This works on Debian and Debian-based distributions.

  1. Create a configuration file named filebrowser.json. Here you specify the IP address, port, and directory:

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

  2. Create a systemd service file named filebrowser.service. This ensures Filebrowser starts automatically on server boot or restart:

    [Unit]
Description=File Browser
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/filebrowser -c /etc/filebrowser.json

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

  3. Create a shell script (e.g. example.sh) in the same directory as the other two files and insert the following content:

    #!/bin/bash

echo "This script will automatically install Filebrowser!"
sleep 1
echo "Updating package sources..."
sleep 0.5

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

echo "Updates complete."
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 configuration file to /etc/filebrowser.json ..."
sleep 0.5

cp filebrowser.json /etc/filebrowser.json

echo "Copying 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 service..."
sleep 0.5

systemctl enable filebrowser.service
systemctl start filebrowser.service

sleep 0.5

echo "DONE! Filebrowser is now running!"
sleep 0.5
echo "After changes to /etc/filebrowser.json, run:"
echo "systemctl restart filebrowser.service"

echo "Default login:"
echo "User: admin"
echo "Password: admin"
echo "Please change the password after the first login!"

  4. Make sure you are logged in as root. Then execute the script with the following command:

    bash example.sh

You can now access Filebrowser via the IP address and port in your web browser.

Default login:

Please change the password after the first login!