slundi / ansible_filebrowser

Ansible role to install filebrowser

Filebrowser

Role ton install Filebrowser.

Requirments

None

Windows services are not supported

Variables

Mandatory variables

Variable name	Description
filebrowser_owner	Linux user that'll run Filbrowser
filebrowser_group	Linux group that run Filebrowser
filebrowser_root	Path to your files that will be shown on Filebrowser

Optionnal variables

Variable name	Default value	Description
filebrowser_install_dir	/opt/filebrowser	Where Filebrowser is installed
filebrowser_listen	"0.0.0.0"	Host address to listen, 0.0.0.0 for all adresses
filebrowser_port	8173	Filebrowser host port
filebrowser_baseurl		Base URL to access Filebrowser
filebrowser_cert		TLS certificate path
filebrowser_key		TLS key
filebrowser_config	/opt/filebrowser/config.yml	path to JSON or YAML file
filebrowser_database	/opt/filebrowser/data.db	Bolt DB database path (will create subfolders)
filebrowser_log	false	Log output
filebrowser_noauth	false	Use the noauth auther when using quick setup
filebrowser_username	admin	Username for the first user when using quick config
filebrowser_password	$2a$12$vTy9...	BCrypt hashed password for the first user when using quick config (default is "admin" so change the password)

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
      - role: slundi.filebrowser
        vars:
          filebrowser_owner: slundi
          filebrowser_group: slundi
          filebrowser_listen: "127.0.0.1"
          filebrowser_port: 8173
          filebrowser_root: /home/slundi

Author Information

I made this Ansible role because I wanted a lightweight file browser for my ARM NAS to do some operations on my files (if I move file between 2 NFS mounts using my desktop PC, there is a transfer between my PC and my NAS, that's why I want to avoid it wih Filebrowser).