIN
        value: "false"
      - name: PERM_EXECUTE
        value: "false"
      - name: PERM_CREATE
        value: "false"
      - name: PERM_RENAME
        value: "false"
      - name: PERM_MODIFY
        value: "false"
      - name: PERM_DELETE
        value: "false"
      - name: PERM_SHARE
        value: "false"
      - name: PERM_DOWNLOAD
        value: "false"
    volumeMounts:
      - name: volume-name
        mountPath: /path/to/mount

Mirrors

This repository is activly maintained on my gitea. However you can find a github mirror as well.