Selfhosted @lemmy.world Legoraft @reddthat.com 11mo ago

How do you manage your server files?

I'm currently debating on how to manage files on my servers. I have a jellyfin and a minecraft server on which I need to add, remove or download files quite often. I don't really want to use scp for everything, so I was wondering what everyone uses.

Edit: I'm looking for a gui solution, but a somewhat automated process of backups etc. is also nice

Edit 2: For anyone wondering what my final solution was: I am currently using a wireguard vpn on a raspberry pi to access my servers. I use Xpipe as a gui interface to transfer my files. I also just use tmux and ssh to execute commands and run services.

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IDK what OS you are on but on Linux most file managers have support for remote filesystems. SFTP (SSH-FTP, not to be confused with FTPS which is FTP-secure) is ubiquitous and if you use scp then you already have SSH set up.

If you need Windows support it is more of a pain. You may need to set up Samba or WebDAV and permissions can suck. But you can also download a third-party file browser that supports remote protocols.

So basically SFTP, and I fairly regularly just use a graphical file manager when I am doing one-off operations.
- I'm using debian, so sftp would be an option, do you use a graphical client?
  
  Right now I am just using nautilus (default GNOME file manager) but in past I was using Thunar (default XFCE file manager). I'd be pretty surprised if whatever file manager you are currently using doesn't support SFTP out of the box. Typically you can just enter something like sftp://myhost.example into the location bar. They may also have a dedicated network connection section with a wizard to add it.
  
  I'm considering this, as I can see by your example, you can add a domain name to the server. How would you go over doing this?
  
  You should look into DNS or maybe mDNS or even local DNS aliases.
  
  I will take a look, thank you very much!
  
  nemo for a gui, or midnightcommander after logging in via ssh for managing/moving files on the server.

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