Filebrowser

This article explains how to set up Filebrowser in a Docker container as a web interface for browser-based access to a Samba file server. Please note that in my own use this configuration has been superseded by a Filestash setup which has the advantage of accessing the storage as the authenticating user. Filebrowser and other tools like it have the disadvantage of accessing the file system through one “service” user account. This means that what the browser shows is not what the actual user is allowed to access but instead what the service account has permission to read. Also, when files are created, the owning user is the service account. This post is part of my series on home automation, networking & self-hosting that shows how to install, configure, and run a home server with dockerized or virtualized services. This article is part of a mini-series about running Samba Active Directory and a file server service in a Docker container on a home server: